Chin Chin Labs use nitrogen to create tasty ice cream. I visited their branch in Camden several years ago (Chin Chin Labs Nitrogen Ice Cream in Camden), and they launched a new shop in Soho since. I think that the new Soho shop was launched in 2017. I've stopped by a couple of times in Camden and once in Soho. Their Camden shop is a smaller shop that looks very basic and 'factory-like' in appearance, and it only offers a couple of seats. It fits well in the street food market area of Camden. The Soho branch appears like an ice cream parlour with more seating and has a nice finish.
Here's the exterior of the shop in Soho, branded Chin Chin Dessert Club. (This is in contrast to Chin Chin Labs in Camden.)
The winter menu had a cherry pie offering with a scoop of ice cream and dollup of whipped cream, so I gave this a try. The sour cherry filling was very scrummy, though I felt that there was a little too much pie crust. It's not often that I find a nice sour cherry pie, which is more common to America than here in London.
Chin Chin also offer hot chocolates with toasted marshmallow. These were available in the shop and also at their pop-up at Winterville in Clapham Common over the holidays in December. I had one of them during my visit then, and I also had another in their Soho Dessert Club. While the hot chocolate is ok, it is actually the toasted marshmallow that makes it good. The hot chocolate itself isn't that rich or isn't as good as other hot chocolate that I have had.
There's a few more bits and pieces that I'd try at Chin Chin, and they also sell large-sized cakes at their Soho Dessert Club. On my last visit to Camden, I had a red cone with toasted marshmallow.
If you are interested in Chin Chin ice cream, see my other two write-ups. I can thoroughly recommend the brownie ice cream sandwich, and this has been my favourite of their treats that I have had so far.
Chin Chin Labs Nitrogen Ice Cream in Camden
A Visit to Winterville and Backyard Cinema's Christmas Labyrinth
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