Friday, August 11, 2017

Thai Rolled Ice Cream

How can I be so far behind the curve? I just found out that Thai rolled ice cream is a thing. There's even a shop called "Sweeting" right around here that makes it on a special piece of equipment that looks like a frozen griddle. Ice cream flavors, made while you watch, include matcha, red bean, banana-nutella, mango, chocolate, and others.

The Thai ice cream griddle -- very cold! The two spatulas
are used to chop up the fruit or other mix-ins with around a
cup of condensed milk. It freezes quickly.
It's a little like the "mix-in" ice cream that was a craze in the 80s -- but I shouldn't compare it to anything old, it's a new thing. Well only a couple years old according to internet sources. There's a reference to a Thai ice cream stand in Phuket, Thailand from 2013, and somehow it's been spreading in the US and who knows where else ever since. I just tried it ...

After mixing it, the ice-cream man spreads it in a very thin layer and rolls up little ice-cream rolls.
He lifts each one with tongs and arranges them in a dish.
Here's my Mango Tango Thai rolled ice cream with a small raspberry macaron on the side. Optional toppings (which I didn't
try) include tapioca bubbles as in bubble tea, syrups as in regular ice cream sundaes, and other choices.

10 comments:

Jens Zorn said...

Is this shop in the 1200 block of S. University, near campus?

Mae Travels said...

Yes, Jens, that's the one!

Judee@gluten Free A-Z Blog said...

wow.. this is new to me- of course I tasted my first macaron yesterday so I think I'm really behind the times. I'll be on the lookout for this ice cream.. thanks

Claudia said...

How cool is that? First I'd heard of it too, which is amazing considering all the Thai restaurants we have here. Nice that they even included a macaron!

Debra Eliotseats said...

Well, I'm behind the curve ball here, too. I don't think the craze has hit here yet but I will be ecstatic when it does!!!! Looks delicious and cool and hip!!!

Carole said...

New to me too!

Kari said...

Wow. I have never seen anything like this! How creative and fun.

Jeanie said...

I never heard of this! Another thing to add to the A2 list!

Beth F said...

New to me as well!

Pam said...

Yes, I've heard of this and bet it's good! Guess I will have to go in closer to Chicago now and look for it. Great photos of it!