3278 W Broadway, Vancouver (Kitsilano)
Soft serve is taking over the ice cream scene, and here is yet another new place coming onto the scene and just taking it by storm. 720 Sweets, which just opened about a month ago, is reinventing the look of soft serve ice cream with their eclectic mixes and toppings. But the even cooler part is the showy nitrogen smoke that comes with it. According to my sister, who watched the ice cream being made, the nitrogen cubes go into the main cup while the ice cream goes in a separate cup. Then hot water goes into the cubes to create a cloudy smoke that surrounds the ice cream once the second cup goes on top. The results last for about 3-5 minutes and it is quite mesmerizing. I have never seen anything quite like it. The homemade soft serve is not too milky or icy. I personally prefer this soft serve over the soft serve offered at Soft Peaks, flavour wise. The toppings that went on our ice creams - Milky Way for Eleanor and S'mores for me - added to the aesthetic appeal and the taste of the ice cream. The Milky Way had a milk tea soft serve base with caramel drizzle, espresso jelly, crushed walnuts and salted caramel Biscotti. The S'mores had a chocolate soft serve base with dark chocolate drizzle, with a toasted marshmallow on a Pocky like chocolate almond stick. Both were delicious. 720 Sweets is off to an incredible start, with people lining up before it's opening at 3 every day. Again, it is a small place with minimalistic decor. The wait is a little long, depending on when you go. But it's super delicious. As the wall decal says, "my mind says to go to the gym, but my heart says ice cream". I agree!
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433 Abbott Street, Vancouver (Gastown)
Soft serve: soft serve everywhere. And Uyu is definitely a unique and strong soft serve place that is making a name for itself in the world of soft serve ice cream. "Uyu" is the Korean word for milk, and Uyu Ice Cream officially opened it's door almost a month ago. Leading up to it's opening, Uyu offered tastings of their original flavour as well as their unique flavours such as green tea, black sesame, salted caramel and Vietnamese coffee. After their success, the storefront opened on Abbott Street in Gastown, making it walking distance away from False Creek and Yaletown. With rotating flavours every week, patrons have the choice of having their soft serve in original form or in ice cream bar form. After choosing their flavour, there is an array of toppings from freeze dried fruit, different kinds of nuts and almond bark, plus various complimentary syrups. Whoever thought that black sesame soft serve topped with condensed milk, freeze dried strawberries and milk chocolate almond bark would be a good combination? (hint: I didn't. But it definitely was delicious!) I personally prefer Uyu over Soft Peaks, and the prices at Uyu are definitely a better deal for more soft serve! This super young company is just starting up but has serious potential and a great niche. I highly recommend it - go check them out! 25 Alexander Street, Vancouver (Gastown)
Soft serve is taking over Vancouver! Soft and creamy ice cream on a waffle cone has always been one of my favourite treats, so it's awesome to see it making a comeback! One of these new soft serve places, Soft Peaks in Gastown, boasts organic soft serve ice cream with premium toppings such as local honeycomb and Australian TimTams, The flavour of the soft serve is very creamy and milky tasting - really milky. But with the various toppings and syrups, the various ice cream mixes have cute names such as Salty Himalayan (soft serve topped with Himalayan Pink Salt) and Sunrise in California (Sweet and Sour Yuzu marmalade on the Soft Peaks signature twist). A cute little shop that is right in the heart of Gastown, the soft serve combinations offered at Soft Peaks will take on a different adventure with every bite and each flavour. And new this summer - they have milkshakes available in original and chocolate! Just remember, though, Soft Peaks is not open on Tuesdays! (I made that mistake this summer haha...) 907 Denman Street, Vancouver (West End)
Styo [stahy-oh] - "frozen yogurt in style" This petite ice cream shop on Denman Street is part of a growing trend of ice cream places cropping up all over the city. Specializing in soft serve, the homemade original flavour and green tea flavour are used as bases for what is now known as "parfaits". Similar in idea to your typical parfait, these parfaits start with the soft serve and alternates with fruit or cornflakes, topped with syrups, more fruit, more cornflakes, and many other things. Styo offers a wide variety of parfait combinations such as "Chocolate Devil" (Original froyo+chocolate pearls+brownie+wafer stick+banana), "Green Tea Harmony" (green tea froyo+red bean+cereal+coffee jelly+cream puff) and "Fruity Rainbow" (original froyo+pineapple+mango+blueberry), just to name a few. Aside from the parfaits, they also offer various sweet waffles and smoothies. Eugenia and I tried their special, Twisted Pop (original and green tea froyo twist+strawberries+blueberries+cereal, topped with caramel corn and a wafer stick). Despite the fact that I got a small size, there was still a lot of frozen yogurt and despite the seemingly strange combination of toppings, it tasted really good! The larger size is a dollar more, so if you are really into frozen yogurt and weird toppings, I say go for it! The "make your own" combination, I was told, is not worth it, so go for something that is already set up. Overall the place is really cute and the novelty of the parfait was nice, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. |
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