I CANNOT express just how thrilled I am that @plus39gelato is opening less than a minute's walk away from my workplace. Expanding waistlines be damned, because every calorie in this less-than-10%-fat gelato is more than worth it.

Each of the four flavours I tried today (pistachio, mango, four spice, chilli chocolate) boasted the same silky texture that glided down my throat like a dream, leaving no cloying feeling of thirst that's typical of overly saccharine, lesser specimens of gelato and ice cream; yet, each airy spoonful fills the mouth with luscious, full-bodied flavour.

Using the ideatre, aka the "Ferrari of gelato machines", Director & Gelato Coach Jacopo Quaglia will be churning up at least eight different flavours for our enjoyment each day from 6 March. Anticipate classics like the pictured pistachio (a MUST-TRY), chocolate, vanilla bean, and more unusual suspects like Italian basil and ginger tart. Jacopo is very open to suggestions and experimenting, so hit him up with your wishlist!