Japan's Zou-No-Hana café serves up a unique and super cute ice cream treat that takes the shape of an elephant. Instead of swirling the specialty 'Zou No Hana' ice cream, the soft serve is made to droop like an elephant's trunk. With some chocolate chips for eyes and some oversized waffle disks for ears, the elephant really starts to take shape—on a particularly hot day, you've probably got to be quick if you want a photo of this adorable animal ice cream before it melts.
On occasion throughout the year, the Zou-No-Hana café also releases tusked two-tone elephants, which are limited to quantities of 20 each day. As well as these animalistic ice cream cones, the café also offers a number of elephant-themed snacks.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Animal Shaped Food
- Creating unique and super cute animal-shaped food items is a disruptive innovation opportunity for the food and beverage industry
- Limited-edition Food Items
- Creating limited-edition food items is a disruptive innovation opportunity for the food and beverage industry to generate buzz and increase the perceived value of their products
- Instagrammable Food
- Creating Instagrammable food items is a disruptive innovation opportunity for the food and beverage industry to attract customers seeking a unique and visually pleasing experience
Where This Applies
- Food and Beverage
- The food and beverage industry can incorporate animal-themed and limited-edition food items to increase their customer base and drive sales
- Hospitality
- The hospitality industry can attract more customers and increase their revenue by incorporating unique and visually pleasing food items in their menus
- Social Media
- The social media industry can capitalize on the trend of Instagrammable food items by providing relevant content and creating a platform to share visually stunning food images
