Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ (37 Pics)

 

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Chin Chin Laboratorists
49-50 Camden Lock Place, Camden, London, NW1 8AF (map)

Chin Chin Labs is the UK’s first ‘Liquid Nitrogen’ ice cream parlour. They create ultra smooth ice cream almost instantly by adding -196°C liquid nitrogen to their ice cream mixture. Google Local kindly invited us to join Chin Chin Labs at their home in Camden Lock Market for an #IceCreamExperiment to ‘have-a-go’ for ourselves.

Separated at birth? Katie Poole and ‘Po’ of the Teletubbies

The last time I played with liquid nitrogen I froze grapes and threw them across a room to show how freezing turns soft fruit into easy-to-shatter fun. This same process is used by Chin Chin Labs of Camden to create ice cream in seconds, rather than hours. After a safety briefing, goggles, protective gloves and signing a legal disclaimer we were let loose to experiment with toppings, ice cream mix and lots of dangerously cold nitrogen. Choosing from a caramel, vanilla or chocolate base most threw on multiple combos of “Chocolate Dipped Chips”, “Hazel Crunch”, “Heather Honeycomb”, “Raspberry Sauce”, “Grilled White Chocolate” and “Fizz Powder”.

Kudos to everyone who made weird and wonderful concoctions. Especially Katie Poole who provided the photo of the night against the Google Local ‘Pin’ icon.

Many thanks to Google Local London for the invitation and especially Ahrash Akbari-Kalhur and the team at Chin Chin Labs for opening late for us.

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Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Owner Ahrash Akbari-Kalhur

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Souvenir Shop

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Lab Coat Fits Perfectly

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Hair Twins

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Spot the difference

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Toppings Galore

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Lots of Toppings

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Heather Honeycomb

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – All Important Safety Briefing

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – How to Handle Liquid Nitrogen

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – How to Make Ice Cream with Liquid Nitrogen

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Liquid Nitrogen boiling

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Ice Cream Floats

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Another set of hair twins

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Presenting the Coke and Ice Cream Float

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Coke and Ice Cream Float

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Got Float?

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Europe’s First Liquid Nitrogen Ice-Cream Parlour

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Disclaimer

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Which Tellietubby? Dipsy, Laa-Laa, Po, or Tinky Winky

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Demonstration

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – My creation, Wilkes’ Eaton Mess

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – My creation, with Chocolate Covered Crisp

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – The Winning Creation

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – How to Eat it

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Instagram 101

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Handling Liquid Nitrogen… with a Smile

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Protective Gloves Needed

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Plating up

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Garnishing

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – The Finished Product

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Hamster Impression

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Eating!

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Mini Marshmallows

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – Modelling the ‘Close Fitting’ Lab Coat

Google Local and Chin Chin Labs ‘Ice Cream Experiment’ – The Aftermath