Lick
Goat Cheese, Thyme, Honey + Pecans and Cream
Mole, Texas Au Lait, Roasted Beets and Fresh Mint, Texas Sheet Cake, Curried Squash and Coconut, Coconut and Avocado Curd
Located on South Lamar, surprisingly close to dinner at Barley Swine, a pre-meal snack at Lick was not something I’d planned on until the fine folks at Easy Tiger suggested their ‘honest ice creams’ as the best in town “by far.” Rarely one to ignore recommendations from one artisan of another and quickly doing a bit of research only to find a familiar business model focused on all things local and seasonal including 100% whole milk organic dairy from a single purveyor it was not until I read the flavor list that I became truly intrigued, a variety of herbal and vegetal variants evoking images of Jeni’s or Salt and Straw…and results no less impressive. Small in size and friendly in service with endless smiles and samples to each customer entering the shop it was with a total of more than a dozen and a half flavors that I found myself tempted and sampling no less than eight I was impressed at each turn – the creamy pecan sheet cake and smoky curried squash particularly impressive – but settling on the two that wowed most I exchanged $5 for two scoops and a fresh waffle cone, the creamy goat cheese amalgam subtly sweet with great aromatics and the toasted Texas pecans and cream reinventing the concept of classic Butter Pecan with a rich base of sweet cream delicately punctuated by ground nuts instead of chunks – a veritable ball of pecan butter on a cone.
