On April 13th this weekend, the event " Pino Fondue Cafe " will be held in Tokyo Solamachi where you can fondue and eat "Pino". Anyone can participate and the fee is free! Pino fans have no choice but to go! !!


On the day of the event, participants will be given pino ice cream, chocolate sauce, and toppings, and they can enjoy "customizing" their favorite flavors.

You're wondering what sauces and toppings you have, right? For those of you, the Eating Editorial Department has confirmed the details!

■ Three types of pino ice

When you arrive at the venue, you will be given 6 pino ice creams. You will get a limited edition Pino box made for this day. When you open it, you can see the pinos arranged upside down for easy fondue!



There are three flavors: "vanilla (with chocolate coating)", "vanilla (without coating)" and "strawberry (without coating)". Two grains of each flavor are prepared, so you can dip them into chocolate or add toppings.

■ 6 types of chocolate sauce and toppings to choose from

You can choose your favorite 3 types of chocolate sauce from 6 types: "Semi-sweet", "Strawberry", "Matcha", "White chocolate", "Custard" and "Almond".

On the other hand, for toppings, choose 3 types from 6 types: "strawberry powder", "almond grain", "cookie crunch", "malt puff (wheat)", "matcha", and "colorful chocolate chips". Both of them have a wide variety of faces, so I'm at a loss.


By the way, in the previous coated chocolate voting campaign, "Matcha" was ranked first and "Almond" was ranked second . Matcha chocolate is bittersweet and has a rich matcha flavor, while almond chocolate has an exquisite balance of sweetness and aroma. Please refer to it!

■ Correct pino fondue method

Here's the right way to do Pino Fondue for those going to this weekend's event. If you read this, you won't be in a hurry on the day saying "I don't know how to do it!"!


First, stab the pino ice with a pick. And as it is, dip it in your favorite chocolate sauce!


At this time, if you want to taste the chocolate sauce firmly, let's entwin the chocolate with plenty of ice cream. Source dipped Once out to the outside in, to clothe the chocolate in a whole while turning round and round about 10 seconds, it recommends "twice with" that dip again Once hardened a little.


Next, I will add toppings. The chocolate sauce is warm, so you need to be as agile as possible to prevent the pino ice from melting.



You can put the topping only on the top or sprinkle it on the whole. The taste will change depending on the amount, so you can adjust it to your liking!

■ What is the recommended combination?

Although you can customize it freely, you want to make a delicious "creative pino" without failing with 6 limited pino ice creams. So, I would like to introduce some combinations that I tried variously with eating and decided that "I can recommend this to everyone!".

1, I want to eat after all! almond

In order to reproduce the almond flavor that many hidden fans have, I combined vanilla ice cream with almond chocolate and topped it with almond grains to make a luxurious almond pino! It is an adult taste that the fragrance comes out of the nose.


2, thoroughly strawberry! Pink pino

Strawberry ice cream + strawberry chocolate + strawberry powder, a combination that was thoroughly attacked with strawberries. Is it too strawberry? I thought, it wasn't too sweet, and the sweet and sour aftertaste became a refreshing and exquisite pino!


3, the chocolate chips look cute

If you want to post on Facebook or Twitter with a photo saying "I've been doing Pino Fondue today ☆", I like Pino, which looks great in photos! Then, how about such a combination? Vanilla (with coating) + custard chocolate + colorful chocolate chips!


The colorful chocolate chips are pop and cute! If you make the toppings a little flashy, you will get a special feeling.

4, a strange kind, named "Hazakura"

As you may have noticed so far, the chocolate sauce and toppings are basically delicious in any combination. So, I tried a little bold customization with confidence.

Vanilla (with coating) + matcha chocolate + strawberry powder, the theme is "spring". Doesn't this color combination look like something? Yes, I imagined a cherry tree! Name it "Hazakura"!


Pino ice is a tree trunk, on which green tea leaves and strawberry cherry blossoms overlap. After the deep taste of matcha, the sweet and sour strawberry powder has a refined taste that follows modestly. The flavor of chocolate sauce is stronger than the topping, so if you want to taste strawberry as the main ingredient, you may want to add matcha powder to the strawberry chocolate.


5. Finally, add toppings in the chocolate!

With the opposite idea (?), I put malt puffs, cookie crunches, and almond grains in the semi-sweet chocolate sauce! I'll dip Pino Ice there ~.



It's crispy and very delicious! Once you've enjoyed as much customization as you like, be sure to give it a try at the end.

Advanced users may want to make plenty of pinos with double or triple chocolate sauce and toppings. Please try various combinations!


Also, in addition to fondue, if you take a picture with a dedicated smartphone app with a "giant pino package" at the event venue, you can get to know the history of pino and the "shooting corner" where you can create an original pino picture. There is also a "Pino Bean Knowledge Corner" where you can do it.



In addition, if you download the application at the shooting corner and take a picture, you will receive a Pino original prize. How about one to commemorate?

The event venue is Tokyo Solamachi 5F Space 634. The event is held from 11:00 to 18:00. Don't miss this chance to have your own special pino experience!