Japanese ice cream

[slystrawberry]

Originally Posted by Sashimister

lol I'm Japanese and I had to look up "babahera" because I've never heard the word.

Japanese Wiki says it's only sold on the streets in Akita Prefecture.

ive heard its delicious ^^ but there's not much other info on it is there? i would love to find the recipie, oh well must be pretty special

[steven]

I live in Toyama (which is far from Akita but kind of up north in a weird way...) and I've never heard of that before.

It's funny because if a Japanese were to ask me about babahera, I'd immediately imagine a baba-- or like an old Japanese lady. Then my mind would wander to babahara, which would consist of an old lady telling me her life story and gossipping about the neighborhood and telling me about her granddaughters who are roughly my age and then finalizing the conversation with the innevitable 「気い付けてねぃー」... the fact that she is older and you kinda just have to go with it makes it hara-worthy. Then again, babahara is better than babanara.

But going back to babahera... that looks interesting. I would NOT be surprised if I were to see that in my town (in which you'd swap a tulip shape for a rose shape). If I ever go to Akita-ken (which I'd really like to travel to the northern prefectuers someday...) (I've only been as far as Niigata and Nagano).

EDIT:
I found this blog which has a little thing about babahera (and a bit about toyama beneath it)
あるもん探しの旅

[Sashimister]

Originally Posted by slystrawberry

ive heard its delicious ^^ but there's not much other info on it is there? i would love to find the recipie, oh well must be pretty special

Babahera vendor:


Scoop it up!


There you go!



I don't mind looking a recipe if you read Japanese.

[jimeshten]

According to me ! japanese ice cream is exquisite!! i love the green tea ice cream because only They serve at sushi restaurants green tea is my favourite. usually i find the mango ones They serve at this particular place to be too powdery for my liking. same ice cream i think is an acquired taste like sushi
and also Is it true that japanese people think that they created farming, that English and Chinese languages are similar and that Japan is the only country in the world that has seasons?

[chiuchimu]

Originally Posted by Sashimister

Babahera vendor:

That looks like something sold in Nagasaki, but I forgot what ti's called. I wonder if it's the same thing?

[Judit97Hodges]

Originally Posted by Serenita

Hi guys!

I am an english student and have been given a case study on the ice cream market in japan, As i know very little about this amazing country, I need your help !!! I have a few questions for you JF people...
Well first I would like to know how often do you think Japanese people eat ice cream and how much are they willing to spend on ice cream ?
Then could you tell me the favourite most famous japanese brands of high range ice cream ? Also do you think Japanese would rather have a light ice cream to a heavy creamy one ?

(And to finish can you find Ben and Jerry's ice cream in Japan anymore?)


Thank you so much in advance, much appreciated!!

Yes,I'd say that they like lighter ice-cream than Heavier one.The Japanese people are very conscious about their health so they would prefer lighter than the heavy one.

[Sashimister]

Originally Posted by chiuchimu

That looks like something sold in Nagasaki, but I forgot what ti's called. I wonder if it's the same thing?

I think you're talking about Chirin Chirin Ice from Nagasaki.

Both Chirin Chirin and Babahera are said to be less "milky" than regular icecream.

I've been to both Akita and Nagasaki but never in the summer, so I haven't tasted either one myself yet.

[Qurbansaha]

Ice cream is always tasty to me ,

thanks for sharing all of your ice cream eating experience ,

i am thinking to go Japan this winter ,

i gonna try Japanese ice cream on that time ..............................

[Rakutenka]

awww ice-cream...
Japan seems to have all sorts and lots of different flavours of ice-cream..

tea...sushi....

they really seem to love it~ hehe ^-^

[RealJames]

Ice tabetai!! (I wanna eat ice cream!)

Is a very popular catchphrase here lol

and you gotta distinguish between soft-cream and ice-cream,
as in cone or not