Mondo Gelateria Melbourne

Overview

The CBD has scored a new place to scoop. Mondo Gelateria on Elizabeth Street is an all-day, late-night spot serving coffee, pastries, gelato, and good vibes. With flavours inspired by cultures across the globe, expect bold tastes and exciting new combos adding to Melbourne's already dynamic ice cream scene. 

Owner and gelato artist, Rio Olivetti, knows his way around a cone, having been trained by the Head of Carpigiani Gelato University in Bologna. He takes his ice cream seriously and is bringing his expertise to Australia with the opening of Mondo Gelateria. 

Mondo is set to be more than just an ice-cream counter. Opening at 7.30am daily, the venue will offer CBD workers a new spot for their morning coffee, accompanied by delicate and designer pastries from in-house pastry chefs Peini Yu and Jasper Yang. There will be seasonal cakes, eclairs, cookies, brioche, petit gâteaux and signature favourites, including a Black Forest Gelato Cake and a yuzu pistachio mousse cake.

Coffee is not limited to a latte or long back. Here, experimental coffee drinks include the Tokyo Drift with matcha, yuzu and miso caramel, the Seoul Harmony with black sesame and rice foam, and the Peach Bellini with elderflower, peach and grapefruit soda with elderflower cheese foam. 

The 28 ice cream flavours are influenced by ingredients from all corners of the world, from Italy to Japan, China to America. Hero flavours and mainstays on the menu include salted caramel with kumquats and freeze-dried raspberries, chocolate fudge brownie, lemon cheesecake with almonds and roasted lemon cake, pistachio with crunchy praline and Black Forest with Amarena cherries and chocolate sponge. 

The fun doesn't stop there. Mondo also features a specialty aperitif bar serving gelato flights infused with limoncello. Flavours may include yuzu, elderflower and Davidson Plum, charred mandarin and pear, and lemon verbena with toasted coconut.

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