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The Food Truck NZ - S02E07 - Ice Cream
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00:00New Zealanders love their food, and they love it fast.
00:05But with more than a third of Kiwi adults tipping the scales,
00:09it's time for a tasty new menu.
00:12Michael van der Elzen is a fun-loving gourmet chef
00:16with a passion for fresh food.
00:18Beautiful!
00:20He's back with his trusty Bedford truck
00:22to challenge the way we eat.
00:24I like it. Look at that.
00:26This is awesome. I think it's perfect.
00:29Tonight, can Michael serve up a healthy take on ice cream
00:32with the price, speed and taste Kiwis want?
00:35Find out in the food truck.
00:42I scream, you scream, we all scream
00:46for a healthy ice cream.
00:48Don't we?
00:49Well, we probably should,
00:51but it is hard to beat a good ice cream.
00:53There's nothing like an ice cream on a hot summer's day.
00:56You know, it just drips down your hand.
00:58It's cold. It's delicious.
01:00It's creamy. It's moist.
01:02It's just a real naughty little treat.
01:05But it's a treat we indulge in very regularly.
01:09Every Kiwi eats an average of 22 litres of ice cream per year,
01:13putting us neck and neck with the Aussies and Americans
01:16as the biggest consumers of creamy treats in the world.
01:20My favourite ice cream would probably be chocolate.
01:22Hokey pokey.
01:23Cookies and cream.
01:24Banana.
01:25Passion fruit.
01:26Goody gumdrops.
01:28Well, young or old,
01:29ice cream brings out the kid in all of us,
01:31the naughty kid.
01:32How are we going to make a healthy ice cream?
01:34Ice cream is sugar and cream.
01:36Sugar and fat.
01:37Oh, God.
01:38To get the real scoop on frozen fun,
01:40Michael's got a job to do,
01:42fill his face with every treat on the market.
01:44The old jelly tip brings back so many memories.
01:49Michael continues his ice cream mission to Mission Bay
01:52to pick out a popular gourmet, Mofan Pink.
01:54They all look absolutely awesome.
01:56As well as a large selection of premium ice cream,
01:58the cones are made to order.
02:00But at $8.50, is it worth its wafer?
02:04That's great.
02:05You know, that's what ice cream should taste like.
02:07It's got great flavours.
02:08It's smooth.
02:10The size is humongous.
02:12Probably got a lot of fat in it.
02:14Probably got a lot of sugar in the cone.
02:15Damn, it's good.
02:16Ice creams aside, Michael wants to sample the whole genre.
02:20Next on the list, ice blocks.
02:22From the most modern to the old-school, after-school classics.
02:25One pineapple crush.
02:26Fuji.
02:27Fuji.
02:28Fuji.
02:29Fuji.
02:30Well, it's a mouthful in any case.
02:3225% pineapple juice.
02:3420% sugar.
02:37It does taste like pineapple juice, frozen on a stick.
02:40You know, if you're into pineapple, it's a great thing.
02:42Mike's really getting to grips with ice creams and ice blocks.
02:45But before he gets to work on his own healthy alternative frozen treats,
02:49Michael has one last ice cream to taste.
02:52And that is music to his ears.
02:55How are you, sir?
02:56A box of fluffy ducks, Michael.
02:58Michael Van Dielzen.
02:59Mr Whippy.
03:00Mr Whippy, or Stuart to his mum,
03:02is one of about 50 cruising the back streets of New Zealand.
03:05The van and the brand go back around 50 years too, to 1964.
03:09I've always wanted to go into one of these, ever since a little child.
03:12You first, then, Michael.
03:14It's a truly rare and valuable insight for Michael as he begins...
03:18Oh, she's a tight squeeze, Stuart.
03:20And ends his tour of Mr Squishy.
03:22So this is it, Stuart.
03:24This is it, Michael.
03:25This is the heart of the beast.
03:27This is it.
03:28This is it.
03:29This is it.
03:30This is the business end.
03:32And look at this.
03:33This humble van is a TARDIS of treats.
03:3528 different ice creams there.
03:37Plus.
