Manila's Liquid Nitrogen Desserts

You may think that you have tried everything, but there is something new you must try once you get to visit Maginhawa St., in Quezon City. Why?

The Iscreamist
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There's this ice cream shop called The Iscreamist which serves milkshakes, yogurt shakes, and ice blended coffee. Yes, you may find it popular to shops nowadays to serve these kind of drinks but do you know they serve Liquid Nitrogen with their desserts?

The Iscreamists' Peridiodic Table inspired Menu
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The Iscreamist's Working area
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With Liquid Nitrogen, the dessert changes. Milkshakes can be turned into ice cream because it makes it cold.

The store's must try is their Dragon's Breath. With Dragon's Breath, your dessert is served with your own cup of liquid nitrogen. You dip your dessert in the cup for a couple of seconds, because your dessert becomes cold once you do so. 

When you're ready, take a bite and see what happens. Smoke comes out of your mouth and your nose! It's eating your dessert in a fun and smoky way :)

S'mores Dragon's Breath
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The Iscreamist is located at Maginhawa St., Quezon City, Philippines. 

World's Most Expensive Ice Cream Sundae

We all love Ice Cream Sundaes, but did you know that there is an ice cream sundae that is so expensive?

The Ice Cream sundae that I am talking about is the sundae of Three Twins Ice Cream. It is worth $3, 333.33!

The Sign on Three Twins Ice Cream Shop

What makes it expensive? It is  served with three different syrups made from rare dessert wines namely a 1960s vintage port, a Chateau D'Yquem, and a German Trockenbeernauslese. It also presented to you with a spoon from the 1850s.

Three Twins Ice Cream Sundae
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Well, you can say that the banana split sundae is too much, but 1/3 of the price will be donated to a local land trust. When you get to order one day ahead, a cellist will serenade you will eating. :)

Wendy's New Kit-kat and Oreo Twisted Frosty!

If you're tired of the usual sundaes from Jollibee or McDonalds, we have to try the new Wendy's Twisted Frosty! 

Wendy's signature Frosty is introduced to the public once again with new flavors to enjoy, such as Kit-Kat and Oreo. It's bigger than the usual McDonald's McFlurry and it's loaded with Kit-Kt and Oreo Bits too. Yum!

It is worth P79.00, but it's good enough if you're really a frosty and a chocolate lover.

The Twisted Frosty is available at all Wendy's branches in the Philippines.

It's only available in two flavors, which means I have the chance to taste both at a cheap price. I'd taste the Kit-Kat Twisted Frosty first, how about you?:) 

If you're not in the Philippines, there's so much Frosty desserts to try in Wendy's too!

You can have the Frosty Parfait and the Frosty Shake! 

3 flavors of the Frosty Parfait
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 The Frosty Parfait is made with the chocolate and vanilla Frosty wherein you can add your favorite treats in it. It's available in 3 flavors, Oreo, Wild Berry and Caramel Apple.

Wendy's Frosty Shakes
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The Frosty Shake is made of fresh flavors added with a special whipped cream on top. It is available in 5 flavors, Wild Berry, Caramel, Chocolate, Strawberry and Vanilla.

So if you're looking for new twists on your usual dessert, you can try these things out. :)

Japan's Mochi Ice Cream

Japanese Mochi Ice Cream
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Italians have the Gelato, and what do Japanese have? They have their very own Mochi Ice cream!

What is a mochi?

Mochi is made from pounded sticky rice. It is small and and round and is traditionally served during the Japanese New Year.

 However, mochi today is presented in an interesting and a yummy way.



Mochi Ice Cream is served on the market today. It is mochi which contains ice cream on the inside, then dusted off with corn starch.

Preparation for Mochi Ice cream
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What's cute with this ice cream is that the mochi colors match the flavors of the ice cream.

Chocolate and Strawberry flavored Mochi Ice cream
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 Nowadays, there are innovations made when it comes to the Mochi Ice cream. Do you know what it is?

Mochilatos
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Instead of the usual ice cream filling, gelatos are also used as a substitute and it is called "Mochilato". Because it contains gelato, these are creamier that those of the ice cream filled ones, and can be found on places like Southern California.

Anyway, Mochis are colorful. They can be sold individually and in packs of six but it can be expensive too. Like the Italian Gelato, there are also a lot of flavors to choose from when it comes to the Mochi Ice cream.
Some popular flavors are red bean, green tea, vanilla and chocolate.

Other Mochi flavors. :)
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The Japanese Mochi Ice cream is now popular around the world, some countries that are in to the goodness of the Mochi Ice Creams are the United States, The Philippines and and Hawaii.

Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream: Salty Caramel Ice Cream

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Ice cream is a sweet treat for the young and old. It is the simplest dessert anyone could possibly have after their meal, but have you heard of a Salted Caramel Ice Cream?

Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams offers a wide selection of flavors from their collection. They have Vanilla Orchid, Wild berry and lavender and Pistachio and Honey and so much more! A Pint of each flavor costs $12.

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What caught my attention was the Salty Caramel Ice Cream. This is indeed something new, our sweet favorite caramel flavor, salty? I couldn't imagine that, but I heard that Jeni's has turned it the other way around. It turned out to be one of their best ice cream flavors because of its unique taste. It's sweet and salty combined into one! I guess, sweet and sour doesn't really apply here. :)

Jeni's Salty Caramel Ice Cream
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Salty Caramel Ice Cream in Waffle Cones
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It's too bad that I can't be in the United States to try one of their flavors. I envy those who can try this unique ice cream. I read that their ice creams are really good.  :(

Jeni's Ice Cream in Pint Sizes
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To those in the United States, Scoop Shops of Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams are located in Ohio, Tennessee, and in Chicago. By the way, they also serve Frozen Yogurt. :)

Turon Split in the Philippines

Mang Inasal is known to be a place for grilled chicken lovers in the Philippines, and having a dessert in their menu nowadays is really better than before for it's not only all about chicken and unlimited rice.

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 Mang Inasal already serves desserts at a cheap price, like the Filipino favorite Halo-Halo for P49.00, but what caught my attention was their new Turon Split which is only sold for P39.00. Very affordable right?

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Filipinos are used to Turon which is a dessert made out of banana concealed in a lumpia wrapper, but what's the catch?

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 At a cheap price, you do not only get 2 pieces of turon which is so good even though it is just served in small sticks. Though small, it is stuffed with lots of banana. Not only that, you also get 3 flavors of Filipino flavored ice cream in it such as chocolate, cheese, and ube drizzled with chocolate syrup.

It's the Filipino version of the famous Banana Split served around the world!

If you want to try this dessert, the Turon Split is available in all Mang Inasal Branches in the Philippines.