Tutti Frutti Yogurt

A few weeks ago, I had a Buy One Get One Free coupon burning a hole in my pocket that I wanted to use. Tutti Frutti Yogurt is located in the Otay Ranch neighborhood, specifically in the Albertson's shopping center which also houses In-n-Out Burger (check out my old post, "In-n-Out Urge" ), Achiote (see my shitty review here), and Oggi's (haven't been there since I don't really like sports bars). There's also supposed to be a new taco shop across from Tutti Frutti.

The coupons were: "Buy 1, Get 1 Free" and the other one was for 20% off your order. Since there were three of us, Bert and TC used the BOGO one and I used the 20%. They had about 10 stations...

They had some funky flavors like Taro...these were the more "normal" flavors like chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry. They also had a red velvet flavor, along with coconut, blueberry, orange sherbet,  cookies and creme and a few others I don't remember.Wait, one was called "Birthday Cake" but I didn't try it.

It's cheaper than Nuyo by a few cents; here it's 36 cents an ounce compared to 39 cents at Nuyo. Here's one of my old posts on Nuyo back in 2008 (Eastlake location)...

It's very candy colored in here - light and sherbetty and makes me want to fart rainbows and unicorns on a pogo stick. I love it! The ironic thing about this slogan is that the yogurt ceases to be all it describes once you put all the candy and sugary cereal toppings they offer. Not so healthy any more, ain't it?

Ooh, space age bubbly lights!  They also have a nice and clean bathroom in the back. Points right there. None of those dirty ass toilet rooms where you feel compelled to roll up your pant legs before sitting down on the throne. Well, this place is still new. Give it a few years, what with high school students coming here and making it a hangout, then maybe, just maybe the bathrooms will deteriorate to the level of public high schools and trucker rest stops. Until then, enjoy the feces free walls and urine-less floors!

I'm so predictable. I got my chocolate and vanilla yogurts with chopped almonds, mini chocolate chips (thank God it's not that carob swill) and mini mochi pieces. Undernearth all that is also a tiny smidgen of the red velvet flavor.

Here's the side of the cup for your viewing pleasure...

Anthing this violently pastel has got to be our daughter's cup. She got about 5 tiny portions of different flavors - orange sherbet, banana, green apple (ugh), coconut and one other flavor I don't remember. She HAD gummy worms on it but she ate them all by the time I took this photo. She also sprinkled a bit of coconut and mochi balls on this cold mess.

Bert is also predicable - peanut butter, cappucino (he likes almost anything coffee flavored) and that red velvet cake flavor. That night he favored the same toppings as me - chopped almonds and the mini chocolate chips. The red velvet flavor tasted kind of wierd to me - very artificial. It's not the same as eating an actual red velvet cake.

Thanks to the coupon, we saved about $4 between the 3 of us. While we were, the yogurt place was only staffed by one person, a young girl (maybe a late teen or early 20 year old) who was pretty nice and kept busy by cleaning and replenishing the toppings stations. She also asked folks if they wanted free tiny samples. Business came in waves - sometimes a couple of people would walk in while whole families of 4 or 5 would walk through.

Can't wait to try this place again. Coupon or not!

[Update - This place is now closed as of 5/2012. Boo.]