Fentons Creamery & Restaurant - Oakland -3.5 stars

Visited on: Sep. 18, 2006

Comments: Recommended, go for portion and decent ice cream. Pretty good pie too!

Ordered items:
Banana boat, the big one

Blueberry pie a la mode with light coconut pineapple ice cream

General description:
A huge, huge ice cream parlor, with many many types of ice creams, and rich rich creations that are downright decadent and messy. Everything overflows: the topping, the scoops, the syrup, the fudge...It is an awesome show of sugar addiction and guaranteed to satisfy kids' ice cream craving. If you like creamy ice cream, this place is for you. I won't say that it is the best ice cream that really showcases the flavors, but it is definitely very nostalgic, the way strawberry ice cream tasted before someone came up with the idea of only using real fruits and organic ones at that. There is a certain charm for artificial flavoring, just like that moment of epiphany of tea-dipped madeleine on the tongue. Might not be the best of tastes, but certainly memory invoking.

Four of us managed to finish the large banana boat and the nice, warm blueberry pie with berry-filled fillings and soft pie crust that melts with the fillings. Fenton's is the ultimate self-indulgences, and I'll be sure come back to indulge myself more.

Basic information:
Fentons Creamery & Restaurant
4226 Piedmont Avenue in Oakland, California
11am to 11pm everyday of the week, and on Friday and Saturday open until midnight
Phone: 510-658-7000
http://www.fentonscreamery.com/