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| An open air Bud's Ice Cream shop on Laem Sing Beach, Chantaburi Province |
OK, it's nostalgia time for those of you in the USA of a certain age, and I know there are some readers who will remember this. For the rest of you it's just a little background information about a product you're still likely to run into in the US - and Asia, strangely enough.
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| From the A.F.C. site |
Bud Scheideman opened the first Bud's Ice Cream in San Francisco back in the 1960s. Then it was a small production facility and retail shop at 24th and Castro, and people soon learned that it was about the best ice cream around.
While Baskin-Robbins had opened in Southern California in the mid-1940s, this was before the days when Haagen-Daz and Ben and Jerry's were everyday staples of chain supermarket freezer cases. Several local dairies made their own house brands, of course, but the the brands we're talking about today have a higher butterfat content, and the "mouth feel" is
noticeable.
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| Candied coconut, banana and sweet potato of some form were the base for my sundae. Syrups aren't often added as a topping. |
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| Local treats in the freezer case |
As a side note, Baskin-Robbins also branched out into the international market (including Asia) and they claim they also sell in Thailand, but I've yet to notice them there. I might have seen them and just don't remember it, but that's unlikely; when I travel I usually notice reminders of home.
I can see malls at home, so I don't usually spend a lot of time in them while overseas. Nothing against those who do, but I don't fly that far to see Swarovski crystal, regardless of the possible savings.
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| Standards aren't strictly enforced, as you might imagine, but it was still Bud's |
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| My friend's sundae, although I've forgotten what was below the ice cream. |
Alvin Edlin bought the Bud's operation from Scheideman - his cousin - in 1952. He upgraded the business and ran it until he sold it to a group of guys in 1982, who then sold it to Berkeley Farms in 1992. They were the ones who licensed it to American Foods Corporation, and that's when it truly went international, beginning in Singapore, Malaysia and, of course, all over Thailand.
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| "Base" options for your sundae |
I have to admit - it was hot that noontime and it was a pleasant surprise to see the familiar logo sign sticking out over the walkway along Laem Sing beach on my long weekend in Chantaburi, and I told my friend we needed to stop in there after lunch. It was a happy break and a delicious - if different - treat.
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| Wall poster advertising ice cream cakes |
4 comments:
How did we miss this shop? We're in laem Sing so often, twice in the last week and have not seen this icecream shop, instead making do with one on a stick from 7/11. I'll look next time there. thanks.
If you're walking along the sidewalk that borders the sand, you can't miss it. It's near several other small restaurants. It faces the water.
OK found it today, but with another 90min cycling ahead decided ice cream wasn't the best thing to eat; looks a good place to take the kids to - let them be the judge if it's good ice cream or not!
Bingo! Glad you found it. For me it was a pleasant surprise.
The ice cream itself wasn't made quite the same way as it is in the USA - less butterfat for easier holding, perhaps - but my friend (who spent some time in Chicago and had had ice cream here) said it was a good kind of "same same, but different".
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