{"id":26232,"date":"2018-10-22T13:35:08","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T05:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/?p=26232"},"modified":"2024-01-24T15:20:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T07:20:26","slug":"daily-chico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/restaurant-type\/bakery-and-sweets\/daily-chico\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Chico in Nakano, Tokyo: Home of the Tallest Soft Serve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Daily Chico in Nakano | Philippine Primer Travels\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OqJ7LdtIsYg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Updated as of January 24, 2024.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a country with four seasons like Japan, it is unusual for ice cream to be still sought out in winter or spring. But it is not the case at<\/span><b> Daily Chico<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. At this little ice cream shop at the basement floor of Nakano Broadway, ice cream is the dessert of all seasons, drawing flocks of ice cream lovers every day and all year round.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26233\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_5486.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_5486.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_5486-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_5486-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Started by a small businessman 50 years ago, Daily Chico is now a staple at Nakano. Their ice cream is homemade, low in calorie, and rich in probiotics. The main crowd puller is the <\/span><b>Tokudai Soft Cream<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a towering soft serve made with layers of soda pop, green tea, Muscat grape, chocolate, vanilla, coffee milk, strawberry, and dessert cheese.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26235\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_5504.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_5504.jpg 533w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_5504-145x218.jpg 145w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_5504-400x600.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Tokudai Soft Cream (\u00a5550)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although it is served on a cone, it is not ideal to tilt and lap up the tall soft serve. The Tokudai Soft Cream is served together with a mini spoon, and you have to lightly scoop from the bottom up, so you can also enjoy the unique combination of flavors. If you got your eyes on one flavor while your companions focus on the others, just scoop gently sideward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26234\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_4422.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_4422.jpg 600w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_4422-164x218.jpg 164w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_4422-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Tokudai Soft Cream is perfect for first-timers to get a taste of all available flavors before ordering a serving of one or two flavors. When you find your favorite flavor, you can get a small serving for \u00a5280 (one to three flavors). You can also get two to four flavors of your choice on the medium serving for \u00a5380. For the small and medium sizes, you may opt to have them served in a cup (\u00a5300 for small, \u00a5400 for medium).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26236\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_5482.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_5482.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_5482-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/IMG_5482-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the owner, vanilla is the universal best seller. Most Westerners go for green tea and soda pop, while Asian tourists love chocolate and strawberry. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Daily Chico keeps on innovating on flavors, so you might see some different flavors after a few months or so. So far, they have featured a total of 40 different flavors! At the time of our visit, their newest flavor is the Muscat grape and dessert cheese. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><b>How to get there<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 Daily Chico is on the basement floor of Nakano Broadway. Nakano Broadway is an easy five-minute straight walk from the <\/span><b>North Exit of Nakano Station<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, where you will pass Nakano Sun Mall Shotengai (shopping street) first. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u2022<b> From Tokyo Station<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to Nakano Station, it takes about 23 minutes via the Chuo Line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u2022<b> From Shibuya Station<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, take the Yamanote Line and transfer at Shinjuku Station and take the Chuo Line to Nakano Station. The trip takes around 20 to 23 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Written\u00a0by Rei Lea\u00f1o<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">This first appeared in Philippine Primer English magazine&#8217;s Vol. 31 &#8211; October issue.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Daily Chico, the main crowd puller is the Tokudai Soft Cream, a towering soft serve made with different flavors!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,2362,74,156,2363],"tags":[2451,2368,2367],"class_list":["post-26232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japanese","category-japan","category-bakery-and-sweets","category-healthy-organic","category-tokyo","tag-daily-chico","tag-tokyo-2018","tag-where-to-eat-in-tokyo"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26232"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48796,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26232\/revisions\/48796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}