Eissalon am Schwedenplatz – Eisspaghetti

Ice cream creation: Eisspaghetti

The Molin Pradel family has owned this bonafide Italian gelateria since 1886, making it perhaps the oldest in Vienna. Silvio’s great-grandfather Arcangelo, a talented ice-cream maker who came from the Venetian Zoldo Valley to Austria in 1885, bringing with him the secrets of the traditional handmade ice-cream. The pistachio and lemons come from Sicily, and the vanilla is made with real beans. That’s a bit of a prelude to what we’re focusing on here in this article – the magnificent Eisspaghetti they serve up. Eisspaghetti is an extravagant ice cream creation that isn’t exclusive to the Eissalon am Schwedenplatz, and has probably played a happy part in most Austrian’s childhood. And, as we’re still children and therefore still order Eisspaghetti on a regular basis, we’ve concluded that this gelateria is serving up the best (we can hear your shocked gasps from here). A mountain of vanilla ice cream in the shape of worms, strawberry syrup drizzled over the top, and cream and strawberry ice cream surprising you when you get to the middle – this is the reason wars were waged in the name of sugar.