Hugo’s Churros

I don’t even remember where I saw the photo of a churro icecream sandwich but it showed up on my instagram feed one day and I KNEW I had to go and try it! It was ridiculously hard at first to try and locate information on this place because it was so new… But I finally succeeded!
Hugo’s Churros is located inside the Hawkers Mercado at the new designed outlets by the airport. They actually do both churros and tacos (Hugo’s Tacos) which is pretty cute.
It’s a cute set up, with the warehouse style and open concept layout — you get to watch the staff actually hand make your churro fresh in front of you. (Actually, I found it slightly scary though because the work station where they press out the churro and then dip it in the cinnamon sugar doesn’t really have any protection from the general public as you stand there and watch them make it. You could literally just put your hand out and touch the tray of cinnamon sugar… :|)
Anyways. I watched the guy press out a slightly skinnier tube of churro for the churro sandwich and then he rolled it into a swirl. After both were done, it goes into this interesting deep fryer (you just put it in a tray and close the door and it’s a self contained deep fryer!) after 2.5 minutes it’s done and then they give you a giant scoop of vanilla bean gelato to go between the two swirls and then you are left to scarf it down before all the gelato melts.
Pros: churros are awesome. Fresh made churros are even better. It was light, crispy, fluffy and delicious without being too greasy.
Cons: it’s impossible to eat this with your hands. There is no feasible way that you can actually hold this and take a bite because a) the sandwich is huge and b) all the icecream will just slip out since it’s sandwiched between a piping hot churro.
For $ 7, I don’t think I would get the churro sandwich again… But I would go for just the regular churros! You can also look into booking their transportable cart for events and weddings and they have some specialty flavours that they do for those that aren’t offered at the stand out in Richmond.