Berry Good Cakes & La Casa Ice Cream
Our friend Daniel came up to visit us from San Diego. I know that he’s got a sweet tooth due to all the ice cream stories I heard from him (most of them about the ice cream melting due to the freezing not being cold enough), I tried to plan a lot of dessert trips during his stay in Vancouver.
The dessert trip we went to is for cakes and teas at Berry Good Cake Cafe in Richmond. This little gem located in the Excel Center on McKim Way, Richmond, serves what I call Asian cakes and pastries with a variety of teas and blended drinks. Asian cakes and pastries are generally lighter and less sweet than their original, “Western” form.
The cakes at Berry Good changes daily. You can check our their daily selections of cakes from their display (fridge) by the counter. Here’s what we got that night:
The strawberry tea was very good. I looked inside once we were done and found real strawberry bits.
Our second dessert stop (not in the same day of course, thought if would a bit of sugar over dose if it was) is La Casa Gelato on Venables Street, Vancouver. They have over 200 flavors now. The best thing about having ice cream at La Casa is that you can try before you buy. Out of curiosity, I asked about the Spicy Mango flavor and whether or not it’s really spicy. The guy behind the counter said “ya”, but I didn’t quite believe him since I figured, ice cream are cold, that’d take some spiciness away. Plus it just looked orange, no sign of any spices to add the heat. I guess my skeptical look gave me away as he then proceed to hand me a little spoonful of the Spicy Mango ice cream. The first few seconds after I had the spoonful in my mouth, I can only taste the mango. Then the spicy kicks in and it’s REALLY spicy. The worse part (well worse is because I’m not a spicy food person) is that the spiciness lingers in your mouth for a VERY LONG time. I tried a couple different ice cream after hoping it’d wash away the spiciness. I didn’t work.
After like 20 minutes trying to decide on what flavors to have, we’ve finally come to a decision on our ice cream. I wasn’t able to take photos because I was too busy trying to dig my little shovel (or spoon) into Daniel and Al’s ice cream to have a taste, but I did managed to get a picture of the Akbar Mashty ice cream in Al’s cup. It’s made with a Persian spice and I think mango? It has a very flowery taste.
We also bought 1L of durian ice cream home, which is one of their top 5 best sellers! Next time I’ll try the Death by Mango to see just how “mango-y” it is.






















































