New Zealand Golden Manuka Honey

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!

If there’s something I can’t resist its ice cream. No matter what the weather is like ice cream is inevitably on my mind. This appears to be so ingrained in my personality that on a recent est get-together not a single one of the team members blinked when I admitted I’d gone to eat ice-cream before meeting up for dinner.

When we received an invitation from Fiona of Mark Communications to sample the new New Zealand Natural Ice Cream flavour I immediately jumped at the chance. Despite a spate of miserable weather in the previous days the sun shone through that day to make a perfect ice cream eating day.

Helen, Suze and Simon were my co-conspirators on this day and Fiona was generous enough to offer a run at the bar on the house. I adore ice cream but the Chillos are my absolute favourite, an icy smooth mix of crushed ice and ice cream flavour of your choice (my personal weakness is mint-chocolate). Helen seems to share my weakness, going for a Mocha Chillo.

Golden Manuka Honey

The showcased flavour today is based on two of New Zealand’s iconic flavours, Kiwi Fruit and Manuka Honey. Of the two the Manuka Honey is probably the most famous, touted as the ultimate in natural medicines and is said to heal a number of ailments ranging from ulcers to infections.

Despite my reservations the Honey flavour is surprisingly mild which retaining a creamy smoothness. I’d been a little worried that the honey would overpower the flavour of the ice cream but the Honey & Kiwi combination worked nicely together. My suggestion would be to pair the Honey scoop with a slightly blander flavour to avoid it being overly sweet.

Oh hi Suze

In the email invitation Fiona had mentioned that we could also have  sample to take home, 9 Litres to be precise. I’ll be honest and thought it was a typo in the email and had anticipated carrying only a 1L tub back to the office, so I was a little gobsmacked at the huge boxes presented to us. My co-workers on the other hand adored me for the next two weeks (my shoulders not so much after the 20 minute lug back to the office).

Of course flavour is totally subjective to the person, so here’s a sample of reactions I got from people in the office:

• Would make a lovely taste experience between courses
• one of the best ice-cream’s I have ever had. Go New Zealand. (Somewhat biased as the co-worker in question is from NZ lol)
• Smooth, creammy and even for delicious with some fresh blue berries
• Though it’s really nice, the kiwi fruits were a bit sour to me, so would suggest to go with topping.
• I’m not usually a fan of ice-cream, but I actually really like this! It’s got a delicious fruity flavour, almost like frozen yoghurt??? 8/10
• That ice cream was DIIIIVINE! Smooth, creamy and bursting with a really clean, fresh flavour. Yummo!
• It was a perfect summer day flavour – not to strong or filling but hit the spot perfectly
• Smooth, creamy and deliciously sweet – that was a taste sensation. Yum!
• I LOVE the Manuka Honey ice cream! I wouldn’t normally go for this flavor but it’s DELICIOUS. Creamy and sweet – but not too sweet. Juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust right.

All opinions are unedited to the point that I didn’t even fix their spelling errors.

As part of the introduction promotions, New Zealand Icecream is offering a FREE scoop Manuka Honey Flavour Icecream with any purchase. The offer is valid until the end of February, 2010.

Eat show &tell was a guest of New Zealand Natural Ice Cream, thanks to Fiona for organising and the invitation!

8 Comments

1. ladyironchef

   February 21, 2010

   

   O M G, 9 litres? haha you are going to share some with me right? or is it finished already? lol honey ice cream sounds lovely
   .-= ladyironchef´s last blog ..Long House Popiah: In Search of the Best Popiah =-.

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2. Fiona

   February 21, 2010

   

   9L seems a little excessive, but plenty to share!
   .-= Fiona´s last blog ..A Trilingual Wedding =-.

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3. Rae

   February 21, 2010

   

   Everyday eating food yay!

   New Zealand > Wendys

   I love that you got 9 L of the stuff… lol
   .-= Rae´s last blog ..misleading platter pricing @ Wildfire =-.

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4. chocolatesuze

   February 21, 2010

   

   haha hai minh! how awesome was the 9L! i too thought it was a typo and was super happy about getting that much icecream mmm icecream
   .-= chocolatesuze´s last blog ..kfc tower burger returns + tshirt giveaway [6] =-.

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5. abercrombie

   February 22, 2010

   

   i too am an ice cream nut… even in the minus temps of winter driving to the snow i still have the need, the need for…. ice cream! and always find myself stopping to grab something

   also a huge fan of manuka honey.. each trip to NZ i come back with some sort of manuka skin care product

   so ice craam + manuka honey can only mean one thing!.. might have to pay you a visit sometime soon

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6. Heather Mulholland

   February 22, 2010

   

   YUM! I like the idea of ice cream but yet I don’t go out and buy it often? lol Maybe it’s because we don’t really have the nice creamy ice cream but more the ice based stuff.

   Found your blog through The Daring Kitchen (loved your risotto photo) and decided to take a peak at the blog, and love it! Definitely a bookmarked read now

   Cheers.

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7. Edwina

   February 22, 2010

   

   LUCKY!!! If only i could have 9L of mint choc-chip… mmmm

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8. minh

   March 4, 2010

   

   ladyironchef: hehe come back to sydney!

   Fiona: Definitely! I was popular in the office for the two weeks that box lasted lol.

   Rae: Haha yeah, I always like NZ over Wendy’s too. I think Wendy’s ice-cream is too sweet for my tastes.

   chocolatesuze: I think I was ice-creamed out for about a week afterwards…

   abercrombie: Haha sorry dude, all gone…

   Heather: Thanks Heather! I’m looking forward to revealing my post!

   Edwina: YUM, I love mint choc-chip.

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