July 17 National Ice Cream Day

The month of July is National Ice Cream Month and this Sunday is the official National Ice Cream Day. 

The yearly event is held on the third Sunday of July.  Ronald Reagan designated the month and day in 1984 after realizing the popularity of ice cream.  

Make sure you enjoy Ice Cream on July 17.

Links

Fox News Video Clip- National Ice Cream Day

More About (.com) the Holiday

Moo Moo's Ice Cream

Today's quest for the ultimate ice cream experience takes us to Strathroy's Moo Moo's.  This location serves London Ice Cream and soft serve ice cream.  Today's judges include Chris, Earl, Elinore, Lynne and Susan.

Once again we tried various flavours.  Earl had French Vanilla and Elinore had Pralines & Cream.  Both seem to be having the same ice cream at each place.  The other 3 judges switched it up by getting two scoops and two different flavours- Susan decided to get Raspberry Bugaboo and Orange Pineapple; Chris went with Ferrero  Rocher and Chocolate Brownie and I selected Black Cherry and Truffle.

Additonal Comments:

• Most affordable to date- $2.65 for one scoop and $3.65 for two scoops
• Uncommon flavours- Ferrero Rocher
• Lovely new patio 
• Washrooms very clean 

And now the scores:

 

	Chris	Earl	Elinore	Lynne	Susan
Taste	4	4	4	5	5
Customer Service	3	N/A	N/A	4	4
Appearance	4	4	4	4	4
Ambiance	4	4	5	5	5
Value	5	4	4	5	5
Totals	20/25	16/20	17/20	23/25	23/25

 

Moo Moo's scores a 99/115 or 86%.  We are awarding Moo Moos with a 4 scoops of ice cream- the highest so far!!!

Does Bests have the Best Ice Cream?

Our next adventure brought us to Grand Bend.  Here we checked out Best's Homemade Ice cream.  We had different flavours again, including Pralines and Cream, and Chocolate fudge.  The regular size in a waffle cone is huge, but so is the price aprox $6 each.

And the scores:

	Chris	Earl	Elinore	Jeff	Lynne
Taste	4	4	5	5	5
Customer Service	3	3	NA	4	3
Appearance	3	4	5	4	4
Ambience	2	4	5	3	4
Value	2	3	3	3	4
Totals	14/25	18/25	18/20	19/25	20/25

Additional Comments:

• Ice cream was home made
• Price was very expensive 
• The patio furniture was too close together making it difficult for elderly people to maneuver around 

The overall rating of our experience is 89/120 or 3 scoops of ice cream out of 5.

Ice Cream at East Side Mario's

Although not an official judging event, we want to thank East Side Marios for giving us free tiny ice creams.  We were finishing our dinner, and saw that one of the waitresses brought small ice creams to a nearby table.  Susan asked about the ice cream and the waitress said we could purchase them for $1 each.  To our surprise the waitress came back a couple minutes later and  gave us some of the ice cream cones because she had extras.  The ice cream was excellent, and you can't beat the price!  The size was also perfect for Elinore.

Tim Horton's

We decided as our first ice cream adventure, we would visit one of Canada's favourite fast food chain- Tim Horton's.

Our core group of judges will always include myself, Mom and/or Earl and whoever else wants to come.  There will be various guest judges throughout the season offering their expertise!  On this outing the judges include myself, Elinore, Chris and Jeff. 

We each selected different flavours, from the simple French Vanilla to the more adventurous Cake Batter.  We also decided to get the "Gotta Have It" or large size in waffle cones.  Our evaluation of the experience is based on 5 key factors that include:

1. Customer Service
2. Taste
3. Appearance (of product)
4. Value
5. Ambience

We will give each category a ranking between 0 (very dissatisfied) and 5 (very satisfied).  

The results for Tim Horton's/Cold Stone Creamery are as follows:

	Chris	Elinore	Jeff	Lynne
Taste	2	3	5	3
Customer Service	5	3	5	5
Appearance	3	3	4	4
Ambience	2	3	3	3
Value	2	3	4	3
Totals	14	15	21	18

Additional Comments:

• Customer service was excellent- the woman was knowledgeable and excited about product; offered samples without customers asking.
• The toppings were to sparse
• Ice-cream was too sticky/creamy for some judges preference
• Washrooms were dirty 

Overall Score:  68 out of 100 or    

2 scoops out of 5