Chinatown Ice Cream Factory   

this stuff is awesome. it's one of a kind. my favorite combination is Almond Cookie and Oreo Cookie. And no...Oreo cookie is not your average cookie's n cream

Yum yum... pistachio ice cream.

I love this place. Whether you decide to try something exotic or traditonal, I'm sure that you'll agree with me when I say that this ice cream is the best. If you're down in NYC to try something new, I would go for the lychee, red bean, or the mango with some lychee topping or some red bean sauce. This place is so good that even their vanilla is outstanding!!

I found this gem on Bayard Street after dining at the now defunct 'Ba-Ba's'. The one of a kind 'Almond Cookie' ice cream, dotted with fortune cookie bits, is spectacular and definately worth a taste. There are free trial tastes anyway so you can sample all the ice cream you want. The Green Tea flavour can use a little tinkering since it is less richer and much lighter in flavour and colouring than the standard Jap restaurant fare. The only thing I can complain about is the tacky 'in-your-face' tipping notion. The counter is very small and the place itself is compact but they have huge plastic tipping jars positioned on the counter, about 12 inches apart. For such a small place, they have 3 tipping jars set up.... a bit too much, don't you think?