Billy Vegas Shits On Toms River Ice Cream Festival
Link to Asbury Park Press Article : Billy Vegas Shits On Local Ice Cream Fest
Yea… so… I went to the Toms River Ice Cream Festival to check out the scene, taste some great local Ice Creams, and see how it goes. Apparently, by going to this, you get to vote on “Fan Favorite” National and “Fan Favorite” Local Ice Cream – not the Vanilla competition. Apparently that’s done behind closed doors because the public isn’t privileged enough to sample pure Ice Cream.
I’ll keep it short. This festival had alot of local ice cream outlets and, for the most part, they all sucked. How do you give out samples of Ice Cream to have people judge you on, that is saturated with candy bar bits? Have some self respect and put out a pure Ice Cream. Vanilla, Chocolate, anything. Not “Butterfinger Pretzel Penut Butter Smore Snickers Caramel Chip Ice Cream”. I can’t judge you’re Ice Cream when all I can taste is candy.
The reporter for the above article asked me what I thought of the festival and one creamery in particular. I was brutally honest, and was more assaulting and vulgar than what made the paper, but that’s not surprising. Out of all the Ice Creams I tried, only two were good. One was Maggie Moo’s Chocolate Better Batter, which essentially tasted like frozen chocolate cake batter. For a National flavor, this was the best.
For Local flavors, the best was Mint Chocolate Chip from Millstone River Creamery. It wasn’t your typical green mint chocolate chip. This was more like Mint Tea Ice Cream, and was white, not green. Like biting into some fresh mint. It was a refreshing break from the rest of the drek. And after talking to them a bit, knowing they seem to have more passion and care for the ingredients they use, I have to respect that. These guys are at the Red Bank Farmers Market most Sundays too… and sell their wares there. Great stuff, highly recommended. Try the Toasted Coconut and/or Cheesecake.
So, again, Toms River, get your competition straight and lets make this a legit competition, not a frozen candy bar contest. Apparently they have a Vanilla competition, but its done behind closed doors with a select judging panel. Why do elusive judges get to judge the vanilla, and not the public? Weak sauce.