03:38Cheeky monkey.
03:39The key to Mr Whippy's varied menu is in the toppings.
03:42You've got your syrups running through to your goodies that you put on top.
03:45Lollies up here.
03:46You've got your sprinkles.
03:48Look at those.
03:49You've got your nuts here.
03:50Cones up on the corn.
03:51But it's Mr Whippy's trademark soft serve ice cream that Michael is most interested in.
03:55What is actually in this bag?
03:57Milk, cream, sugar.
03:5990% fat free.
04:01You put that into the machine and the machine does everything else?
04:04Yes.
04:05Stuart demonstrates.
04:06Michael masticates.
04:07Hardly.
04:08Beautiful and soft.
04:09It just disappears in your mouth.
04:10Nice and creamy.
04:11Just kind of melts.
04:12Fantastic.
04:14What are the chances of me, A, being able to make an ice cream and B, giving them out to some people?
04:19No problem whatsoever.
04:20Really?
04:21Yeah.
04:22You don't have to tell Michael twice.
04:23Mr Whippy's open people.
04:25Then, as if by magic, a customer materialises.
04:28Can I have the single chopped dip with flake?
04:31That one there?
04:32Yeah.
04:33Four dollars?
04:34Yeah.
04:35Okay, give it up.
04:36Thanks.
04:37Michael clearly has a soft touch with the customers.
04:39But how will he cope with his first soft serve?
04:41God, I'm nervous.
04:43Mmm.
04:44Not good.
04:45Look at that.
04:46It just came out all over me.
04:48With the reputation of an institution on his shoulders, Michael has another go.
05:05Guys, it's a little bit flat, but man, it looks pretty bloody sexy.
05:08Just like the picture.
05:10There you go, sir.
05:11Thanks.
05:12Pleasure.
05:13Four dollars?
05:14Oh, yes.
05:15I'll just go to my beach.
05:16Okay.
05:17But even with the country's least experienced Mr Whippy serving misshapen ice creams,
05:22the crowd still gathers for that familiar taste.
05:25Hey, mate, can I grab a single sherbet?
05:27Can I grab a waffle and chocolate, please?
05:28A Whippy Creepy Crawley?
05:29What the hell's a Whippy Creepy Crawley?
05:34Can I please get a single chopped dip with a flake?
05:37The orders and combinations seem to be endless.
05:39Can I please have a cheeky monkey?
05:41Waffle, chocolate and nuts?
05:43She's bigger than he is.
05:44All these combinations.
05:47In terms of working in the back of Mr Whippy today, it's a childhood dream.
05:50It was fantastic.
05:51All these candies and colours.
05:54Beautiful.
05:55But I really felt like I was working in a sweet shop.
05:59There is nothing good in the back of that truck,
06:02apart from maybe some almonds and some peanuts.
06:07You know what? I think I can do a lot better.
06:09I can make a healthier ice cream with more wholesome toppings.
06:13I think I can beat Mr Whippy at his own game.
06:17Chef Michael van der Elzen is challenging frozen treats.
06:20And in two days, we'll be taking on Mr Whippy with his own healthy version of ice cream.
06:26But first, he needs to make some.
06:28And where better than down at the beach on a beautiful summer's day?
06:32Today I want to make an ice cream.
06:34With as little fat and the smallest amount of sugar as I possibly can.
06:37So, replacing the sugar, Michael whisks honey into egg yolks.
06:42To which he then adds a mixture of hot milk and cream, creating a low-fat custard.
06:47That's about us, I think.
06:49Then it's a simple swirl of unsweetened yoghurt.
06:52The yoghurt, in theory, is replacing the complete amount of cream.
06:55And to finish, Michael whisks egg whites until peaks form.
06:59Or bigger muscles.
07:00Whichever comes first.
07:03There we go.
07:04That's folded gently into the custard and yoghurt mix.
07:07And stashed into containers.
07:09One plain.
07:10And one with an all-natural dollop of plum and cherry puree.
07:15And there's our two ice creams.
07:18While he waits for the ice cream to set,
07:20Michael kicks back and enjoys the beautiful ice cream.
