Rolled Ice Cream

Super-hot rolled ice cream trend hits Dallas' most happening suburb

This ice cream in Plano is rolling along.

Photo courtesy of 10 F

Every town around Dallas-Fort Worth must now have its own spot for rolled ice cream, and that includes Plano, home to 10° F Rolling Ice Cream, which has them lining up in the Shops at Willow Bend.

Rolled ice cream, aka Thai-style ice cream, is the modern-day version of Coldstone Creamery crossed with the trendiness of a froyo shop. An ice cream mix is spread across a frozen disc, scraped into eye-catching rolls. You pick an ice cream flavor for the base such as vanilla, chocolate, taro, or green tea, then add mix-ins such as Oreos or fruit. After the ice cream is formed into rolls, you top it with fruit, gummies, cookies, and other treats.

The rolled ice cream trend hit Dallas in 2016, with the opening of Chills 360 in Deep Ellum. Chills is expanding with another branch in Fort Worth, while New York chains I•CE•NY and Hi Sweetie have both opened locations in the Dallas area.

The first 10° F opened in the Willow Bend food court and, true to form for rolled ice cream, the shop often has lines. Their selection of toppings such as vanilla wafers is more "Americanized" than New York shops which feature Asian-themed toppings such as mochi.

They do have one unique item called "dragon breath," consisting of little cereal crunchies that are flooded with liquid nitrogen. As you consume them, the steam comes out of your nose and mouth.

Starwood Retail Partners took over the Shops at Willow Bend in 2014 and is investing $100 million on the mall's first major renovation and expansion in its 15-year history. The renovation is introducing new restaurant and retail options, with a more welcoming main entrance facing the Dallas North Tollway and up to eight, chef-driven restaurants.

Two more 10° F locations are teed up, according to a spokesperson: one in Garland that's already open, and another coming soon to Murphy.

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Spicy Food News

New restaurant Dallas Spicy Chinese Cuisine does it for real in Plano

Dallas Spicy

Fried rice and chicken at Dallas Spicy Chinese Cuisine

An authentic Chinese mom-and-pop restaurant has debuted in Plano: Called Dallas Spicy Chinese Cuisine, it opened in late 2025 at 4140 Legacy Dr. #310, at Coit Road, in the same center as Sprouts, taking over a space previously occupied by 369 Chinese BBQ, a long-timer that closed in 2025 after more than a decade.

Dallas Spicy Chinese Cuisine stands apart in the Chinese restaurant field thanks to a trio of elements:

Unusual dishes
They offer an array of Sichuan, Shanghai, and Taiwanese dishes, some not commonly found in DFW, such as:

Hot & Spicy Crayfish
Cumin Beef
Sweet & Sour Pork Ribs
Sauteed Bullfrog with Pickled Peppers

Dishes like their humongous Braised Lion’s Head Meatballs, a Huaiyang-style dish from Eastern China featuring pork meatballs simmered with Napa cabbage, and their Spicy Stinky Tofu — a Chinese tofu dish often sold as a snack at roadside stands — are earning raves for their home-cooked authenticity.

The menu has a big assortment of vegetable dishes, mostly stir-fries such as stir-fried shredded cabbage and stir-fried green beans with garlic, which has emerged as a major crowd-pleaser.

There are rice and noodle dishes such as chow mein, beef noodle soup, and dan dan noodles, a Sichuan classic with noodles, minced pork, scallions, and peanuts. An "American Chinese" category on the menu offers familiar staples such as honey walnut shrimp, orange chicken, and broccoli & beef.

Set price
A second distinction at Dallas Spicy is their "set price" dinner, like a Chinese version of omakase, featuring 10 dishes for about $150. It can be ordered in spicy or non-spicy versions.

The pandas
Dallas Spicy is obsessed with pandas: They've made pandas their decorative them, putting them everywhere: panda wall stickers, panda condiment shakers, and a massive installation featuring dozens of stuffed panda toys tacked to the wall in a heart shape.

The owners are hard to reach; they rarely answer the phone. But they'll provide attentive service if you dine in. They vow to be more than just a restaurant. According to their manifesto, they're a place "where stories are told through taste."

Dallas Spicy decor Pandas rule the decor at Dallas Spicy Chinese.Yelp

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