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July 20, 2023

'The Chill Desire' Keeps Downtown Peterborough Cool As Brothers Open New Ice Cream Parlour

July 20, 2023/ David Tuan Bui

Brothers Sarthak Juneja and Nitish are Peterborough’s newest business owners and keeping downtown cool as they held the grand opening of their new ice cream parlour, The Chill Desire on Saturday.

Brothers Sarthak Juneja (left) and Nitish (right) showcasing their Urban Desi waffle topped with gulab jamun, rajbhog ice cream (typically made of dry fruits/nuts and made with milk, cream, almonds, pistachio, cashew, cardamom powder and saffron) and white sauce. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

The parlour is at 366 George St. N., located roughly at the former Tango clothing boutique. The business’s ice cream mostly comes from Central Smith Creamery with some from Kawartha Dairy.

The Chill Desire sells traditional ice cream in cones or cups, sundaes, smoothies and milkshakes. A unique selling point of the parlour for Peterborough is that they offer waffle varieties such as Belgian and bubble to go with their ice cream. They also do ice cream on their waffles, ‘waff-wiches’ and ‘waff-sticks’ as variations.

“We wanted to bring some uniqueness nobody has so that's why we sell waffles with ice cream,” said Nitish, The Chill Desire co-owner.

The idea stemmed from Nitish visiting his home country of India which had his friends introduce him to waffles with ice cream during an outing.

“That was the first time I had a waffle with ice cream and I loved it, explained Nitish. “The idea just stuck in my mind so when we decided to do ice cream, the flashback of the memory just got there. It was so great that I had to bring that here.”

The brothers add extra uniqueness to their parlour by bringing their Indian heritage into some of their menu items. They offer falooda (a cold dessert with noodles made from mixing rose syrup, vermicelli, and sweet basil seeds with milk and often served with ice cream), kulfi (traditional Indian ice cream that’s typically denser and creamier), gulab jamun (Indian reduced milk solids soaked in syrup), badam milk (milk blended with almonds, saffron and cardamom) and a few Indian ice cream flavours. They include rajbhog (nut bonanza) and kesar pista (saffron pistachio).

Nitish and Juneja are Fleming graduates and came to Canada as international students from India. In addition to offering Downtown Peterborough a new food option, they opened the parlour to help combat the homesickness for the entire Indian community and introduce a new option for anyone unfamiliar with their heritage’s dessert.

“We came here four years ago, we couldn't find a specific place for Indian desserts,” explained Nitish. “We missed our home and missed that part. We felt that was the same for the Indian community we have here so we thought we could bring Indian dessert and fusion here.”

The Chill Desire’s operating hours are unlike any other ice cream parlour in town according to the brothers. They are open from 11 a.m. - 2 a.m. on Monday to Saturday and 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. on Sundays. Nitish says he wants to have another late-night food option available to Peterborough.

“Nobody in Peterborough is open until two as a dessert place so they can get freshly scooped ice cream,” he explained. “Usually, people order from a convenience store or the gas station; they sell the pre-packs but not freshly scooped so we're here to fulfill their late-night cravings.”

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July 14, 2023

Get The Scoop on Local Attractions and Must-Try Experiences at the Visitor Centre

July 14, 2023/ Felicia Massey

Peterborough & the Kawarthas Visitor Centre is hosting Get The Scoop; an event to highlight the region’s attraction and experiences on July 16.

photo by david tuan bui.

Peterborough & the Kawarthas Visitor Centre is offering free Central Smith Creamery ice cream and opportunities to uncover local hidden gems in the City and County of Peterborough.

The event on Sunday will run from noon to 3 p.m. at the Visitor Centre (270 George St. N).

For more information visit the website.

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July 12, 2019

Central Smith Ice Cream Hosting Ice Cream Social In Support Of PRHC Foundation

July 12, 2019/ PTBOCANADA

On Saturday, July 20th, Central Smith Ice Cream will be raising money for the PRHC Foundation by hosting an ice cream social at Central Smith (739 Lindsay Road) from 11 a.m. to 4 pm.

There will be plenty of fun for the whole family, including a jumpy castle, games, a BBQ, face painting, a silent auction (with amazing prizes), an obstacle course and an ice cream eating contest!

PRHC will also be hosting an open mic. Sign up sheets for both events will be in the parlour, or you can email shelby@centralsmith.ca to submit an entry.

All proceeds from the day will be donated to the PRHC Foundation. For more info on the yummy event, click here.

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