07:25Michael kicks back and enjoys the beautiful...
07:28Oh no, he's off again.
07:30He's had some tops ideas.
07:31I saw maybe four or five different toppings in Mr Whippy yesterday.
07:34All of them artificial.
07:35So, Michael's going to make some toppings.
07:37And he starts with a Mr Whippy classic.
07:39I'm sure that's made up of four things.
07:41The first one is baking soda.
07:42That gives your tongue that tingling feeling.
07:44Next up, citric acid.
07:46Followed by some icing sugar.
07:48Finishing with freeze-dried raspberries.
07:50This is my flavouring, but also my great colouring.
07:53And that's it.
07:56Ding!
07:58So, the sherbet bus has left the station.
08:00Ding, ding.
08:01Michael's next topping draws inspiration from Mr Whippy's menu.
08:05I want to make what came out of the Mr Whippy machine,
08:07which is aerated dairy, but I want to do it with 100% yoghurt.
08:11The yoghurt is melded and mixed with Michael's plum and cherry puree.
08:15Then it all goes into a soda siphon with a bulb of nitrous for fizz.
08:20Let's get that shake up.
08:23Aerated yoghurt.
08:25Take that, Mr Whippy.
08:27And that.
08:28Not quite the same as what came out of the Mr Whippy machine, but...
08:32Oh, that's so tasty!
08:35This nuttiness continues into Michael's final topping.
08:38I've got some toasted Brazil nuts.
08:40These are fantastic.
08:41They're full of selenium, which is a rich antioxidant.
08:48They smell extraordinary.
08:50They smell like chicken, like KFC chicken.
08:53They do.
08:55Well, because ice cream tastes like chicken too,
08:57let's hope it's at least frozen chicken.
08:59Set around the outside.
09:01I might be able to scrape the outsides of that off and get some tasters.
09:05Well, there's no shortage of volunteers.
09:07Do you want to try some of my ice cream?
09:08I'd love to, thanks.
09:09Sure.
09:10Yes.
09:11For his first combination,
09:12Michael serves up plain ice cream with that nutty topping.
09:16That tastes like Kentucky eggs.
09:20Isn't that funny?
09:21I can assure you there's no Kentucky in there.
09:24It was a bit different, eh?
09:25It was like Kentucky fried chicken mixed with yogurt, so...
09:28Like chicken, it's not going to fly.
09:30Next, Michael wants to try plain ice cream
09:32with whipped berry yogurt on this lady.
09:36Oh, that is really, really good.
09:39It reminds me of sort of like a mousse.
09:41So far, so smooth.
09:43Michael tries a sherbet on some hardened professionals.
09:46Pretty good.
09:48You get that ting in your mouth?
09:49Yeah.
09:50That's nice.
09:51Really nice.
09:52Oh, sherbet's nice.
09:53It's tangy, kind of zangy.
09:55It's like tingling in your mouth, craziness.
09:59Michael's winning everyone over with his toppings,
10:01but there's one big question he's yet to ask.
10:04How's the ice cream?
10:06The ice cream's got no flavour.
10:09I like the nuts better with the ice cream.
10:11I think the ice cream was missing, like, the sweetness, I think.
10:15Not, like, sweet or anything.
10:17Sometimes the truth hurts.
10:19Oh, and there was this.
10:20There's a weird texture to it.
10:21And this, too.
10:22A bit icy.
10:23And this.
10:24You can feel the crystals in it, which I wasn't expecting.
10:26I was expecting it to be a firmer sort of texture,
10:29and the icy crystals were a bit off-putting.
10:32I think we get used to creamy ice cream, don't we?
10:34Well, yeah.
10:35Do you like it better than ice cream you normally buy from a supermarket?
10:39No.
10:41No?
10:42I have a bit of work to do, eh?
10:44Yeah.
10:45I feel like I need to cry.
10:48In some ways, today worked,
10:50and in other ways, I felt that it was a complete disaster.
10:53Ice cream should hit the mark every single time.
10:56People should even go, Wow, I love ice cream!
11:00Didn't happen.
11:01Just like that.
