Five must-have ice-creams in Hokkaido

After a non-stop eating trip to Hokkaido, here are my five favourite soft-serve ice-creams and where to get them.

1. Cremia - available at various places including Mount Hakodate

Luxurious soft-serve ice-cream so rich and indulgent, you can immediately taste the difference in the milk that they used. The cone is a langue de chat biscuit cone, making this almost like a Shiroi Koibito ice-cream version.



2. Ishiya Chocolate Factory ice-cream

The chocolate version outshines the milk version with its rich flavour, but get the mixed version for the best of both worlds.


3. Rainbow ice-cream at Otaru Kitaichi Glass Sankoro and Venetian Cafe

It looks as good as it tastes! The lavender, melon and green tea flavours in the Kitaichi version are good, while the sour grape flavour at the Venetian one adds a nice tangy kick.

4. Lavender ice-cream at Farm Tomita

Pretty to look at, with a slight fragrance of lavender. The taste is mostly vanilla and milk with a hint of lavender, so don't worry about eating "flowers".


5. Melon ice-cream at Tomita Melon House

Get the melon soft serve, or the milk soft serve with melon bits, or the all-time favourite milk soft serve perched on top of a half melon. It's all good!