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| - When I think of liquid nitrogen, I think about science experiments and how balloons placed in it contract but then re-expand once taken out of the liquid form of this gaseous element. Science geek factoids aside, I thought what a cool concept to have ice cream made before your eyes with the help of liquid nitrogen!
When you walk into the shop, you can't help but notice the massive tanks of liquid nitrogen behind the counter. There were several flavours of ice cream to choose from, which I understand change periodically. Popular flavours include their mango pop ice (described to us to be like Dippin Dots) which is served with chunks of mango.
Being a chocoholic myself, I was drawn to the chocolate brownie ice cream. The flavour was decent-- not the best or creamiest ice cream I've ever had but far from the worst. The chocolate flavour was boosted by the one bite brownie topping as well as the toasted marshmallow (which my niece devoured). Because they use milk rather than cream, the texture and relative creaminess are not unlike a more frozen version of soft serve. My brother got the creme brûlée which did taste a bit like the popular dessert, but he compared it to tasting like an an electrical fire with perhaps a little too much overly brûléed sugar on top.
We tried the Frozen Breath, which is basically Cheetos placed in a container with liquid nitrogen, which was a funny experience for (slightly older) children and adults to have liquid nitrogen gases escaping through their noses and mouths.
At $5.75 for a medium cup, or nearly $8 for a large, Cool N2 serves up rather expensive ice cream relative to the quality of the ice cream itself. I recommend going for the experience. Personally I prefer the quality full fat ice cream and gelato found at other popular ice cream purveyors. 3.5 stars for my chocolate brownie ice cream, 0.5 stars for the experience.
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