11:03I take on Mr. Whippy in two days,
11:05and right now, I feel like I'm still at square one.
11:09Last night, I cried myself to sleep.
11:12The ice cream didn't work.
11:14You know, I just winged it.
11:16A little bit of cream, a little bit of yogurt,
11:18some egg, put it together.
11:20It wasn't right.
11:21I think I have to go back to the fundamentals
11:23and re-look at my ice cream recipe.
11:25But Michael will need something to serve his exciting new ice cream in.
11:29I feel I can't go into game day without a code,
11:31and I think for the first time in food truck history,
11:34I need to use butter.
11:36Ah, we forgive you, Michael, just this once.
11:39I'm using a really small amount of unsalted butter.
11:42Okay, yep, we forgive you.
11:44This is going to make a lot of cones.
11:46It's the butter you need to beat up, Michael, not yourself,
11:49which he does with some Demerara sugar,
11:52egg whites,
11:54flour,
11:56and finally, just to add some fibre,
11:58I've got some sesame seeds, some black sesame seeds,
12:00some poppy seeds,
12:02and some chia seeds.
12:04Michael spreads this mixed dough into a round mould.
12:07There you go.
12:08Then pops it into the fridge to set for at least an hour.
12:11In the meantime, Michael dives into his ice cream.
12:14But don't worry, he hasn't forgotten it's all about health.
12:17He's making a caramel with water
12:19and replacing as much sugar as he can with honey.
12:21You do need a thermometer for this
12:23because it's very difficult to tell what your temperature is
12:26just by looking at it.
12:27Once the temperature hits 120 degrees,
12:30Once the temperature hits 120 degrees exactly,
12:33Michael adds the bubbling caramel to whipped egg yolks.
12:36You're introducing air.
12:38That's what this is doing.
12:40You have this beautiful egg yolk and honey caramel mixture.
12:43Beautiful.
12:46As the name suggests, ice cream requires cream.
12:49What I can do, however, is I can take half of that cream away
12:53and replace it with unsweetened yogurt.
12:55At least I'm doing my best to have a great-tasting
12:57but semi-low-fat ice cream.
13:00Whipping.
13:01Until it's a thick yet soft consistency.
13:04Don't go any further, otherwise you'll turn it into butter.
13:09We've used enough butter today.
13:11Poor Michael. It's almost a butter complex.
13:13But on with the recipe.
13:15In goes yogurt, some heavenly vanilla pods,
13:17and finally, dreamy whipped cream.
13:20So we pop this in the container, straight into the freezer.
13:25That's going to work awesomely well tomorrow.
13:27Honey yogurt ice cream.
13:29Now to finish the cones, which cooled in the fridge,
13:32then went into the oven at 160 degrees for four to five minutes.
13:36When they're hot, they're really palatable and mouldable.
13:38As soon as they go cold, that's when they go rock hard like a cone.
13:42So you've got to move really quick.
13:44So separate them off the bottom, wrap that around,
13:47hold the bottom together.
13:49Fantastic.
13:50Mike's got everything in hand for tomorrow's showdown with Mr Whippy.
13:54Now his ice creams just need to freeze overnight.
13:57Life's broken.
13:59God, I hope there's not a power cut.
14:01Chef Michael van der Elzen is on a liposuction mission,
14:04sucking the fat out of frozen treats on behalf of the nation's flab.
14:08The ice cream's got no flab.
14:10But for the first time ever, he's had to compromise.
14:12I need to use butter.
14:15To combat his self-imposed guilt trip, Michael's come back to his kitchen.
14:19Hell-bent on taking the health high ground against Mr Whippy later,
14:23he's reworked the standard ice block.
14:25Why don't we make a vegetable block?
14:27I've never seen a vegetable block in a supermarket for sale.
14:31Watch out, Mr Whippy.
14:33The first of two versions of the veggie block is simply sweet corn,
14:37a good squirt of honey and a slosh of grapefruit juice.
14:40The second uses beetroot, pomegranate, pomegranate juice...
14:44Pomegranate juice is great. It lowers cholesterol,
14:46great for your heart, great for your lungs.
