The combination of crisp, hot, spicy sausage and cold, creamy oysters may have been unpredictable, but it was as sensible as waffles and ice cream.
Gyro, a Greek dish of roasted meat served in a pita, usually with tomato, onion, and tzatziki, a cold, creamy sauce made from yogurt, cucumber, garlic, and various spices.
The nonalcoholic drink, a cold, creamy mix of half-and-half, water and honeydew-flavored powdered tea, was one of 20 flavors of Taiwanese bubble tea on the menu.
Together they have created a casual, no-nonsense, though noisy restaurant with almonds on the bar, antique mirrors on the walls, Heinz ketchup bottles, Eli's French bread and cold, creamy, kitchen-churned butter on the tables.
But it wasn't ice cream, it was a simulation of ice cream, and no one in their right mind would chose it over the cold, creamy stuff on a hot day.
But what I'm still thinking about is a dish that eluded comparison: a cold, creamy mixture of chopped egg and chewy matchsticks of beef tongue, balanced by bitter white radish, scallion, and dill, and topped with a pile of golden fried onions.
It specialises in thin yet juicy crispy-edged burgers with tons of flavour; and the ice-cold creamy root beer, served in frosty mugs, is made daily from a recipe dating back to 1919.
It has minerals; it has salts; it's very cold and creamy.
As an aficionado of all things sweet, cold, and creamy, I told him I would have to decide for myself.
MY tafelspitz is a dish with a lot going on: it's hot, cold, spicy, creamy, crunchy and soft.
Gelato is the Italian word for ice cream, but the cold, sweet, creamy stuff that Italians scoop is not an exact equivalent of the American version.
