FoMu: Alternative Ice Cream

Grab your ray bans and flip-flops because summer in Boston is steadily approaching. Summer in Boston: essentially the only time of the year where it is actually warm enough to make it enjoyable to go out and explore the cities nooks and crannies. So now that you have de-thawed where is the first place you should adventure to? A nice cool (in more than one way) ice cream place of course! 

FoMu located on 481 Caimbridge Street in Allston is a MUST TRY! 

Love at First Bite 

FoMu oozes the hip, alternative lifestyle of the Alston, Massachusetts community. The store is lined with paintings and pictures made by local artists. The employees typically don multiple piercings, tattoos and a smile. Hipster couples on their first date after a concert and older health conscious citizens alike but are drawn to the vibrant, accepting environment of FoMu. One might question what came first, the chicken or the egg, but in the case of we vegetarians, the alternative lifestyle or the alternative ice cream?

Alternative Ice Cream? 

FoMu serves alternative ice cream. What does that mean you ask? FoMu's ice cream is all natural and dairy free. It is made locally in small batches, with no refined sugars. Yes, you heard it right, the ice cream is dairy free meaning...drumroll please...the ice cream is vegan! 

Vegan Ice Cream... 

Does the though of vegan ice cream make you think of tasteless blob of weirdly textured and fake tasting ice cream? Because thats exactly what FoMu is not! FoMu uses a coconut milk base sweetened by agave nectar and unrefined sugar cane. For most people, they barely notice a difference between FoMu and real ice cream - except that FoMu is actually more rich and delicious. 

FoMu's Menu 

If you are someone who likes to try new things, FoMu's menu will frustrate you because you'll want to try everything. The range of flavors FoMu offers puts regular ice cream shops to shame. Flavors range from Strawberry and Cookies and Cream to Rice Honey Lavender and Thai Chili Peanut. FoMu offers speciality drinks like Mango Lassi and Mocha Bean Smoothies that most vegans miss out on in their everyday dining experiences. In addition to the plethora of ice cream options, FoMu offers vegan treats from Sabertooth Bakery, Bonnieville Power Cookies, Veggie Galaxy, and Taza Chocolates. 

So what are you waiting for! Go grab your sunglasses and a friend and go on an adventure to this vegan find! Fellow vegan and vegetarian friends will think you have found the vegan holy grail.