Comments on: Kyoto Ice Cream: Soba Boro Cookie Ice Cream

By: evon

evon — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:40:19 +0000

wahhhh totemo oiiisshhiiii ne!
I love soba & trust the japanese to make ice cream out of it!
I wished I found your blog before I went to Kyoto!!! I would have spent the entire time eating from one street to the other haha
Next time i have to try the Koicha Maccha @ ippodo !
Great blog – trully enjoy reading all about the foods in Kyoto!

By: MadelineK

MadelineK — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:17:51 +0000

Hi! I started reading your blog recently and I’m really loving your posts! After reading about soba boro I’m inspired to bake some at home (in the US). Do you have a recipe for the soba boro (cookies)?
Thank you!

By: megan (brooklyn farmhouse)

megan (brooklyn farmhouse) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:57:28 +0000

OK. That sealed the deal. I need to go to Kyoto.

By: Peko Peko

Peko Peko — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:58:51 +0000

hi pixen, I didn’t know what Speculoos is, but I Googled it and know now. Thanks! Yes, stop in for some Kyoto-style ice cream if you are here.

Hello Marc, Yes, the second floor is where the tables are located, so the whole facade is all glass. It is OK, but not quite suitable for Nishijin, I think. The parent company is a tonkatsu restaurant — that is so-so — and the restaurant is just down the street. The building is new, I think, but more traditional in look and feel.

About the cookies in the ice cream. There are no chunks, more like crumbs. I think that the soba boro just melts on contact with liquid.

By: Marc @ NoRecipes

Marc @ NoRecipes — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:29:02 +0000

Wow those are some serious windows on the front of that building. Does the ice cream have chunks of the cookies or is the ice cream itself flavoured like them?

By: pixen

pixen — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:51:36 +0000

I can imagines it’s so delicious! In Belgium, we have Speculoos ice cream too. If I ever in Japan, I will stop for this Soba Boro! Thank you for this interesting info