I had the chance to stop by a new ice cream shop by Arizona State University (ASU) after graduation the other night. The ice cream shop is called Just Roll With It Ice Cream and is located on University and Rural.
It was a happening place, since the graduation
ceremony just finished and was right by the Wells Fargo stadium. The staff was
extremely friendly and all had smiles on their faces. It’s a very unique
concept as far as ice cream that I’ve never had before. The menu had some a
nice variety to choose from, from fruit to chocolate mixtures.
First, you would pick which flavor you would like,
then you place your order and then you follow around the counter until your ice
cream creation is finished. Along the way, you can see them make all the cream
mixtures. I ordered the Choco Mania (#4), which start off with the cream and Oreo
cookies. They take the cream and pour it onto a super cold platter and put the
cookie in the middle and then start to mash it, while mixing the cream with the
cookie. They continue to do this until they get a smooth consistency and then
this is where it gets a little different. They then spread the smooth ice cream
into a sheet of ice cream, that takes up most of the platter. Once it settles
for a moment, they being to “scrap” the ice cream into strips and roll them up.
They get about 3-5 rolls of ice cream and then place them into a cup, then add
some toppings to finish it off. My ice cream came with an Oreo cookie, a
chocolate Pocky stick, whipped cream and chocolate drizzle.
The wait for the ice cream is a bit longer than I expected,
but would think it’s because of how they make each order. I hope they would be
able to speed up the process in the future somehow.
Once I got my ice cream, I sat down and started to dig
into this unique creation. It was a big difficult to scoop, since it’s not a
traditional ice cream that you can just get a spoon full, but that you had to
break the rolls of ice cream first and then get a spoon full. Once that was accomplished,
I could get some ice cream, some of the whipped cream and chocolate drizzle and
it tasted pretty good. As I ate it more and more, it’s not the usual soft
creamy texture of ice cream you are used to which melts in your mouth right
away. But the texture and first few moments of every spoonful, tasted like an old container of ice cream and you get that first layer that has a
bit of frost bite on it. It takes a moment for it to melt on your tongue and
the flavors don’t pop out at you right way. So, it's not bad, just a different texture of "normal" ice cream.
Also, the ease of eating it really isn’t there, since
it’s in a cup and the rolled ice cream is harder to simply scoop. As I mentioned
before, you need to break the rolls (of ice cream) and then scoop them, so when
doing this, it creates a bit of a mess….so prepare yourself with plenty of
napkins. I wish they would use those taco boats instead of these little bowls,
as the boats would have more space for you to break the ice cream and then get
a spoonful of everything.
I was also able to try the Stranana (#2), which I thought
was a bit better than the Choca Mania. The flavors seemed to complement each
other better and had a creamier texture and taste, as compared to the Choco
Mania.
Overall, this was a unique experience and it was fun
to watch them make my order. I would give them a 7.5/10 and the reason why I
gave them that score is because of the ease of eating the ice cream and my
overall impressions of the textures and flavors. It takes a bit to get
used to this unique ice cream, but would try them again and see if they have
come up with any new flavors. Go and
give them a try and let me know what you think of your Just Roll With It Ice
Cream experience.
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