Philippine Asian News Today Vol 19 No 11 | Page 21

June 1 - 15, 2017
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77K Nitrogen Ice Cream Xperience
One of the coolest new hot-
spots for foodies along “ The Drive
“ in beautiful Commercial Drive is
77K Freeze which is basically stands
for the boiling point of liquid nitro-
gen that is 77 Kelvin Hence. What
started as a hobby for one of its
founders, a space scientist known
as Dr. Freeze, who together with his
wife concocted ice cream desserts
for their friends from extra liquid ni-
trogen from scientific experiments
such as simulating the conditions
of outer space is now a welcome
addition to our city of ice cream
lovers.
Things started to get to fruition
when this group of scientists, engi-
neers, marketing and business pro-
fessionals had a highly successful
reception for its Cryogenic Control
Unit ( they make their own equip- up finding a former marketing of-
fice along 2240 Commercial Drive
– just walks away from the Skytrain
Station.
They are actually celebrating
their first year anniversary in the
business but their physical location
is only 2 months old.
What makes people keep
on coming back to their hip des-
sert café besides its 13 signature
flavors from Red Velvet to Straw-
berry Kiss is their tailored made
nitrogen ice cream concept that
allows ice cream lovers to choose
their Freeze base like almond, co-
conut, vegan, milk, to real yogurt.
Flavours from chocolate to vanilla
and Sweeteners from maple, oats,
dried fruits, to honey. The only one
in Vancouver and a welcome treat
for vegans. Imagine going to an
ment ) in last year’s Vancouver Mini
Maker Faire held at the PNE.
When tons of people started
asking them where they could get
delicious and healthy ice cream
treats which they were giving as
samples, the partners decided
to scout for a strategic location
around the city and they ended ice cream parlor and having every
flavor available in vegan. Usually
ice cream parlors will carry one or
two vegan flavors in their menu or
rotate flavors weekly but in 77K
Freeze everything can be made
freshly from scratch according to
your wishes.
Instead of Cookies & Cream
you can even opt for Speculaas
and Cream, the former is a short-
crust biscuit which is popular in the
Netherlands and Belgium ). Plus,
the friendly management and staff
also educates their ice cream-lov-
ing customers about their nitrogen
ice cream and where the food in-
gredients came from or the best
ingredients to mix together.
Talking about educating its
customers, 77K Freeze regularly
create various experiences which
is similar to food or wine tasting in
restaurants and wine shops.
They have Vegan Xperiences,
Freeze Xperiences, and Dark Xperi-
ences for preferably 6-10 people
(to maintain the quality of the expe-
rience) wherein guests try various
flavors and make their own custom
ones from scratch with their own
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Chef that educates them about the
food and the liquid nitrogen pro-
cess in the IceBerg Lounge.
The IceBerg Lounge can be
rented for private events from Cor-
porate Events, Graduations, Fam-
ily Gatherings to Book Launches
for 20 to 25 people. 77K Freeze
is also planning to conduct work-
shops for children and their moms
in the near term with their very own
founder Dr.Freeze giving the talks.
A good place for moms to
bring their kids during the day, by
evening time ( 7pm to 10 pm), 77K
Freeze has its Dark Matters which
are their cocktail liquid nitrogen
creations for the 19+ crowd - an al-
ternative to the nightlife scene with
the same cool music and vibrant
atmosphere. From Pina Colada,
Mai Thais to Bellini ice creams.●
- Edgar Sevilla