Sea Salt Ice Cream

"It's salty, but sweet, too," said Roxas, tasting his first Sea Salt Ice Cream. Roxas here is a character from Kingdom Hearts, an action role-playing game published by Square Etnix and Disney Interactive Studios. Roxas, and his buddy Axel, usually buy ice cream, preferably Sea Salt Ice Cream, then climb  a clock tower to indulge their cold treats. Why clock tower? I have no idea. Why Sea Salt Ice Cream? Apparently, the sweet and salty ice cream is Tetsuya Nomura's, the writer of Kingdom Hearts, favorite ice cream. 

Roxas, with his first Sea Salt Ice Cream
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"Axel and Roxas just promises each other to always go for ice cream after missions," said Dila, a best friend of mine who is into Kingdom Hearts. Even though 14-year-old me doesn't really occupy oneself in this particular Square Etnix's game, she couldn't help but to wonder what Sea Salt Ice Cream tastes like.

Axel and Roxas, indulging on Sea Salt Ice Cream
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Last year, my curiosity finally came to an end! My parents and I were on a vacation in Japan, and one day, we decided to pay a visit to Tokyo DisneySea. We were at Port Discovery when I found the precious dessert. It was raining at that moment - the temperature was quite low, making the raindrops froze and left painful scratches when they touched my cheeks - and there I was, handing a ¥ 500 to an ice cream seller and got my hand on the famous Sea Salt Ice Cream. I was beyond excited.

The pink and heart-shaped ice cream container, with drawing of Minnie Mouse on it

As I opened the ice cream container, I was welcomed by a cup of white ice cream. "What is this, Vanilla Ice Cream," I thought to myself, "nah, it couldn't be. The cup clearly said 'Sea Salt Ice Cream'." A wee plastic spoon was given to me by the ice cream seller so that I can eat the ice cream. I scoop a bit of the so-called salty and sweet treats and I went full Roxas. "It's salty, but sweet! IT'S SALTY, BUT SWEET! MY LIFE IS PERFECT!". 

My theory was that the ice cream is actually Vanilla ice cream that was sprinkled with sea salt, which made it tasted sweet and salty at the same time. It was very creamy and milky, and rather light for an ice cream. Yes, it was very expensive for a cup of ice cream, but in the end, I finally managed to get myself some Sea Salt Ice Cream and I got myself a lovely container that I used on the following day to store some bacons that I got from a hotel's breakfast buffet. It worth every Yen. 

It's salty, but sweet!

Port Discovery, Tokyo DisneySea

Urayasu, Chiba - Japan