Creating liquid nitrogen ice cream flavors at iKem in Ho Chi Minh City

During my trip to Vietnam, I did a fan meet-up at iKem, the only shop in Vietnam making ice cream using liquid nitrogen. My cousins started the business and invited me to create some of the in-store flavors. I designed two: honey lavender (the recipe can be found in my cookbook) and matcha green tea.iKem appeals to children and teenagers because of the novel liquid nitrogen process. The fact that ice cream is frozen amidst a cloud of billowing smoke makes it Instagram-Worthy, and nowadays, that seems to be the trend among the social media savvy youth.While at the store, the hubs and I tried experimenting with making a corn milk ice cream flavor—something we’d recently discovered in Danang—but it wasn’t quite ready for consumption. I’ll have to work more on that another time.IKem is located on a prominent street in District 1 and is the perfect break from the Saigon heat. Truthfully, my favorite flavors aren’t even the ones I created, but rather the orange—it reminds me of an orange Creamsicle or Orange Julius from childhood.Next time you’re in the area, stop by the shop for a tasty treat and try some of the flavors I personally created for iKem.iKem Ice Cream53B Nguyen Du (between Hai Ba Trung and Dong Khoi)District 1Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamPhone: +84 90 980-1335