Freshly picked vegetables, freshly baked hot dishes, and freshly poured draft beer. There are many delicious "freshly made" foods. I'm sure it's ice cream ...!

But I don't think I've ever seen "freshly made" ice cream. It goes without saying that the cup ice cream available at supermarkets has been manufactured for a long time. Even at ice cream shops, they are not "freshly made" because they are selected from the display shelves.

Meanwhile, I caught the information that there is a shop where you can eat "freshly made" ice cream. The ice cream that emerges from the white smoke is just like Umai. I went to "196 ° (Wankuro) Ice Cream" in Harajuku, Tokyo.


The store is located in the back alley just after getting off Harajuku station, behind the "Garret Popcorn Shop" where there is a large line. In front of Johnny's official shop. You should see the white appearance and the big black curtain (?) On the wall.


There is a terrace-like audience seat in the foreground, and there is a sales counter in the back ... I can't find any ice cream. Instead, white machines are lined up. How can I make ice cream when there seems to be no freezing machine?


Anyway, it seems to be "made after receiving an order", so let's have it made. "Please give me premium milk!"

First, the clerk prepared a silver container with white smoke leaking from the gap and a milky white liquid that seems to be "ice source". When I put the ice cream in the machine and turned on the switch, it started to rotate. If you put the transparent liquid that was transferred from the silver container to the measuring cup there ...



White smoke bursts into the air, making it all white! I feel like the cold air is coming from my heart ... It's like a science experiment.


Repeat the process of adding liquid when the smoke disappears several times, and turn off the switch. If you look inside the bowl, you'll see something that looks like ice cream!



Scoop this with a round ice cream (apparently called a scoop) and serve it in a cup to complete. He will give you a spoon. It takes about 1 minute. This is "freshly made" ice cream ...!


When you scoop it up and eat it, the moderately soft ice cream melts on your tongue, leaving only the sweetness of the milk. It's not a familiar ice cream or gelato, it has a mysterious texture. It's so smooth that you can't feel the "ice grains" at all!

"Tokyo milk" was selected as "fresh ingredients". It is produced in limited quantities every day in the Tama area of Tokyo, and it seems that the richness and viscosity were ideal. It doesn't contain any extra emulsifiers or preservatives, and is finished with fresh milk, cream, sugar, and condensed milk with a secret flavor.

Rich but refreshing aftertaste. It's different from any ice cream I've ever eaten. This is the taste of "freshly made" and the taste of fresh ingredients ...!


The secret to enjoying this "freshly made" lies in the liquid "liquid nitrogen" that produces the white smoke that was put in. Many people have seen the experiment "When bananas are soaked in liquid nitrogen, they freeze like a hammer."

It utilizes the characteristic that liquid nitrogen vaporizes at minus 196 degrees Celsius, and it seems that it can be frozen at once even from liquid. Is this the origin of the store name? Nitrogen originally occupies about 80% of the air, so it is safe to eat food frozen in liquid nitrogen. It is also used in restaurant and bar performances.


In addition to premium milk, the flavors currently on sale are "Sweet Chocolat" using the popular chocolate "HERSHEY'S", "Creamy Mango" topped with apple mango, and seasonal "Shirokuma Ice".


Shirokuma ice cream has frozen cold fruits and azuki beans on it, giving it a gorgeous appearance. Furthermore, it is finished with lemon jelly. The base ice cream has a milky taste, but it seems to have a different composition from premium milk, so it's a little refreshing. Recommended because the combination with lemon jelly is very delicious. But I want you to eat simple premium milk the first time, so after the second time.


According to rumors, an ice cream shop made from liquid nitrogen is coming to Japan from overseas. Before the topic of "landing gourmet" gets excited, let's check out the "freshly made" ice cream born in Japan!