Monday, April 25, 2011

Yogurt Rocks

In the land where soft serve yogurt reigns supreme, there is a place, that's one man's dream. Haa enough with the rhyming already right? I'm out visiting The Great Moomsi in warmish San Diego, and there seems to be an alarming number of soft serve yogurt outlets. What's more alarming, though not quite unexpected is the fact that Great Moomsi has been to all of them, taste testing and comparing one against the next. His favorite, and where he also has a loyalty card to, is Yogurt on the Rocks.
I thought I should try them for myself. They had about 12 soft serve flavors available (though rotate through about 24-30 of them) on the line and 3+ dozen toppings to choose from. Like all yogurt shops in Cali, it is self serve (an idea we already discussed as genius in the posting "Pinkberry vs Sweet Ceces"). When the yogurt is self serve you need to have a game plan - layering the flavors then toppings then flavor works or you can do side by side flavors with a layer of topping and then more yogurt on top of that. I chose the later method, putting cappuccino and Italian Chocolate gelato side by each, topped with a brownie bite and some chocolate chips. Then there was Blueberry Acai tart with some yogurt chips to finish.

I found the cappuccino had great flavor in the tasting cup but didn't really pan out when combined with other flavors, it got lost in the shuffle and its flavor was undetectable. The blueberry acai was a nice start, tart and fruity, but I wasn't a fan of the yogurt chips. The Italian chocolate gelato was heavenly. It was a deep chocolate, and it was soft to the tongue, slightly creamy and full of richness. I really could have eaten a whole cup full of that!

If you are a yogurt fien then Cali is your place. Always feel free to drop in and taste test your favorite flavor to compare against the competition. I'm sure you're not supposed to taste test if you aren't buying but lets be real, none of those girls behind the counter are going to stop or yell at you, so enjoy!!

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