How do you like your ice cream? Scooped. Soft-serve. Straight from the pint. If the recent burst of Bay Area storefronts specializing in Thai rolled ice cream (also known as stir-fried ice cream or i tim pad) is any indication, we also want our frozen treats rolled. Over the past few years, rolled ice cream, which first gained popularity on the streets of Thailand, has spread beyond Asia, and now dozens of shops can be found throughout the United States and, increasingly, in the Bay Area. Related Stories RecipesBy Sarah FritscheRecipe: Rolled Coffee-Cardamom Ice CreamFoodBy Leena Trivedi-GrenierScoop dreams: How Funn Fisher opened a Thai gelato shop in... The photogenic frozen treat has also gone positively viral on social media, with thousands of images flooding Instagram feeds, and upwards of 5 million videos devoted to it on YouTube. In the last several months, three dedicated shops have opened in San Francisco, and more are coming; Icicles, which has several locations … [Read more...] about Rolled ice cream gains traction in San Francisco
