Freeze San Diego

Freeze San Diego is a new liquid nitrogen ice cream dessert shop serving trendy creations like The Mermaid, charcoal Butterbeer ice cream, and Dragon’s Breath.

The shop is located right next to Izakaya Sakura.

The staff was super friendly during our visit, answering all our questions and providing helpful recommendations.

The Mermaid

Sea salt cream sprinkled with pecan sandie cookie clusters. Freeze also makes waffles cones in several colors. The purple cone matched perfectly. The blue colored ice cream was topped with shimmering sprinkles and had pecan sandie cookie pieces mixed inside.

The ice cream wasn’t too sweet, which I prefer. However the ice cream base doesn’t taste quite as rich as some of the other liquid nitrogen ice cream places we’ve been to. This also led to the ice creams melting faster.

Thai Tea

The Thai Tea flavored ice cream has chunks of oreo cookies mixed in and is topped with oreo cookie crumble. It looked quite nice with the black colored cone.

Of the ones we had, this was my favorite flavor. I really enjoyed the combination of Oreos with Thai tea.

Black Magic

Charcoal butterbeer ice cream topped with butterscotch morsels. Charcoal activated drinks and ice creams have been quite trendy this summer. The jet black color is quite eye-catching and the gold colored butterscotch morsels are a beautiful contrast.

I’m not quite sure how I feel about the charcoal trend. Charcoal activated food originally became popular for its detox capabilities, but most of the articles I’ve read have concluded that it doesn’t really have any health benefits when consumed this way. You don’t taste the charcoal but it does stain your mouth and teeth black temporarily.

I found this ice cream to have a very subtle flavor. I haven’t tasted any butterbeer creations until now, so I don’t really know how this compares to other butterbeer treats but the ice cream did have a nice mild butterscotch flavor to it.

Dragon’s Breath

This is a new secret menu item that they just debuted. The very nice owner came over to each of the tables and offered samples. We first encountered Dragon’s Breath in Los Angeles last year. It’s liquid nitrogen coated cereal and when you eat it right away and breathe out deeply through your nose and mouth, you’ll emit liquid nitrogen smoke that resembles a dragon’s breath.

The cereal itself just tastes like cereal but it is a fun effect and it’s the first time I’ve seen it offered in San Diego.

Overall, we enjoyed the ice creams we tried. I like the unique flavor combinations and that the ice creams aren’t too sweet. However, I do wish they had a richer ice cream base.

Freeze San Diego
3904 Convoy St #119, San Diego, CA 92111