Fro-yo girl here. So, I knew about Gelateria Uli and I’ve visited their shop inside the Spring St. Arcade in downtown Los Angeles. I didn’t get anything because they didn’t have froyo. During the pandemic, they rebranded, closed their shops, and started selling to grocery stores and restaurants. Online ordering and nationwide delivery are available.
On a recent visit to Cookbook Market in Highland Park, I spotted Uli’s Gelato in the freezer. They had two flavors: Bee pollen gelato and Yogurt with cherry jam gelato. Yogurt gelato! The pints were $14 and the 5 oz. minis, $7. The website lists another yogurt gelato flavor, lavender.
Yogurt with cherry jam gelato: It’s made with yogurt and live and active cultures. The yogurt gelato smelled good (it smelled like yogurt) and fortunately, it also tasted like yogurt with cherries. There were bits of cherry throughout. The texture was dense and smooth with an icy edge. While it tasted like yogurt, it was so sweet that there was almost no tang or sourness. But the aftertaste was clean and it tasted natural. However, there was way too much sugar. One container is 220 calories, 6g total fat, 37g total carbohydrates, 34g sugars, and 3g protein.
Uli’s, voted best ice cream/gelato in Los Angeles, was founded by Uli, an immigrant from Azerbaijan. She opened her first gelateria at 541 S. Spring St. in downtown LA in 2014. The best, seasonal ingredients are used.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. I heard about the Gelato Festival before the pandemic, when it was an in-person festival where gelato artisans duked it out for the title of best gelato in the world. The Gelato Festival started in Florence, Italy in 2010 and the festival moved to various locations, including the US in 2017. They had a stop in LA, so I think that’s how I heard about it initially.
Gelato Festival currently has two brick & mortar locations in Los Angeles, an online gelato store, and distribution in local stores. And yes, sometimes they make froyo. They ship nationwide. The flavors are the best ones from their festival competitions.
I spotted the pints at Cookbook Market in Highland Park (Los Angeles). They only had one flavor and luckily, it was Apricot Yogurt. The pints are $13 each.
Apricot Yogurt: The apricot puree is not blended into the froyo but is swirled in. The froyo part (not the puree) tasted like plain froyo and it was very flavorful and very tart. It was more flavorful than most plain tart froyos. The yogurt texture was thick, dense, and creamy, like high quality ice cream. The apricot puree was thick and sweet like jam or a gelee. The apricot flavor wasn’t evenly distributed because they just added the puree to the plain froyo. Loving the plain tart froyo – it didn’t need the apricot puree.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. I’m so thrilled that I stumbled into Cookbook Market earlier this year. Cookbook describes itself as a “neighborhood green grocer specializing in responsibly grown, super tasty meat + fish, cheese, bread, fruit, vegetables, coffee, chocolate, freshly prepared foods, & more.” Their housemade sandwiches are fantastic and they carry bread and pastries from the best bakeries in LA, like Clark St., Bub & Grandma’s, Gjusta, and Friends & Family. They also make some of their own condiments, broth, baked goods, granola, broth, pot pies, mac & cheese, hand pies, pasta, veggie burgers, etc.
Very recently, they launched a new line of housemade ice cream and frozen yogurt. The housemade pints are $12.50 each. There were only a handful of flavors (the shop is small, so the selection of everything is limited) and only was frozen yogurt.
Frozen lime yogurt: The froyo on top was firm and icy but not watery. The lime flavor was very tangy and pronounced – much tangier than most tart froyo that you find in froyo shops. The graham cracker crumbs were sparse. However, digging under the top layer, I encountered a softer, creamier core with an abundance of buttery, crispy graham cracker crumbs and lime rind. This core was sweeter as well. The bottom of the pint was firm and super tart again, like the top layer. Very interesting and super flavorful. I think I’m a fan but the uneven distribution of ingredients was unusual. I’d definitely like to try more flavors in the future.
Cookbook has two locations. I saw the froyo at the Highland Park location (not sure if the Echo Park one carries froyo).
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
* COOKBOOK MARKET: 5611 N Figueroa St., Los Angeles (Highland Park), CA 90042
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