you need to hear me out.

I've been doing a couple of interesting things since getting back to Ottawa. Last week my friends took me to a dessert cafe for some waffles and ice cream. I am the type of girl who jumps up in a fury at the mere mention of gelato-goodness so off I went to this new dessert bar.

La Bocca Juice is a muslim family run cafe that serve the most beautiful crepes and waffles I have ever seen. Once you walk in, there are huge palm trees and an albeit funny looking banana hanging from the ceiling, but I was so distracted by the rows and rows of fruits that they had on display I hardly noticed the banana till 20 minutes after arriving. I am a fruit junkie, sometimes I can go for a week on nothing but apples (apparently this is unhealthy..) so I was expectedly taken aback by my choices of dessert. 

The cafe makes their own ice cream and italian gelato. Honestly, what is better than gelato?! Homemade gelato!

Watermelon gelato is my supreme favourite flavour and I just about died when I had a taste of their homemade goodness. You could actually taste the beautiful tangy sweetness of the watermelon, so I had them put a huge dollop of it on my waffles. I am not the biggest fan of lemon-ny and lime flavours, but when I had a taste of their lime gelato I must admit that I really liked it and had many spoonfuls.

Their speciality are crepes and waffles. The desserts are a perfect combination of fruit, ice cream/gelato, syrup and a delicious waffle/crepe base completes it. They have pretty much perfected it to complete science. I had such a hard time deciding what to get so I just closed my eyes and went for it. Their juices are pretty popular too, but I didn't get one.

We were there on a Thursday evening and there were tons of people there. You could sit inside at the booths or outside on the patio while you enjoy your dessert. I think a lot of families dropped by after supper for their cone of ice cream so it was pretty cute to see little kids smack their noses up on the glass while deciding what flavour they'd like.

Since it's a gorgeous long weekend, I might just head over to La Bocca again today for a cup of watermelon gelato. What I also love about the cafe is that it neighbours a halal supermarket which has everything an oriental kitchen needs! They have some steaks that I'm craving for so I might just pop over in a bit. Hope you're having a great weekend.

UPDATE: I went to La Bocca and got a bubblegum-chocolate vanilla caramel-watermelon banana split. Loved the combination but not too crazy about the bubblegum gelato. But I found two little pieces of bubblegum in the mix so it made the world well again. I'm having steaks for lunch today too, like a boss.

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