Seems to be a standard formula.
Sticky summer night in Buenos Aires + friends + food and drink + ice cream = good times. These pictures are from Cintia's goodbye party; she's off to Miami and nobody knows if she'll be back (including her). As usual, the ice cream was from Lado Bueno and the party was held in Villa del Parque.
Top picture: "Get your sticky paws off my ice cream!" - Ariadna
Bottom picture: what's left over when the good times wind down. Kudos to Pao, who diligently washed the plastic cups for future use. Environmentally friendly! You don't see that very often here.
A couple of notes:
+ Lemon sherbert and champagne mix: The guys really seem to like this. Theoretically, the acidity of the lemon and the bubbliness of the champagne would go well together, but this combo gives me a pounding headache every time. Plus, I think it's a waste of perfectly good lemon ice cream, but hey, it's their servings, their stomachs and their hangovers.
+Lado Bueno charges less in Villa del Parque than it does in Colegiales and Belgrano. I discovered this when that same weekend, Jacob and I took our dog for a long walk and, not surprisingly, we ended up in front of Lado Bueno. (Given that we live about 15 short blocks away from their Belgrano sucursal, it wasn't such a big deal.) A quarter kilo costs 9 pesos in Belgrano; in Villa del Parque, it costs 8. This is typical here. Despite the fact that the products are often standardized, the neighbourhood where you buy them influences the price. Unfortunately for me, Belgrano happens to be one of the more expensive zones. I ordered strawberry ice cream and regretted it; it was sickly sweet and tasted artificial. Apparently pomelo is better. The guy manning the counter said it was the best flavour they had; it's made from fresh pomelos and extract. Too bad they don't tell you that BEFORE you order your ice cream (when it's too late to trade your sickly sweet strawberry for light, citrusy pomelo).
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