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Birdsong Ice Cream

4.7 (22 reviews)
Open • 12:00 pm - 9:00 PM
Updated 2 weeks ago

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Super Stretchy
Albert T.

Birdsong Ice Cream is one of the food carts at Podski that surprisingly sells New Zealand-style real fruit ice cream. I never expected to find this style of ice cream in Bend of all places! They even have a legitimate Little Jem ice cream mixer. Their menu is really simple, with only two types of base, one vegan, one dairy, and four different fruits. They offer two different sizes, but I'm not sure how much larger the regular is vs. the small. The little display in the front doesn't make the regular seem much larger. Perhaps they should actually display the volumes to make it clear? Regular, Vanilla Base, Marionberry ($8.50) - They use a really, really stretchy base here, stretchier than most ice creams that I've ever eaten, almost like it has mastic gum added. Other reviews mention they use Tillamook as the base, but I'm a little skeptical. Tillamook is certainly stretchy since they use guar gum as a stabilizer, but I can't recall it being quite that stretchy! I believe most other NZ real fruit ice cream places use sweet cream as the base to really allow the fruit flavors to shine, but Birdsong uses vanilla, which adds a delightful note that enhances rather than covers up the fruit. It's a complementary flavor and works very well together, although I personally still prefer having sweet cream only. The fruit is blended in very well so there aren't any icy pieces at all, with the only textural difference coming from a small bit of crunch from the seeds in the marionberries. It's otherwise a sweet, berry fruity dessert. I guess the one downside is that the portion size is kind of lacking for the price. I get more from the real fruit ice cream places in Seattle for cheaper, despite Seattle being much higher cost of living. (4/5) Birdsong serves a pretty decent representation of New Zealand real fruit ice cream, at least to my limited knowledge! It's certainly worth a try, if not just as a sweet frozen treat.

Marionberry + gluten free cone
Marissa L.

The wait was a little long but the ice cream was soooo good! Gluten free cones + allergy friendly menu :D

Small Raspberry ice cream
Kyra P.

Fantastic ice cream. If you can grab some, I highly recommend you do. The raspberry was refreshing and creamy! 100/10!!!

ice cream truck and prices.
Ariesta W.

new zealand style ice cream truck. pick your fruit of choice and they'll blend it for you.. (raspberry, blueberry, strawberry or marionberry) nice, thick and creamy large size is $8.50 (+$1 for waffle cone) or small cup for $7.50.. the large was the perfect amount to share between adult and child... ok may be it'll be better for 1.. who am i kidding?

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28 days ago

Closed even though hours say open. Would be a good idea to post an update if you will be closed.

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This review is awesome. Thanks Matt!!

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Ice cream was amazing! Flavors were super fresh. We went on a busy Saturday night and waited about 5 minutes for our orders!

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The Ice cream was fantastic and you have to try if your the berry lover plus high quality service

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favorite ice ream in bend by far! nice folks too. will be back for more! Cute trailer too

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“We ordered the blueberry with the dairy vanilla base and the marionberry with the coconut-based vegan ice cream.”

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