You may find this hard to believe as I've called myself an ice cream aficionado so many times it might as well be my given name, but until last month, I'd never gone to Earnest Ice Cream before. I've wanted to since it opened, and I drive past it all the time....but somehow........I've just never been. Well, obviously this was a situation that had to be rectified. You see, on the day that Cybil & I went to Le Marché St. George, I'd planned on stopping by, but Cybil said it was too cold for ice cream (It's never too cold for ice cream, darling...but if you insist so.) Then last week, we decided to meet up to exchange Christmas gifts and she suggested Earnest- of course I was up for it! Ironically, it was even colder that evening than the day we were there =____=




It's usually quite packed, with the line going out the door, but that evening it was fairly calm- seats were filled but there were only 7 people or so in line. I, of course, went with the dark chocolate peppermint + cookies & cream. I genuinely have no idea what Cybil got...I'm guessing it's the cranberry walnut. She'd been trying to secretly pay for mine as well, but got distracted by the menu, and by the time she'd finished deciding, I'd already paid for mine. She's adorable, haha.

As should be well known by all readers of this blog by now, I am extremely dedicated to my (self-titled) job as an ice cream aficionado. I constantly have my eyes open for any new gelaterias or ice cream parlours in Vancouver, or perhaps any ice cream related events- and luckily enough, I was alerted via the good folks over at Scout Magazine to BETA5's Ice Cream Social!



I'm no stranger to BETA5- I've tried many of their desserts before and while I hadn't been there in a year or two, I knew I wouldn't be disappointed. When I arrived, there were over 15 people in line, and small groups of people were seated all over the parking lot, enjoying their ice cream. I was joined by my good friend, Anneliese, and it made the wait that much better, as we got a chance to catch up. When we finally got to the front of the line, we were greeted by this menu: