CIBO RESPONDS

OUT FOR OUR EARLY MORNING WALK ON SATURDAY AND NEEDED A PICK-ME-UP.

WE JUMPED INTO CIBO WEST END AND ORDERED OUR ICED COFFEES.

WE'VE BEEN DISAPPOINTED LATELY - CIBO SEEMED TO BE SCRIMPING ON THE EXPRESSO GELATO, THE MILK SEEMED TEPID - IT DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME MAGIC.

SO WHEN OUR FAVOURITE BARISTA TOLD ME HE'D RUN OUT OF EXPRESSO GELATI I TOLD HIM GRIMLY THAT CIBO WAS SLIPPING IN THE RANKINGS.

HE RESPONDED WITH A HEFTY SERVE OF A SUBSTITUTE GELATI (TASTED LIKE A FERRERO ROCHER CHOCOLATE) AND A NICE STRONG SHOT OF COFFEE IN OUR ICED COFFEES.

AS OUR MAN SAYS - WHAT IS A "REAL ICED COFFEE?" IT'S LIKE ASKING "WHAT IS ART?"

THERE'S A VERY WIDE CONTINUUM WITH DESMOND AND MOLLY JONES SERVING WHAT IS CLOSE TO A DESSERT AND AT THE OTHER END FIRST POUR SERVING UP SOMETHING CLOSE TO A FINE WINE.

CIBO REVISITED

I WAS FEELING VERY SORRY FOR MYSELF - FULL OF THE WOG - OR WAS IT SWINE FLU? WHEN YOU'RE NOT WELL - YOU SEARCH FOR COMFORT - SOMETHING FAMILIAR.

I DIDN'T HAVE THE FORTITUDE TO VENTURE INTO UNKNOWN TERRITORIES FOR THE SAKE OF THIS RESEARCH BLOG. INSTEAD, FEELING GLUM, I HEADED FOR CIBO.

PERHAPS IT WAS MY SNOT FILLED ANTICIPATION BUT THIS ICED COFFEE WASN'T MY USUAL REVELATION. NOT SURE WHY - BUT STILL VERY VERY GOOD AND STILL WAAAAAHAAAY AHEAD OF THE PACK

GREAT COFFEE-GREAT CONSISTENCY-AND THAT AMAZING CAFE GELATO!

RATING 8.5