![]() “We chose green because the color green represents spring, and we opened in spring. Going with bright green for the interior color scheme was meant to be both cheery and symbolic. Meantime, Zheng said, both of his parents are working in the shop and helped contribute start-up funds. He and Ke and working on developing a dairy-free base as well as opening the second location. “If the angle is too high when you go to roll, it will still roll but it will make a fatter roll.” “If the angle is too low, you’re unable to roll you’re pretty much shoveling it like you shovel the snow,” Zheng said. Speed and temperature aren’t the only factors in rolling ice cream. “If you move too slowly, there’ll be big chunks of fruit and, when you go to roll it, you’ll break the roll,” Zheng said. But, “if you keep it that cold, everything’s going to freeze before you smash it all together.” The ice plates – there are five in a row at Yummy’s Ice Cream Rolls – can get to 20 or 25 degrees below zero, he said. Sauces are caramel, chocolate, white chocolate, mango, strawberry, raspberry, kiwi, cinnamon and condensed milk. Toppings include lychee, Skittles, Gummy Bears, marshmallows, M&Ms, sprinkles, whipped cream, and strawberry, green tea and Oreo Pocky. Mix-ins include mango, banana, strawberry, huckleberry, raspberry, blackberry, kiwi, peach, graham crackers, chocolate chip cookies, Oreos and Froot Loops. The name is “easy to memorize” and “it gets to the point,” Zheng said. But, they liked the location: on a busy street, with plenty of parking, close to Gonzaga University. It took several months to transform the then-empty storefront into a novelty ice cream shop. Prep to open the ice cream shop put a dent in his studies and, he said, “I didn’t do much school last year.” He graduated in 2015 and is hoping to soon finish an associate degree at Spokane Falls Community College. He came to America from southeast China when he was 16, learning English as a second language at Mead High School and working as a buser and dishwasher at Hong Kong Express. A second location on Spokane’s South Hill, called Poke Express and featuring poke bowls as well as rolled ice cream, is slated to open as early as May, said Zheng, noting his second-favorite rolled ice cream flavor is matcha green tea. ![]() Zheng, 22, started Yummy Ice Cream Rolls with his cousin, Evan Ke, 31, a former chef. In the U.S., rolled ice cream appeared first in major American cities – as well as in Post Falls, where Freezia has specialized in rolled ice cream since 2016. And, about three years ago, it started spreading worldwide, thanks largely to viral videos showing the process online. Soon, it began catching on in neighboring countries. Rolled ice cream is a popular street food in Thailand, where the novelty dessert originated about a decade ago. They used everything fresh, all the fresh fruit. It’s the flavor he had when he first tasted the frozen treat on a family vacation to Thailand three years ago. It’s topped with marshmallow, graham cracker, whipped cream and chocolate syrup.īut Zheng’s favorite flavor is mango, topped with fresh fruit and whipped cream. The S’mores S’mores Galore is also a best-seller. So far, the top-selling sundae is Oreo’s Secret, garnished with whipped cream, Oreo Pocky and an Oreo cookie. ![]() You get six rolls, made from 8 ounces of base, per cup. That price includes one base mix-in, plus two toppings and a sauce. Or, customers can concoct their own creations, starting with one of four bases: vanilla, green tea, chocolate or cappuccino.īuilding your own rolled ice cream sundaes costs the same as the signature dishes. (The huckleberry sundae, at $7.59, costs a bit more.) The initial offerings include the Strawberry Lady, S’mores S’mores Galore, Oreo’s Secret, Monkey Business with Nutella and banana, Giant Green with matcha, Mango Tango, Evil Berry, Morning Cappuccino and cheese cake with fresh fruit and mint – and that’s just half of them. And, Zheng said, more are being developed. There are in 18 signature sundaes so far. The new novelty ice cream shop specializes in $6.95 rolled ice cream sundaes. Yummy Ice Cream Rolls opened in Logan Square shopping center near Gonzaga University in mid-March. “This is different,” said co-owner Leo Zheng. Then, the mixture is spread thin, like a crepe, and pushed into six rolls with a kitchen tool that resembles a putty knife. Ingredients – Oreos, Froot Loops, graham crackers, strawberries – are chopped into an ice cream base atop a round steel plate that’s kept at 5 to 10 degrees below zero. Part of the fun of frequenting Yummy Ice Cream Rolls is seeing how your order is assembled. ![]()
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