224 Front street (between Beekman Street & Peck Slip)
New York, NY 10038
917-261-6376
Website: https://vanleeuwenicecream.com/location/seaport/
Hours: Sunday - Saturday - 3 pm - 11 pm
Vanilla, chocolate - small scoop - $4.50
On a bright July 15, 2019 sunny day my co-workers Altagracia, Yamileh & I walked down to the South Street Seaport in hunt of this ice cream that we had heard about. Found it!
Whenever you get cream, eggs, milk and cane sugar together and freeze it, it's a refreshing party in your mouth. Creamy, smooth and you can taste the fresh ingredients. As we left the store with our ice cream with cones in hand and headed to the South Street Seaport to enjoy, we agreed that we will return and try other flavors. They serve vegan ice cream as well.
Ice cream is believed to be traced back to the 2nd century B.C. though no records can be found of exactly when and who the inventor was. References have been made to include Roman emperor Nero who sent runners to the mountains to bring snow to be combined with fruit toppings and juices. King Tang (618-97) of Shang China use a method of creating ice and milk concoctions. Alexander the Great also enjoyed snow and ice that was flavored with honey and nectar.
Whenever you get cream, eggs, milk and cane sugar together and freeze it, it's a refreshing party in your mouth. Creamy, smooth and you can taste the fresh ingredients. As we left the store with our ice cream with cones in hand and headed to the South Street Seaport to enjoy, we agreed that we will return and try other flavors. They serve vegan ice cream as well.
Ice cream is believed to be traced back to the 2nd century B.C. though no records can be found of exactly when and who the inventor was. References have been made to include Roman emperor Nero who sent runners to the mountains to bring snow to be combined with fruit toppings and juices. King Tang (618-97) of Shang China use a method of creating ice and milk concoctions. Alexander the Great also enjoyed snow and ice that was flavored with honey and nectar.
When Marco Polo returned to Italy from the Far East he brought a recipe that resembled what we now call sherbet. Historians think that this recipe evolved into ice cream sometime during the 16th century. England is thought to have discovered ice cream around the same time or maybe earlier than the Italians. It was called "Cream ice" at the table of Charles I during the 17th century. France introduced a similar frozen dessert in 1553 by Catherine de Medici when she became the wife of Henry II of France. Ice cream was made available to the general public in 1660.
America's first ice cream parlor opened in New York City 1776. The colonists used the term "ice cream". The name comes from the phrase "iced cream" and it was later abbreviated to "ice cream".
The first official record of ice cream in America or as it was called then the New World is found in a letter that was written in 1744 by a guest of Maryland Governor William Bladen. Ice cream was first advertised on May 12, 1777 in the New York Gazette when confectioner Philip Lenzi stated that ice cream was available "almost every day".
"Because a life without anything good is bad" - Van Leeuwen's belief.
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