Saturday, May 28, 2016

Coming Soon: Snow Story Ice Cream Roll

Not to be confused with Snowdays, which just opened a bit further up the block yesterday, my friend today emailed me these photos of yet another dessert place coming in to Austin Street.
This is directly across from the church down near Ascan, where a nail salon used to be.
See below the pics for more info about ice cream rolls.



From Zagat: Forget crazy flavors or over-the-top ice cream sandwiches, this summer's hottest dessert is a frozen treat that's made its way to NYC by way of Thailand. Thai-style ice cream rolls have debuted at not one, but three shops this season, but what exactly makes this chilled specialty different from your typical scoop? It's made to order, for one. Here's how it works: An ice cream base and your choice of add-ins are poured onto an anti-griddle, a metal plate that can get as cold as -4 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the owners of I-CE NY. Then, in Cold Stone-esque fashion, the staff chops and smashes the ingredients together with metal paddles as they start to freeze. In just minutes, the cream firms up and it's spread into a thin layer, then scraped into the chubby rolls that we're seeing all over Instagram. 



27 comments:

  1. How did I miss this? I was just there!!! Thanks for the update

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  2. Remember when brownies and cream opened? Same crap. Differentiate your businesses people. Understand when the market is saturated. STOP THE NONSENSE. #GodBlessFoHi #FoHidoesnotneedyou #gotokewgardens

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    1. Brownies and Cream was a "bakery" that didn't bake onsite, and sold a small variety of brownies and macarons. How these ice cream places are anything like that shop is beyond me.

      As for differentiating, one is rolled ice cream (a super cool process - look on youtube) with toppings, one is shaved cream in unique flavors with toppings and drizzles. Different. On your 2nd point, and stupid hashtags, I would say that the lines forming at these places all around the city show that lots of people enjoy them.

      Who are you to decide what the public want to spend their money on. How about you go to Kew Gardens. Or, better yet, Long Island. #UrATrollWithAGodComplex

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    2. Oh, good. More negativity. How refreshing. #sarcasm

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    3. a god complex? not so much. and i love kew gardens! just not much going on out there, which is why an ice cream shop should move east and capitalize on that untapped market.

      sorry to upset you with my stating of the obvious. hope we can shiva together when one of these places has to unfortunately shutter because the demand is not there. plenty of things that will thrive (& I will fully support) that can open in our vacant storefronts.

      to anyone paying attention to the fohi food scene and wanting to seize real opportunity, or to others with a god complex that have money to invest, please open a vegan/vegetarian restaurant (or diner). if i could roll out of bed on the weekend and eat a tempeh BLT i would be so happy.

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    4. I could kill for some decent Korean BBQ here. That would be awesome!

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    5. can you imagine if Hahm Ji Bach opened a forest hills outpost? the lines would be ridiculous! mmmmmm

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  3. This looks really interesting!

    And even better, another empty storefront filled up!

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    1. I agree- why not give them a shot; does anyone think it helps the neighborhood to let all these vacant stores sit with For Rent signs. Why be bitter about the ice shops? It's not like they took the last vacant store in this neighborhood. There's plenty to go around! On a side note, Nicholas is very good looking, so don't be so harsh on him.

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  4. Sure to be delicious and popular with this summer's Dylan/Simon/Parton crowd. Still...unhealthy, allergy un-friendly: You can always count on Forest Hills to be quite off-trend!

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    1. What are you even talking about? If your premise is that only "old" people enjoy ice cream, then...I honestly don't know what to say to you. That is both baffling and inaccurate.

      Also, like the article says, these things have been all over instagram for months. That sounds pretty trendy to me.

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    2. This is the definition of on trend. All of the papers have been writing about the rolled ice cream lately. Sounds like you are more in the Dylan and Simon demo than the hip and trendy demo.

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  5. This will find the way of Brownies & Cream..remember that?

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    1. I liked that place too! :)

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    2. Whatever, lol. Make fun of that place all you want, all I know is I liked their macarons.

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  6. Both of these Snow ice cream joints won't make it for long. Just look at the extremely high prices!

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    1. Agree! Not to be negative, but i think this store would be an empty space soon enough.

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    2. More realistically, one of the two will survive the other going out of business. I agree with one of the above comments that the ice cream businesses are differentiated enough from each other. But, they are still competing for the same customers and dollars.

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    3. So interesting how some commenters here think they can make a prediction about whether two new businesses will survive when one just opened a few days ago and the other hasn't even opened yet.
      Instead of jumping on the negativity bandwagon, I think people should withhold judgment until both stores have been open for a while and people have had a chance to try both places.
      While the products of these two stores may seem similar, there could be many differences that are not apparent yet and won't be apparent until both stores are open. Also, both of these stores are bringing something new to Forest Hills so there could easily be enough demand in Forest Hills for both to survive.

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  7. The typical ice cream shop thrives year round in warm climates, obviously, but in the Northeast, you can forget about making it work from December- March.

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    1. Interesting theory. But if there were any truth to this theory, then I wouldn't think both Haagen-Daz and Baskin & Robbins would be able to be open year round and survive. But both of these have locations in Forest Hills that are open year round and seem to be doing well enough to stay open.

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  8. Glad to see a new business in the neighborhood. While I'm skeptical this is just a fad, I'm hoping it tastes as good as the rolls I see on YouTube.

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  9. A great organic restaurant that should open in Forest Hills, Austin Street should be Nanoosh. The restaurant has great food at very affordable prices.

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  10. A great organic restaurant that should open in Forest Hills, Austin Street should be Nanoosh. The restaurant has great food at very affordable prices.

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  11. Not that long ago Austin Street had a Baskin Robbins, Uncle Louie G'so, Cold Stone Creamery, and Hagen-Daz all within four blocks of each other. They were all crowded. Now there are frozen yogurt places all over. It's all good.

    There are plenty of open storefronts for other things to open up. Like a bank. We need more banks here! Lol.

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    1. Oh, don't get me started on banks!! Every time I walk by that ridiculous TD Ameritrade I get frustrated thinking about how it just does not blend with Austin St in any way. Complete waste! The only saving grace is that the guy at the front desk is absolutely gorgeous!! On a another bank- has anyone else been in the somewhat new First Central Savings Bank next to the fish store? There's some huge problem as they have room deodorizers running in every conceivable spot!! And the place still smells - I don't get it- even the fish store doesn't have that smell - weird!

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