"Pleasure Palate" Ice Cream Social at Mashti Malone April 26, 2006

SPECIAL DISCOUNT Only for MEETinLA members! For this evening only, you will get a 15% discount off any ice cream treat you order! Now that's a sweet deal!


Time to tempt your palate with all the pleasurable flavors that Southern California has to offer. Join Pleasure Palate as we do some culinary exploring of restaurants (both high-end and holes in the walls), various food and beverage tastings, cooking classes, potlucks and so much more. From savory to sweet, from salty to sour, from spicy to tangy, from exotic to All-American, we'll taste it all, so come along and take your taste buds on the ride of their life. Tonight is all about mixing and mingling for an ice cream social checking out the exotic ice cream flavors of Mashti Malone!


Mashti Malone's original location in Hollywood has been churning out exotic ice creams and sorbets since 1980, but now they've opened up a second location in Glendale, thankfully for those of us who may not live near the Hollywood location. For those of you who may have never experienced the ice cream at Mashti Malone, you should know that the decadent flavors and friendly, sweet service are so far removed from chains that you may swear off Baskin-Robbins forever.


Now some info about this unusual and delicious ice cream. Rosewater is the base for most of the ice cream flavors, enhanced with Middle Eastern ingredients such as orange blossom, saffron and cardamom in place of traditional American ones. Creamy rosewater ice cream hits the tongue meltingly smooth, while the perfume of roses wakes the taste buds. Coconut-pineapple marries two powerful flavors into a perfectly balanced mixture. The rosewater sorbet is similar to a traditional Iranian dessert, flecked with slightly crunchy rice noodles.

American flavors are just as delicious: Strawberry cheesecake tastes remarkably like its namesake, and almonds stud praline's caramel sweetness.


You combine the exotic taste sensations above with the 15% discount off any ice cream treat plus mixing and mingling with other food lovers and it's definitely a great way to spend a "Hump Day" so please come and join me!


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