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LA Ice Cream Shops Named Among Best In U.S.: Report
A scoop of Golden State ice cream shops were ranked among the 40 best creameries in the nation. Here are the shops that were named in LA.
LOS ANGELES, CA — Angelenos looking for some sweet relief from the summertime heat can look to a pair of creameries that have been named among the best ice cream shops in the nation, according to a new report.
Thrillist named the 40 best ice cream shops in the U.S. in an era where ice cream has been renewed as an artistry as new wave creameries crop up around the country.
The list includes plant-based creameries, shops where cones have been spiked with booze and complex flavors you can bet you've never heard of.
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In California, four creameries were named and two of them are located in Los Angeles.
California ice cream shops named in the 40 best:
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An's Dry Cleaning - San Diego
Awan - Los Angeles
Bi-Rite Creamery - San Francisco
Wanderlust Creamery - Los Angeles
West Hollywood's Awan, which means "cloud" in Bahasa, specializes in non-dairy ice cream using Indonesian roots. Indonesian-Australian chef Zen Ong uses a combination of Indonesian coconut cream and coconut water to produce a rich, creamy gelato-like texture.
His ice cream is made with specially imported Balinese vanilla beans, aromatic lemongrass, unrefined sugar that made with the sap of a coconut palm tree and more.
Awan is located on 866 Huntley Drive and is open Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. and on weekends from noon to 10 p.m.
Learn more about the shop here.
Wanderlust Creamery, which has locations in Atwater Village, Fairfax, Pasadena, Tarzana, Venice and downtown Los Angles, has flavors that are also inspired by faraway places.
Flavors are inspired by a combination of desserts from Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and France.
Owners and husband-and-wife duo Jon-Patrick Lopez and Adrienne Borlongan say they've created flavors inspired by their own feelings of wanderlust: "every flavor is made from memories, the flavors remind us of our childhoods, the places we've been and the places we want to go."
Learn more about the shop here.
Read the full report from Thrillist: The 40 Best Ice Cream Shops in the U.S.
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