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S.W. (wd01mw@sun1.wwb.noaa.gov) wrote:

: By far the best ice cream I've ever had is at Lee's Homemade Ice Cream 
: in Tysons Corner Mall, VA, just off the Capital Beltway at exit 10B.

: You can't even compare it with Ben&Jerry, Hagen Daaz or other supermarket 
: ice creams, it's by far better. I lived in Cambridge, MA for 5 years, and 
: liked Toscanini's, but the Lee's wins by a large margin. Another good 
: ice cream shop is Baskin Robins around here, but Lee's is still the best.

: Their Bailey's Irish Cream is top notch. Pralines 'n Cream is rich and 
: is of euro style. The Abuckle's Delight (old fashion choc chip) is sooo
: good that I can take a quart any time. Not to mention other exotic 
: flavers such as Kalua Fudge Swirl, Capachino, Rum Rasin, Mom's Apple Pie,
: it goes on and on... 

: The guy in the store said that Lee's has won many awards over the years. In one
: competetion sponsored by the People's Magazine, Lee's was ranked top three
: among over 200 ice cream makers nationwide. 

: The only thing I regret is you can't get them from any grocery stores or
: supermarket, restaurants, it's only sold through a few Lee's stores around
: Washington-MD-VA area. Anyway, it's really good ice creams.


Lee's is good, but IMHO, the best ice cream in the area is THOMAS 
SWEET.  They're not a true chain (only a few locations-Georgetown plus 
Princeton and New Brunswick, NJ) but their ice cream is the smoothest and 
tastyest around.  It's all made fresh on site, so you don't have to wait 
for it to get shipped from Vermont or where ever.

Plus, they blend-in their cookies, etc.  Unlike Lee's, which folds them 
in with paddles, leaving big chunks, Thomas Sweet blends its extras in 
with a big machine that looks something like a meat grinder.  The result 
is that the "topping" is ground up and evenly distributed throughout the 
ice cream: a true blending of the tastes.  My personal favorite: cookies 
& cream with mystic mint cookies blended in.  YUM!
 
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