Does anyone remember these tea rooms? It's truly going back more years than I care to admit.
nzhel,
Jun 14, 1:51pm
Yes I do and I often still long for one of their divine ice creams. No ice cream has ever tasted like it since. We found one of their last shops still trading years ago in Rotorua when our daughter was around 4 yrs old. She is over 30 now, so a good while back - but just about everywhere else all the shops were gone. Their sundaes were 'scrummy' too as were their Queen Anne chocolates. The Queen Anne chocs available now aren't a patch on the original. Just wish someone would 'redo' the ice cream to the original recipe!
pickles7,
Jun 14, 5:49pm
wash ya mouth out ,lol. I used to let my Nana spoil me in those shops. lol. she loved spoiling me. ice cream, chocolates a good slab of fruit cake, a bit of Madeira. Did they make marshmallow as well?
kinna54,
Jun 14, 7:29pm
only too well, but in my childhood days it was Adam's Bruce. They used to have genoa cake, and the double cone icecreams! So creamy!!
auburn4,
Jun 14, 7:46pm
Ohhhhhh, Adam's Bruce ice cream was unforgettablyfantastic. Nanas and Adam's Bruce went together so well.
mallee,
Jun 15, 10:00am
I would meet my mum every day for an apple pie and ice-cream. Yum, just thinking about it makes me drool :-) Of course if I ate apple pie and ice-cream every day these days, my hips and tummy would show my multitude of sins, greater than they are now. .
daleaway,
Jun 15, 10:45am
My mother always took us in for a treat when having one of her "town" days out. There was one in Lambton Quay and one at the top of Cuba Street - was there one in Courtenay Place as well? That smell of chocolates and sweetened cream as you went in, and the little painted tables. The glass cases of delicious chocolates.
I recall their sumptuous ice cream sundaes in the long dishes. Fabulous ice cream. The Hawaiian one was unique - tropical fruits and ginger. But I usually had the thick grainy Caramel.
The chocolates were first class (and expensive too). And they sold excellent quality raw pastry.
By the way the founder's name was Ernest ADAMS so it is Adams Bruce. Not Adam's.
maynard9,
Jun 15, 1:43pm
I remember the Cuba St one but not the Courtney Place.
Our local one was in Adelaide Rd in Newtown.Friday night treat after school - what heaven.Before going to the Library on teh corner of Adelaide and Constable St.Ice cream has never been the same.Always sorry my own children couldn't experience it.The smell when you walked in the shop would be enough for me now.
Aren't memories wonderful................
jan.w1,
Jun 15, 1:52pm
they sure are.
yearling,
Jun 17, 7:32am
around 60 yrs age the was an Adams in k rd auckland.Would train from waitakere just to get the orange cookies and carraway cake.I see that there are Adams Bruce chocolates and easter eggs out in K Mart.Very expensive BUT VERY NICE.They are being made by the grandaughter down country some where.It is on the box.
guestanzacjon,
Oct 18, 4:15pm
You can still have close to Adams Bruce ice cream as in later years 1966 on it was made by Tip Top so buy the Vanilla and try it. Let it soften a little.
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