

Soon, local ice cream parlors proliferated, plus push carts that brought ice cream to the masses. The first ice cream parlor in Manila was founded in 1908 by an American who served the classic vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate.

The treaty signed after the Spanish-American war in 1898, conferred ownership of the Spanish colonies of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to the United States. Once the Americans took over the occupation of the Philippines in the early 1900s, refrigeration eventually became widespread. Since that was before refrigeration, the precious dessert could only be enjoyed by those who could afford to import ice and employ servants to hand churn them the cooling treat. It was first introduced in the 1800s during the Spanish occupation, but just for the elites.

In the steamy Philippines, ice cream has a long history. In 2019, Humphry Slocombe collaborated with Laura Chenel and Domaine Carneros to make a limited run of Wine and Cheese ice cream.īut way before these nouveau cheese and ice cream pairings, one country’s residents had been enjoying golden scoops of cheese-flavored ice cream for over 50 years. Recently, several premium ice cream makers have partnered with artisan cheesemakers to fashion some cheese-inspired, creative ice cream combinations, such as Salt and Straw’s Pear and Blue Cheese with Rogue Creamery and Smitten‘s Mt. “Ice cream” may not be among your first answers. If I say, “Cheese,” you say what? Plate? Crackers? Wine?
