Ball Ice Cream @ Aavin Parlor (Near Tower Park)
Guys, can you believe what you are seeing in the above photo? When I wrote this post, I never thought I will ever eat another ball ice cream again, in my life. Around one week back, I went to the Anna Nagar Tower park and while coming back, I casually hopped into the Aavin Parlour (on the main road, adjacent to the park) to drink some milk shake.
I finished the milk shake and just before paying, casually looked into their ice cream cart. I just couldn’t believe what I saw – BALL ICE CREAM!! So, it is now confirmed that it is Aavin who made makes it. Immediately, I withdrew my payment and asked the staff to give me one. I finished the ice cream right there and brought the ball home. I think this one added some 18 or 20 rupees to the bill amount. The cost for nostalgia is, at least in this case, so less!
Guess what – this cap latches to the ball quite well and it was not falling off when I tried to pitch it at home. So, you can use it as a ball – but the bounce is uneven. For playing indoor cricket, there is not much of a need to worry about the bounce anyway! This proves that with time things do get better. The taste of the vannila ice cream was similar to what I remember, but I feel the earlier version was better (this could very well be a fault of my imagination or over-expectation).
At the end of the day, Aavin parlor has managed to reclaim one of their fans with the brilliant idea of reintroducing their signature product – the ball ice cream! Or was it always available and I failed to notice before that day? Possible 🙂
Destination Infinity
Ball Icecream!! What a pleasure to see this.. I was never a fan of ice creams (not now either).. but I would give in for this one, and force myself to eat it just for the sake of the ball. 🙂
You brought memories back, DI.
You rightly said it – a small price to pay for nostalgia.
I wish I had discovered this earlier, I would have enjoyed even more 🙂
Destination Infinity
Nostalgic quite! I too used to find it difficult playing with that ball then… wish to taste some ice cream tomorrow 😉
Just go to the nearest Aavin parlour! 🙂 But my personal favorite is still Italian softy.
Destination Infinity
So you finally found it? 🙂 🙂 I want some too.
It was basically hype created by me. So, I don’t think you miss much! 🙂
Destination Infinity
Nice to see that you took time to enjoy the ” ball ice cream” . Do they still have it in different cap colours.
I remember only blue colored caps. Not sure if there are any more.
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