Crema di Gelato

The Niçois are pretty choosy about their ice creams. This is probably because they are so close to Italy, and we all know how excitable Italians can be on the subject.

By common consent, there are two or three glaciers (ice-cream parlours) which stand out from the city crowd. Crema-de-Gelato, in the Old Town, is certainly one of them. The chap in charge used to be financial director of a car-equipment company in Monaco.

He jacked that in, placed himself under the wing of an Italian master ice-cream maker and opened up in 2005. Since then, the shop has become the devil’s own grotto for those on a diet, or who have sworn to eat nothing between meals.

Weight gain

The range of flavours might not be quite as weird and wonderful as at the nearby Fenocchio , but there’s a greater variety of preparations.

And the quality is equivalent. At least, I can’t decide between them. The produce is all made on site, with fruit fresh from the market, where appropriate. It may be eaten on site, too – there are benches out front – or consumed as you make your way, perhaps, round to Fenocchio to do a little comparing of your own. Be decisive, though, or you’ll be shuttling back and forth all afternoon - and 10lbs heavier by nightfall.