2. Rolling along
Thai rolled ice cream, which hit Instagram feeds late last summer, is spreading to the mainstream this season. 10Below, a multiunit ice cream shop in New York City with plans to expand to Chicago and other cities, claims to have brought the treat stateside from Asia, where it’s a popular street sweet in Thailand as well as Malaysia, Cambodia and the Philippines. Part of the appeal is in the show: Staffers pour a thin base of flavored milk on a cold, round metal disk that’s kept at 10 degrees below zero. As it freezes (which takes about two minutes), the thin circle of ice cream is worked with paddles and rolled into cylinders. It’s kind of like a new-age Cold Stone Creamery, as ingredients such as coconut, nuts and chopped chocolate can be chopped into the base and customers can spec unlimited toppings.