Freezing home made ice cream using Liquid Nitrogen, how clever is that?! Well, chemistry could been one of my favorite subjects in high school but this idea didn’t even pop to my head.
Winter Garden Nitrogen Dessert, through the owner, cousins Danilo Vitan and Cecile Perez, perfected the craft, introducing to the public a one of a kind presentation that would trigger once curiosity specially those who loves Ice cream. Here’s my paparazzi shot of the owners!
Pour the liquid nitrogen, and the ice cream freezes.
Winter Garden Nitrogen Dessert is your newest desserts place located along Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City (it’s actually just behind Sango and Ersao near Jolibbe and National Bookstore). Opening last September 2014, It is the first nitrogen ice cream shop to open in Katipunan area. It came from the concept of Kasahana which is a meteorological phenomenon where snow is falling on a clear blue sky. This doesn’t happen everywhere and only happens in a a remote place where conditions are right for the phenomenon to occur.
Inspired to that phenomenon, Winter Garden emulates the beauty and romance of snowflakes glittering in the sun as Kazahana happens.
Now lets talk about the desserts place.
Located in a somehow secluded area, the place could be a bit hard to be seen. This have cons and pros I could say, being secluded could attract more visitors who love hanging out to places that are hidden and is not crowded, with the right marketing and introduction to people this could be achieved. The con; well foot traffic could be limited and an extra effort to do flyering and/or bannering is highly needed.
Winter Garden Nitrogen Desserts sports a light blue and white color surroundings, clean, simple and straightforward. The big wall with the white tree is really an attraction.
They got small tables that could be shared by 2 to 4 people, Counter on the right side along with the ingredients and the location where they create your Ice Cream right in front you eyes.
Completing the ambiance is the sound of classical music perfect while enjoying the homemade delicacy. It’s a fun vibe for barkada hangouts, family and most specially, dates.
Serving homemade Ice Cream, Winter Garden Nitrogen Desserts currently offers 10 yummy ice cream choices.
- Morning Campfire (Toasted marshmallows and cornflakes in milky vanilla delight)
- Rockin’ Rocky Road (Fudgy remake of the classic Rocky Road)
- Omnomnom (Cookies and cream ice cream)
- Make Grandma Proud (Peanut butter ice cream with chunks of peanut and peanut brittle)
- Movie Critters (sweet and salty popcorn with caramel and chunk of butter)
- Nociolla (Nutella infused ice cream)
- St. Nick’s Favorite (Cinnamon, Gingerbread, Nutmeg with roasted almonds)
- Choco Choco Chocolate (It’s Chocolate for chocoholics!)
- Sunrise Surprise (creamy coffee served with dulce de leche biscotti and malted chocolate)
- Sugars of the Sun (Sugars burnt to perfection with Mediterranean sea salt) Heres a photo of the delicious ‘Sugars of the Sun’.
Enjoy a scoop of Ice Cream at a very modest price of Php 120.00, enjoy it in Twin scoop for Php 195.00 or if you want to have two flavors in one, try Combi for Php 215.00.
I ordered a scoop of Nociolla which has Nuttella as its main ingredient. As what I said awhile ago, they are creating the Ice cream as you order, so you can actually watch the whole process of mixing and putting in ingredients to your lovely ice cream.
And right after the whole process, here comes Chemistry. Using Liquid Nitrogen, it will be poured into the mixture which then creates a rapid freezing process (-321 F) reducing the size of ice crystals, creating a smoother and creamier ice cream. By the way the process is called flash freezing.
Now it’s ready to be serve! The ice was smooth and creamy, not too sweet and just right to my palette.
If you are looking for more fun, you can also try the “Winters Breath“ and enjoy liquid nitrogen with different sweets to choose from. For groups, the “Picnic Trays” could be perfect, enjoy puffing by dipping your choice of sweets in the liquid nitrogen for 10 seconds, let it dry, put it in your mouth and puff it like a dragon. I actually got a video on my IG account check it out here.
If your wondering if its safe, don’t you worry, liquid nitrogen is safe to eat, non-toxic , odorless and 75% of the air we breath, just make sure you don put your fingers on to it or mistakenly drink it, that’s a different story to tell.
Aside from the delectable Ice Cream, soon they will be offering mom’s-made-from-scratch-home cooking! Nothing fancy, but only the ultimate comfort food. Will wait for that one.
Here’s how I felt dining at Winter Garden Nitrogen Desserts (10/10 stars)
- Ambiance: ★★★★★★★★ (8)
- Customer Service: ★★★★★★★★ (8)
- Cleanliness: ★★★★★★★★★(9)
- Nociolla Ice Cream: ★★★★★★★★★ (9)
- Winters Breath: ★★★★★★★★ (8)
Will I come back? Definitely a YES! I’m missing the ice cream already, I should go back and bring my friends to have a taste of the other flavors!
Check out their Facebook page visit FB.com/wintergardendesserts, follow them on IG and use the hashtag #wintergardendesserts. Enjoy!
