Haagen Dazs Ice Cream

[ukrules]

I was strolling through the Emporium and came across the Haagen Dazs store on the 5th floor.

I purchased a couple of large tubs of ice cream and rushed home to eat my MOS burger and then some Ice Cream. I was assuming the burger would get cold and the ice cream would melt. I was wrong, it seems they pack the ice cream in a special bag and then add some dry ice (frozen CO2) which would keep it frozen for quite a while - I've never seen this in a retail store before, then again I mainly live in England where most of the year it would take a long time for the ice cream to melt.

[bangon04]

And a tub in England costs 3.99 about 200 Baht, while the same tub in Thailand costs 329 Baht (or more now) so you should indeed be pleased you are getting such good service here for your extra money.

I assume they don't fly Haagen Dazs ice cream all the way from Scandinavia, so the extra costs must be justified somehow.

[TheItaliann]

5555. I knew this topic would be about, or get steered towards price.

Personally, I think the best ice cream in Thailand is soft serve (mcdonalds/kfc/dairy queen)

Walls is by far the worst.

[smokie36]

5555. I knew this topic would be about, or get steered towards price.

Personally, I think the best ice cream in Thailand is soft serve (mcdonalds/kfc/dairy queen)

Walls is by far the worst.

The best ice cream in Thailand is served on Koh Racha off Phuket. Delicious.

[bangon04]

5555. I knew this topic would be about, or get steered towards price.

Personally, I think the best ice cream in Thailand is soft serve (mcdonalds/kfc/dairy queen)

Walls is by far the worst.

The topic is also about quality and service - it seems that buying HD ice cream in the Emporium gets you a much better deal than buying it in a supermarket like the Villa across the road which may even charge more per tub. And at the Emporium you get to taste free before you buy....

[whichschool]

7.50gbp for an ice cream ... so it is true there are real life millionaires on this forum.

Those Dairy Queen girls are always too cute imho.

[bangon04]

7.50gbp for an ice cream ... so it is true there are real life millionaires on this forum.

Those Dairy Queen girls are always too cute imho.

Many of the members on this forum will think nothing of spending 4 or 5 times this amount on beer and a wench for the evening, but who is to say that buying a tub of (rather tasty) ice cream for the family evening in front of the telly is an inferior way to spend their money?

And yes, the sales assistants in the ice cream parlour are certainly more entertaining than the queue at the supermarket checkout (assuming you have the choice).

[mca]

I like to indulge in a large tub of HD on occasion but the guilt of polishing off the whole expensive lot in about 10 minutes like a manic gannet usually means I resist the temptation.

You know how it goes.

" I'll just eat half. "

5 mins later. Halfway.

" Well, another couple of scoops won't hurt. It is rather nice "

1 minute later.

" I can see the bottom of the tub. fuc_k it. Might as well finish it now. "

[dave111223]

Personally, I think the best ice cream in Thailand is soft serve (mcdonalds/kfc/dairy queen)

I agree, 9baht cones kick ass. Although i don't much care for the McDonalds cones, they seem to water their mix down more than KFC and DQ.

[mca]

I assume they don't fly Haagen Dazs ice cream all the way from Scandinavia, so the extra costs must be justified somehow.

I'd certainly hope not seeing as it's from the US.

[Fatfrank]

Timeout which is popular in Pattaya just opened a branch on Soi 24, creamiest ice cream I've ever tasted

[eek]

Hi ukrules, Haagan Daaz is a great treat, but I do agree with other posters at balking at the price for it here. Ive found Swensons to be pretty awesome in that I can choose any scoops of flavours I like to take-away and they will do just as you described. They pack it in dry ice. Plus, its a lot cheaper but still good ice-cream with a lot of yummy flavours. Ben & Jerry's is awesome too..but again..on the pricey side.

[jazzbo]

I bought the 220V version of this here in Thailand (made in PR China) w/ wood bucket ... Messy, but a lot of fun:

[yabaaaa]

5555. I knew this topic would be about, or get steered towards price.

Personally, I think the best ice cream in Thailand is soft serve (mcdonalds/kfc/dairy queen)

Walls is by far the worst.

Tsk tsk tsk everyone knows the best ice cream in the world is "Italian" and for me "Fragola" many years spent visitng Milan taught me that.

[Ulysses G.]

I guess that we could fly to Milan every time we want an icecream cone...

[bonobo]

In Thailand, I rather like Buds, especially as it is one of the only foreign brands which seems to offer plain old chocolate.  (I mix it with frozen raspberries.)

In the US, my favorite is Cold Stone Creamery.  But the best ice cream I have ever had was in Hokkaido.  While maybe not known internationally for ice cream, I have had some fantastic ice cream there in a number of small creameries.

[onethailand]

In Thailand, I rather like Buds, especially as it is one of the only foreign brands which seems to offer plain old chocolate.  (I mix it with frozen raspberries.)

In the US, my favorite is Cold Stone Creamery.  But the best ice cream I have ever had was in Hokkaido.  While maybe not known internationally for ice cream, I have had some fantastic ice cream there in a number of small creameries.

Funny, I inquired about the franchise for Cold Stone Creamery and was told they had no plans to come to Asia. But they lied, the first branch has now opened in Central World (though a bit empty at the moment for obvious reasons!).

[sharonb]

In Thailand, I rather like Buds, especially as it is one of the only foreign brands which seems to offer plain old chocolate. (I mix it with frozen raspberries.)

In the US, my favorite is Cold Stone Creamery. But the best ice cream I have ever had was in Hokkaido. While maybe not known internationally for ice cream, I have had some fantastic ice cream there in a number of small creameries.

