Recently, at a housewarming party that I attended, a discussion about wacky ice cream flavors arose. I quickly mentioned the Curry ice cream from Vosges, while someone else told the tale of eating wasabi ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery. Wasabi ice cream? At Cold Stone? I couldn't find any mention of it on Cold Stone's Web site, although I did find evidence of it's existence at one time, but it did start me wondering . . . is Wasabi ice cream available elsewhere?? I thought I'd do some Web surfing to find out!
Apparently, Wasabi ice cream is quite common in Japan, where, according to this Web site, you can also buy ice creams flavored with lots of yummy ingrdients, like chicken wings, eel, and octopus! The "yummy" part was sarcasm, in case you didn't catch that. I also discovered photographic evidence for Japanese snake, garlic, and salt ice cream. (I'd pass on the snake, but the garlic and salt flavors might actually be pretty good!)
Next stop on my Wasabi hunt was the Web site for il Laboratorio del Gelato in New York. They do indeed carry Wasabi gelato, along with LOTS of other new and unexpected flavors like Guinness and cheddar cheese. You can also find curry and wasabi flavors at the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck, which is in NY as well.For those of you who prefer making things yourself, check out Anthony Bombaci's recipe for wasabi ice cream, right here.
I'll stop at this point, but I found lots of other interesting asian ice cream treats during my search! More to come . . . soon!
[wasabi ice cream image: Katherine Moon; wasabi sign: Andrew Martin; salt ice cream: piki hiki biki; snake ice cream: kaige]
[wasabi ice cream image: Katherine Moon; wasabi sign: Andrew Martin; salt ice cream: piki hiki biki; snake ice cream: kaige]
9 comments:
so delicious! i love unusual ice cream/sorbet flavors. i once had coconut curry sorbet in nyc and i almost DIED it was so good.
I don't know about wasabi but a salted caramel would be fantastic!
Wasabi ice cream? Wow, I bet that would be a very nasal-clearing, after-dinner treat.
If u ever visit Singapore, you should check out this little shop that makes & sells fabulous ice-creams: http://www.tomspalette.com.sg/flavours.html
Lots of interesting flavours...yes, they've even got wasabi lime! (but i'm already dedicated to their salted caramel cheesecake & black sesame ice-creams)
Yum! Those sound great! Thanks for the info. I just checked out their site and it looks like they have a lot of great flavors…but wait…collagen…collagen ice cream!! What the heck is that??
ha, no way is coldstone selling wasabi icecream. i've enjoyed that bacon ice cream you mention though. I was in SF last week and went to that bombay place on Valencia to get their saffron ice cream, but they were sold out for the next week. i was so bummed. laboratorio di gelato makes a black sesame that's really interesting -- they don't always have it though.
No, dude, wasabi at cold stone totally existed at one time. I found evidence! :-) http://www.flickr.com/photos/thefly/24129839/
I love wasabi ice-cream, and other unusual flavours too. Actually, I just love ice-cream, period!
I think I need to make a wasabi ice cream...
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