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Making Artisanal Gelato in Vietnam Andrea Taviani is the founder and head ice cream experimentalist at SAPORI D’ITALIA. Let's talk to him about life in Vietnam and making gelato that really satisfies! Andrea's Links: https://www.facebook.com/saporiditaliavietnam/ Instagram: @sapori__ditalia @aot81 Thomas's Links: https://dxsaigon.com IG/TW: @dxSaigon This episode is also available on Youtube: https://youtu.be/sK6U8Cqf9cw Table of Contents: 00:38 - Intro / Un Espresso 02:46 - Starting a Business in Vietnam 05:37 - Sourcing Ingredients 07:23 - Creating "Dolce Far Niente" 10:06 - Foreign Food Prices 12:03 - Doing Things The Old Fashioned Way 15:01 - Vietnamese Ingredients in Ice Cream 20:26 - Andrea's Cultural Background 22:40 - The Most Challenging Thing So Far (construction) 25:20 - Cultural Differences 32:28 - Driving in Vietnam 39:27 - Foreign Ghettos and Assimilation 41:52 - Eating Local 43:14 - Ice Cream Reactions: Thomas and Saigonese 45:05 - Language Barrier and Learning Vietnamese 51:55 - Customer Satisfaction in Italian 01:05:10 - Goodbyes and Such Hashtags: #foodie #gelato #icecream #vietnam #saigon #italian #dolcefarniente #podcast #designexchange #dxp Sponsors: This episode is brought to you by Séfu, creators of The Switch Bag, the bag that lets you bring your Nintendo Switch with you, everywhere you go! Use code DXP for free shipping and a 15% discount! This episode is also made possible by Pinecast. After weeks of evaluating podcast hosts, we decided to go with Pinecast because you can get unlimited episodes, storage, and bandwidth for only $5 per month. That's a great value and if you use coupon code r-4b5077 you'll get 40% off for 4 months!