Caring for Childhood Memories with Local Ice Cream Sandwich

What do you think, if you get a question about what food or favorite dish did you like the most when you were a child? Remember, when we were kids. For me, there was only one type of food that we liked as children and I think everyone would agree on that, which is ice cream.

When we were children, ice cream was a special food because we couldn't eat it to our heart's content. In addition to the price of ice cream that could not be bought with the pocket money of children in that era. In the neighborhood where I live, parents have always restricted their children from enjoying ice cream. All kinds of arguments and prohibitions are made by parents not to give ice cream to their children. I've also experienced that, my father forbade me to eat ice cream because it can make a cough sick or my mother forbade me to buy ice cream. However, I didn't lose my mind. Sometimes, I ask my grandparents to buy ice cream and they don't refuse.

Can we be free when we grow up to eat ice cream? Of course, if we are not sick or our teeth have problems with sensitivity to cold food. Like this time, when I was working in my hydroponic garden. I saw a traveling ice cream seller serving buyers right in front of my house. Instantly, without realizing it, I also wanted to eat ice cream right then and there. I went to the ice cream parlor and asked what flavors were available. I was lucky, the ice cream had pandan and chocolate flavors. I asked first to avoid buying ice cream with durian flavor or jackfruit flavor, I don't like those two flavors.

Ice cream sellers use old bicycles to circle the street and look for buyers. He brought a large box containing aluminum media for storing ice cream. In the past, I could see the traveling ice cream seller crossing my house 3-4 times with different people but nowadays, maybe only once a week I find this ice cream.

I ordered ice cream using bread as a container for the ice cream. I call it an ice cream sandwich. The bread used for ice cream is round bread that is often used to make sandwiches or burgers. I asked to combine the two flavors of ice cream, because pandan and chocolate seemed to go well together.

The price of this ice cream is very cheap, we only need to pay IDR 5K (0.32 USD) to get ice cream with a portion like this, very cheap? For the taste of this ice cream, it is not too special and cannot be compared with ice cream from famous factories. This local ice cream has a more "hard" texture with the right sweet taste. We will feel the savory taste of milk and also very refreshing. Moreover, when enjoying it while eating ice cream with bread, we will also feel full after enjoying it.

I always like ice cream like this, apart from enjoying the food and I also enjoy my memories of eating this ice cream. Memories of when I was a child and ran after the ice cream seller while screaming for him. For me, good food or dishes are important, but one delicious food that brings memories to those who eat it will be more important than anything else.