Froyo Swirl
820 Homer Street
Vancouver, BC
The first time I had a soft-serve like dessert outside of DQ was at a shop called “La Casa del Helado” (literally, The House of Ice Cream). Although it was not as creamy as DQ’s soft-serve, I really liked it because they had several flavours – easily over 10, plus the swirl versions. Years later, I was introduced to “frozen yoghurt” but I never learned to appreciate it. I mean, it was not different to DQ’s serving (again, less creamy) but it might have been a marketing scheme to differentiate itself from the “fattening” ice cream. That was 15+ years ago. I have grown and so my palate. When I was walking around Vancouver Library and noticed Froyo Swirl, I thought I would like to give it a try…
The first thing I noticed from the menu was the yoghurt parfait. My concept of parfait is a dessert similar to the one from DQ. At $3.75, I thought it was going to be a bargain so that’s what I ordered and here is what I got:
Before you can say… “What?!”, that was the same reaction I got. It was granola at the bottom, vanilla yoghurt and fruit toppings. However, I must admit it was my own fault for not asking. Also, there was supposed to be more granola but I chose to pass. I will admit it, it was not that bad; however, it was not that different from me going to any grocery store and buy a small container of vanilla yoghurt. Hmmmm…. OK, it might now have been fair so I chose to go there again another night. And here is what I got:
Does it look better? You betcha! Normally, the frozen yoghurt alone would have been $2.75 but the fruit topping (mango, in this case) was an additional loonie. And how about the taste? I am not sure if it was because of the acidity of the mango but I could swear it had a similar acidity to that of plain yoghurt. And I like it! Would I come back again? Well, if I am in mood for this dessert, it sounds like an option!
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Ahh, I see you’ve been introduced to tart yogurt! Yes, the tart yogurt has a sort of sourness/acidity that’s present usually in regular yogurts, and also has that sort of tartness that you would find in “Asian” flavors – such as Mango, Lychee, “Asian” peach, etc.
glad you enjoyed it!
I have been here before! It is a relatively new store, and definately a new taste to me…but I liked it. I had my yogurt with Manderine orange and i think that added just the right about of sweet to the tart yogurt. I read in the store that each serving had only about 90 calories and no fat…that seems very good a dessert that tastes this yummy! I will be back.
i passed by froyo swirl after having a bowl of ramen noodles around the corner… i still had some remnants of msg and saltiness from the noodles, so i was looking for something sweet. the froyo was very different from the yogen fruz frozen yogurt- instead of sweet,it was more tart and tangy. by the time, i finished my portion, i wanted more! so now every time i eat asian food, i now crave froyo!
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