Funny, I inquired about the franchise for Cold Stone Creamery and was told they had no plans to come to Asia. But they lied, the first branch has now opened in Central World (though a bit empty at the moment for obvious reasons!).

Do you know where in Centralworld? my office is there so when i get back to work, I can try it

thanks

[junkofdavid2]

Funny, I inquired about the franchise for Cold Stone Creamery and was told they had no plans to come to Asia. But they lied, the first branch has now opened in Central World (though a bit empty at the moment for obvious reasons!).

Not correct.

I dunno if it was the "first", but 5 years ago when I was assigned to work in the Philippines, Cold Stone was already there... at an upscale mall for upper-class Filipinos, called Rockwell Power Plant Mall.

It was an upscale mall not even accessible by public transportation (no bus stop, no skytrain stop, etc.); you had to have a car to get there (or at least a taxi). Many of the cars parked were bimmers, benz, jaguars, etc. in addition of course to the usual Toyota. And... the taxi stop was kinda "hidden" behind the mall. (I'm not joking)

Oh, in Central World Bangkok, Cold Stone is on the 6th floor.

[kevindk]

Funny, I inquired about the franchise for Cold Stone Creamery and was told they had no plans to come to Asia. But they lied, the first branch has now opened in Central World (though a bit empty at the moment for obvious reasons!).

Not correct

I may second this. At least I found Cold Stone in a mall in south Jakarta.

By far, I love Haagen Dazs in its tube while Cold Stone is my choice if I get to have it on the spot with lovely mixture. I always remember those days when I bought free-tax Haagen Dazs tubes. Here in Singapore, it is almost double in price but half in size. It's simply a tougher story for ice-cream lover, esp. Haagen Dazs fan.

[onethailand]

Funny, I inquired about the franchise for Cold Stone Creamery and was told they had no plans to come to Asia. But they lied, the first branch has now opened in Central World (though a bit empty at the moment for obvious reasons!).

Not correct.

I dunno if it was the "first", but 5 years ago when I was assigned to work in the Philippines, Cold Stone was already there... at an upscale mall for upper-class Filipinos, called Rockwell Power Plant Mall.

It was an upscale mall not even accessible by public transportation (no bus stop, no skytrain stop, etc.); you had to have a car to get there (or at least a taxi). Many of the cars parked were bimmers, benz, jaguars, etc. in addition of course to the usual Toyota. And... the taxi stop was kinda "hidden" behind the mall. (I'm not joking)

Oh, in Central World Bangkok, Cold Stone is on the 6th floor.

The request was actually from about 2004-2005, so that would be close. And I know Rockwell, the company I work for has condos there. The taxi stop is still kinda hidden behind the mall

At the time, that was the response I had been given - but the Philippines is sometimes considered to be different because of the large American influence there.

[bonobo]

THis thread made my day today.

As soon as Central World opens back up, I'm off to Coldstone!

[onethailand]

THis thread made my day today.

As soon as Central World opens back up, I'm off to Coldstone!

Well.... you could try putting on a red shirt if you're in a hurry

[jazzbo]

vanilla is the essence of elegance and sophistication. this marriage of pure, sweet cream and imported vanilla creates a sweet scent of exotic spice and a distinctive taste that lingers on your tongue.

Ingredients: Cream, Skim Milk, Sugar, Egg Yolks, Natural Vanilla.

... doesn't get much simpler unless you want to start dabbling in non-egg emulsifiers.

[Michaelaway]

Haagen Daaz is really good!

is REALLY GREAT!!

[junkofdavid2]

Those Dairy Queen girls are always too cute imho.

A not so "cute" one in Paragon tried to rip me off by not punching in the extra toppings in the cash register... punching in only the basic ice cream and then not giving the receipt.

I asked for the receipt and then she hesitated then finally "refunded and then re-punched" correctly to give me the correct receipt.

I used to own a fastfood franchise myself, so I'm not only keen on these things; but I feel bad for the franchise owner as well (as opposed to leftists who only feel bad for the "worker" and almost never the "owner" even when the worker is a fraud).

.

[jazzbo]

Ben & Jerry's Vanilla:

Ingredients: Cream, Skim Milk, Liquid Sugar, Water, Egg Yolks, Vanilla Extract With Vanilla Bean Seeds, Guar Gum And Carrageenan

EMULSIFIERS...

[on-on]

Haagen Daaz is made by Pillsbury/General Mills, it's another formerly real American brand bought up by a multinational conglomerate and hollowed out to serve as a wrapper for mass produced crap. It's bizarre that it maintains its status as some kind of luxury or boutique brand from Europe when it's pretty much the equivalent of Frosted Flakes or McDonald's. I agree with the guy about Bud's! Decent stuff. Haagen Daaz tastes fine too for mass produced stuff, the only complaint I have is that it costs twice what the other mass produced crap does and the flavor isn't particularly better in most cases.

[lalana]

Any time I've eaten Haagen Daaz it has been delicious, but it is certainly hugely expensive.

[bangon04]

Haagen Daaz is made by Pillsbury/General Mills, it's another formerly real American brand bought up by a multinational conglomerate and hollowed out to serve as a wrapper for mass produced crap. It's bizarre that it maintains its status as some kind of luxury or boutique brand from Europe when it's pretty much the equivalent of Frosted Flakes or McDonald's. I agree with the guy about Bud's! Decent stuff. Haagen Daaz tastes fine too for mass produced stuff, the only complaint I have is that it costs twice what the other mass produced crap does and the flavor isn't particularly better in most cases.

So is it now manufactured in Asia somewhere under licence?