14:49...as well as some honey and blueberries.
14:53But how does this healthy concoction taste?
14:57It's got that certain little earthiness to it.
14:59This is going to be a pure antioxidant block.
15:02Sounds delicious.
15:04Well, both mixtures go into a mould with a chopstick, then into the freezer.
15:08Those little ice blocks are as healthy as it gets.
15:11I'm quite proud of that. Brilliant.
15:14Well, it's time to find out if that's true.
15:17With his ice cream set, his healthy veggie block set, now Michael is set.
15:22I am so scared. I'm pecking at it.
15:42It's Michael versus Mr Whippy in the great ice cream battle.
15:46Let's just hope it doesn't get ugly.
15:48Hi, Carl.
15:49How are you? Pleasure.
15:50Excellent.
15:51Politely at each other's throats from the get-go.
15:53I want to challenge you. 90 minutes.
15:55Who can sell the most ice creams?
15:57My homemade ice cream is against your machine.
15:59You're a brave man. Game on.
16:00Today, Mr Whippy has sent in their young gun, and he has high hopes.
16:04Look, I'm pretty confident, just quietly.
16:06There's nothing more joyful than having kids run out like I'm a god or something.
16:12Well, this god of ice cream plans to show no forgiveness,
16:16leading Michael to some of his most loyal followers.
16:20The plan is I'm just going to follow Mr Whippy on his normal route.
16:23I don't know whether that's a good or bad thing.
16:25I know that people like ice cream, but they love his ice cream.
16:29God, I hope I'm not heading into an ambush.
16:31Location number one, and within seconds, the lure of that sound is too much to resist.
16:37We listen to the music, and then we run out from our houses.
16:40It's a treat, so house is no relevance at all when I choose ice cream.
16:44After three minutes, Mr Whippy has already sold six ice creams.
16:48Meanwhile, Michael's still prepping.
16:50Right, so here we go.
16:55Ready, steady, action.
16:57There's plenty of action down on the left there.
17:00Look at the queue outside, Mr Whippy.
17:02Ice cream! Healthy ice cream!
17:05Where are you going? I don't want to go down there.
17:08The whole family just walked straight past.
17:11The children, they wanted ice cream, and they haven't heard of the food truck,
17:14but they know Mr Whippy, so...
17:16And then a customer.
17:18Sherbert.
17:19Do you want the Sherbert ice cream?
17:21Yes.
17:22Okay, first customer.
17:23Finally.
17:24Oh, look at that.
17:27There you go, sir.
17:28It's only a matter of time until Michael wins the hearts and minds of his followers.
17:32It's only a matter of time until Michael wins the hearts and minds of the people.
17:40Confection rejection, but things look up when a free thinker approaches.
17:44A beetroot one, thank you.
17:45A beetroot? A beetroot ice block?
17:46This is what Mike's confidence needs.
17:48One beetroot.
17:49Thank you very much.
17:50Someone who can appreciate the sophisticated taste of a beetroot and pomegranate ice block.
17:54I eat nice things, but I don't even think I'll finish that.
17:57It's the worst start in food truck history.
18:00This is wrenching.
18:01Heart-wrenching.
18:02This is pulling my heart out.
18:04Just two sails to Mr Whippy's whopping 20.
18:07It's an old-fashioned buck-whippying.
18:09It's quite sad, actually.
18:11I put a lot of effort into making this.
18:14Mr Whippy is ahead by leaps and bounds, so he pops around to gloat.
18:18Did 17 cones in three Sundays, so...
18:22That classic Whippy taste.
18:24You're up.
18:25Shall we move off to our next?
18:26Ace.
18:30That's 20 points to two.
18:31That's a shocker.
18:32That's right, I'm not going to give up.
18:34I'm going to get him on the next stop.
18:36Again, the kids come in, thick and fast.
18:39But this time, straight to the food truck.
18:41One sherbet.
18:42One sherbet?
18:43Can I please have a mousse?
18:44One mousse?
18:45Mike's first mousse order and his second sherbet order.
18:48But after the devastating response from his last sherbet ice cream...
