The LAB Nitrogen Gelato, Melbourne 3000, Restaurant/cafe

The LAB Nitrogen Gelato

Restaurant/cafe

188 Bourke St
3000 Melbourne
Australia

Phone: 0390775354

Opening times:
Sun 12:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Mon 12:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Tue 12:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Wed 12:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Thu 12:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Fri 12:00 pm - 12:00 am
Sat 12:00 pm - 12:00 am

“Who says gelato is old school?”

At The LAB, we’re pouring in Liquid Nitrogen and developing it into something new again.

Our Philosophy:

My first memory of gelato was of Mum buying me a multi-coloured mountain on a cone from a Mr Whippy's van and getting a blue fluorescent tongue and sticky hands afterwards.

My gelato journey has come a long way since then. From watching Heston Blumenthal turn a grilled cheese toastie into ice-cream, sampling from every gelateria I stumbled across in Italy to queueing up in Hong Kong and New York to try their versions of liquid nitrogen ice cream.

Liquid nitrogen presented me with a great opportunity to make gelato without any
preservatives or stabilisers because unlike other gelato that sits in freezers, freshly made and eaten gelato doesn't need them.

Back in Melbourne, I turned my kitchen at home into a test lab, experimenting with different ingredients and flavours to perfect my gelato.

I've found the answer to happiness; fresh milk, a bit of cream and sugar, rich golden egg yolks and a generous amount of dark cocoa powder (and liquid nitrogen, of course) = luscious dark velvety goodness.