baskin robbins in korea bares its similarities to that in north america...jamoca almond fudge, cookies and cream, mint chocolate chip, and the requisite flavors go on and on. however there are also some pretty wicked differences:
a) FONDUE - fondue! what is up with that? you get a bowl of melted chocolate sauce, pieces of fruit and mini scoops of ice cream and you dip it all in the chocolate! yes, it exists. no, i have not tried it. yes, i am dying to. will it be weird? yes. will it be the bomb diggity? most likely.
b) BLACK SESAME FLAVOR - sesame flavored ice cream. do correct me if i'm wrong and this delicacy does in fact exist in NA. i call it a delicacy reluctantly as i have not yet taken the plunge.
c) TAKE-OUT SCOOPS - yes, that's right. you can pick six flavors and large scoops of each will be placed a la carte in an egg carton-like plastic container. no bowl, no cone, just the goods. again, i am yet to go there. i fear meltage on the walk home.
d) CUBE CAKES - i must say i do miss the ice cream cakes we get at baskin robbins in toronto. that fudge is like crack, only you can't die from it. i remember in high school there was a baskin robbins at the york mills plaza and you could get them to put the cake fudge (blatantly distinct from the normal, sundae fudge) on your bowl of ice cream. you knew it was different because they scraped it out of a tub with a spatula, no pussy, pour-it-with-a-ladle bullshit. but none of that here. here, they put cubes of ice cream in a lady-finger crust. cubes. piled high. in a lady finger crust. furthermore, they put it in a luggage-size styrofoam box wrapped meticulously in ribbon with candles and baskin robbins matches which are proudly displayed beside the cake in the picture. what do we get in the t. dot? a cardboard box. no candles. no spoons. no matches. touche baskin robbins. touche.
thus concludes my investigation of what makes BR in korea different from your run-of-the-mill north american baskin robbins. and as i was writing this the preview for my blueberry nights (is that what that jude law/natalie portman/norah jones movie is called?) came on and the cat powers song 'the greatest' is in the background and i really love it. why did cat powers' show in toronto suck so much? and why is the all-american rejects song 'dirty little secret' soundtracking the new gossip girl ads? i'm sorry, is it 2005? but we'll leave that for another day....
1 comment:
holy shit. ice cream cubes, that is amazing. I really like black sesame ice cream, do try it. As for the 6 pack of scoops, i would do it and risk the meltage on the way home just for the experience. I miss you! send my love to corbs and keep updating the blog!
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