Ice cream day: Is this Liverpool’s best gelato?

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00:00It's believed frozen desserts originated in Persia as far back as 550 BC with ice cream

00:07itself a relatively more modern invention. On this side of the pond the first recorded

00:12mention of ice cream in England was in 1671. According to Google search data the most popular

00:18flavour of ice cream in Liverpool is vanilla, followed by Neapolitan, pistachio, rum raisin

00:23and in fifth place is banana. We've been in Southport to ask the flavour of your favourite

00:28scoop.

00:29I always end up going for something that's probably got some sort of fruit in it, apricot

00:35or blackcurrant. I love a blackcurrant and cream ice cream. I did have a pretty horrendous

00:40black garlic ice cream once which I had to try but it wasn't, I won't be repeating the

00:46experience.

00:47Mint chocolate I like.

00:50We live in North Wales and they've got really good local made ice creams and I think my

00:57favourite has got to be rum and raisin but for some strange reason my granddaughter likes

01:03something that's bright blue called bubblegum. I wouldn't recommend that to anybody.

01:09If we can't film an ice cream place like Fredericks or whatever but I like chocolate, yeah.

01:17I don't know about you but I think it's time for an ice cream break. I'm going to head

01:20over from Sefton Park to Lough Leane to grab myself a cool refreshing treat.

01:26Heading down Lough Leane in search of an ice cold treat. My first port of call was

01:32gelato but with queues out the door I thought no way I can't wait for that so I headed to

01:38the newly opened Grand Cafe where they offer a selection of authentic gelatos and sorbets.

01:45Their homemade gelato uses traditional recipes and ingredients to bring you a true taste

01:51of Italy.

01:52I'm going to head back to the park to enjoy my sweet treat.

01:57It's dripping all over me because it's so hot. I grabbed some gelato from the Grand

02:03Cafe on Lough Leane and I got some vanilla and some pistachio. Let's have a taste.

02:13Mmm. That taste of vanilla bean is so nice. I know it seems like such a basic flavour

02:22but when done right I think it can be quite hard to beat. I wish it wasn't melting so

02:27much all over me. I'm going to take a get down deeper where the layer of pistachio is.

02:34Just look at that. Mmm. Wow that is simply sensational. Some really good authentic pistachio

02:48gelato. You can't really beat it although you have to be quick on a day like today before

02:55it melts all over you. Cheers.