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EscoGelato – A Restaurant Review

By Simran Jayasinghe

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Eating Yummy Gelato. (Image by the Jayasinghe family)

Have you ever slurped Pumpkin Spice Gelato on a blazing hot day? That’s exactly what I did a couple of weeks ago at EscoGelato . EscoGelato is a small dessert shop that is on the corner of Kalmia Street and Grand Avenue in downtown Escondido. It is open from 8am-9pm 7 days a week. The restaurant serves about eighteen different types of Gelato. They make their Gelato fresh daily using fresh fruits that come from local farms. EscoGelato changes their flavors of gelato from time to time so there may be new flavors to try each time you visit! They have baked goods and cookies made from scratch every day! We will have to try those next time. They also have Gelato Cakes, Coffee, Salads and Panini. The sizes of Gelato offered are: Kids, Small, Medium, Large, or Pint.

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Gelato oozing onto the table. (Image by the Jayasinghe family)

My family all got Small orders. My sister Kiran got Salted Caramel. Svara, my little sister, got Chocolate. My mother got half hazelnut and half strawberry. My father got strawberry, and I of course had to try pumpkin Spice! My sisters and I ate our Gelato so fast you wouldn’t believe it! If we hadn’t the gelato would’ve been Salted Caramel and Chocolate milk even before we got halfway through! It was such a hot day! The Gelato was delicious although it was a bit messy. I think the cups that they served the Gelato in were too small for the amount of Gelato that was put in. The Gelato started oozing out and dripping onto the counter before we even paid for it!

That Gelato was so delicious and apparently it is also healthier than ice cream! There is a big poster on their wall listing all the differences between ice cream and gelato. Did you know that gelato has less 10% fat than ice cream?

It was a bit expensive, a small cup cost $ 3.50, but the Gelato was so delicious that I think it made up for the cost. It is a bit cramped in the shop, they only have 3-4 small tables and one long table inside, they also have 2 tables on the outside, but don’t let that hold you back from getting delectable Gelato at EscoGelato!

For more information, go to their website.

Extraordinary Desserts- A Restaurant Review

By Kiran Jayasinghe

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Three delectable cakes and a scrumptious cookie! (image by the Jayasinghe family).

“Extraordinary Desserts” is a restaurant that serves delicious and truly beautiful desserts. You might be thinking, “The word ‘Extraordinary’ is probably just to attract attention.” The name does attract attention, but the desserts ARE truly extraordinary! The “Extraordinary Desserts” my family visited is located in downtown San Diego, near Balboa Park. There is also a location in San Diego’s Little Italy.

We had read online that the restaurant tends to be crowded, and it certainly was very crowded when we visited. When you enter the restaurant, there is a display of assorted cakes, cupcakes, cookies, pastries, and other baked goods. You make your selections as you stand in line and walk along the display, then you order your food from the cashier. We ordered four slices from different cakes for all of us to share. For a party, you can order whole cakes, or a batch of cupcakes. After ordering, you take a seat inside or outside, and, after a few minutes, a server will bring your food to the table.

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So delicious! Too good to eat! (image by the Jayasinghe family).
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My sisters choice. (image by the Jayasinghe family.)

When the food was brought to our table, at first, nobody ate. We just admired the cakes and took pictures. The cakes looked so beautiful! Some of the cakes even had real flower petals adorning them. But eventually we gave in and tasted a bit of each cake. My sisters and I had milk to go with our cake. The milk toned down the richness of the cake.
One slice of cake was sitting in a pool of chocolate and raspberry syrup, with red flower petals and raspberries on top of the cake. Also on top of the cake was some sort of chocolate frosting, made to look like a flower. It was my little sister’s choice. We also tasted a cake that was sitting in a pool of red, green, and orange syrup, all cleanly separated but joined together, as if there was an invisible, thin, separator in between the three colors. It was indescribably delicious! The name of the cake was so fancy, I unfortunately don’t remember it, but the photo on this post will show you exactly how it looked. The prices are expensive, but the taste and look of whatever you order will be worth your money. “Extraordinary Desserts” is a restaurant you will likely never forget!

For more information, go to the Extraordinary Desserts website.