Tasty Tasty Science

While my parents and little brother were in town last week, we decided to hit up Sub Zero Ice Cream for a fun after dinner treat. Mom and Dad had been before, but none of the rest of us had, which means it totally counts as a new-to-me restaurant, right?

See all that "smoke" billowing in the lower left corner? That's science happening. The dude throws all the ice cream ingredients and any flavors or mix-ins you want into a bowl, then mixes it up in front of you while freezing it with liquid nitrogen. It's like Cold Stone Creamery because they make your ice cream to your specs, but so much cooler because they literally make the ice cream to your specs right when you order it. Plus there were episodes of Bill Nye the Science Guy playing on the TV, so we could learn about chemistry as we ate. It's entertaining and educational! Not to mention delicious...my peanut butter chocolate concoction (#8 on the menu, I think) almost put me in a food coma. It was totally worth it.

The closest location to us is on Cooper & Baseline in Gilbert, but there are some in Utah and California and more opening up all over the place. It was a little pricey, but the quality was good and I don't mind paying extra for the novelty of it. Check them out! Take the kids!

And now you know!