18:52There you go, dude.
18:53It's time to find out if it really is inedible.
19:01Um, it's the best ice cream I've ever had.
19:04Really?
19:05Yeah.
19:06I like the ice cream mixed with the sherbet.
19:08It tastes really good.
19:10Take that, Mr Whippy, and take this also.
19:12They're nice and frothy compared to some other ones that are really sweet.
19:15It's kind of got a nice contrast to it.
19:17I like it way more than Mr Whippy.
19:19With these two happy customers, it seems Mike's luck is starting to turn.
19:25And now it's raining.
19:26And so is the weather.
19:27It really has turned a little bit pear-shaped.
19:29Are people going to buy ice creams in the rain?
19:31Don't think so.
19:32Well, not from Mr Whippy, that's for sure.
19:35At this spot, he's had zero sales.
19:37As the trucks move on, the rain sets in.
19:40But you can't dampen a kid's desire for ice cream.
19:42Food truck ice cream.
19:43Could I please have the beet tip?
19:45The beet tip was a late addition involving a slice of beetroot ice block...
19:48As well as those chickeny Brazil nuts.
19:50Now mixed with goji berries and antioxidant-rich dark chocolate.
19:54I think it's yummy and the beetroot's really nice.
19:57This young man likes the beetroot and the wrapping.
20:00The cone is a little bit better than the Mr Whippy kind.
20:04This adventurous family's put Mike back in the field.
20:07Leaving Mr Whippy high and not very dry.
20:10Look, I'm not willing to give up yet. Let's keep going.
20:12Whoa, hang on Mr Whippy. Mike's not done yet.
20:15We chose to come to the food truck because it has more natural products.
20:19The food truck is mounting a comeback.
20:21And Mike's hot on Whippy's tail in every way.
20:24Come on Mr Whippy. I've got you in my sights.
20:28I reckon I can catch him.
20:32It's the final countdown and Michael needs to be our number one hit.
20:36Two sherbets, one beet tip and one chocolate syrup.
20:39No problem.
20:40Being all natural for four bucks, that's pretty good.
20:43You do enjoy that, eh?
20:45As both trucks have a last minute flood of orders, it's come down to the wire.
20:49Can I try the moose?
20:50Yeah, it's really yummy.
20:53Yeah, dude.
20:55The ice blocks are actually selling better than the ice cream.
20:59There have been a lot of wholesome ice creams eaten today.
21:02I think it's very nice, yeah.
21:05But has it been enough?
21:07That's it.
21:08All up, Michael had 22 sales.
21:1190 minutes.
21:12That was a full on 90.
21:13Wasn't it? Wasn't it great?
21:14Yeah, it was fun.
21:15How'd you get on?
21:16I did 25 units.
21:1825?
21:19All together.
21:20Far out.
21:21Mr. Whippy takes it out.
21:23I was honestly expecting the food truck to win.
21:25You know, people recognise the food truck and they come up and they go,
21:28right, ice cream, I'm going to try something new.
21:31But still, there was only three in it.
21:33It's pretty close, really.
21:35Today, Michael gave 50 years of creamy supremacy a supersized fright.
21:40But the king of the cone stayed frosty throughout.
21:43Is that really a bit of beetroot?
21:45Would you say that out of the Mr. Whippy truck?
21:47No.
21:49At the end of the day, I sold almost as many ice creams as Mr. Whippy,
21:53and I think that's a great thing that people want to come
21:56and try some new alternative healthy ice creams.
22:01Don't worry, Michael.
22:02You can't win them all.
22:06Next week, it's Michael's final challenge.
22:09Using skills that I've never used before.
22:11Can he master sushi and turn this ancient delicacy upside down?
22:16Ho, ho, ho, ho!
22:18There'll be lows.
22:19Bargain.
22:21Sorry.
22:22And there'll be highs.
22:23Hey, hey!
22:24Outrageous!
22:25Moment of truth.
22:27It's so fragile.
22:28It's falling apart.
22:29Can Michael hold it together?
22:31Impossible.
22:32Find out next week on the food truck.
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