Amritsar’s special with an Italian touch

Like most Amritsarians, the Crystal Softy Corner on the Queens Road holds many delicious memories for me, especially from my childhood days during the 90s. Many of those mouth-watering moments were refreshed when I visited it recently. I noticed the same joy on the faces around, young and the old alike, which proved that its magic was still the same.

Though the place offers a variety of flavours, its classic offering twin-flavour vanilla and strawberry softy continues to be the best seller. One bite and I was transported back to my childhood as the taste was as exciting as it used to be in those days.

No wonder, I would miss this softy even when I would eat ice creams of famous international brands when I went abroad for my higher studies. That is exactly why that when people here have guests, they always take them to experience one of the Amritsar’s tastiest specialities — Crystal’s softy. It is another matter that Crystal’s, the first to introduce the soft ice cream machine in the city, brought its softy machine from Italy.

Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, Amritsar