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| - New favorite ice-cream place, and by far one of the most unique places I've seen in the valley! I had bookmarked Nomadic Ice Cream Rolls months ago when I first saw Grace R.'s review of it. It was quite a hike to get there, but we were running errands close by, and it was only 10 or so minutes out of the way. Hot summer day in Phoenix, we figured we would stop in!
After a quick browse of the menu, I ended up choosing the Fox! Do a Berry Roll! which was hand-made right in front of us. Our chosen base (strawberry) was mixed with the fruits of our choice (strawberries, blackberries, blueberries), topped with strawberry syrup & nuts, rolled up, and voila, all ready to enjoy. They offered a small size which had 4 rolls and a large size which had 5 rolls. We ordered the small but really wished we would have gotten the large for two to share!
The strawberry ice-cream base itself wasn't very sweet, but was pretty rich, and the berries were a little bit tart. I liked how they balanced out with the strawberry syrup as that was the perfect addition for some sweetness, along with the nuts for some crunch, and whipped cream just because! Each bite packed lots of flavor.
I know it's a cliché statement, but there really is something for everyone here! The other option which caught my eye was the banana cream pie, but basically, you can custom-order pretty much whatever you want. They have a chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, or green tea ice cream base along with a few different fruit options, cookies, syrups, nuts, sprinkles, whipped cream; I also saw nutella, marshmallow fluff, different candies, and so-forth. Honestly, there really was a very large variety!
The owner told us that he runs everything! He used to be firefighter but after an injury, he was looking for something else to do. When he saw a youtube video of someone making ice-cream rolls, he figured he would bring this concept to the valley. So glad he did because for us, this was a complete hit!
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