Froyo
Our quest for froyo knowledge stops in Nepal, a small landlocked country in Asia, bordered by India and Tibet. Nepal’s population tops 30 million, but with 75% of the area covered by mountains and an inadequate transportation network, much of Nepal is considered remote and inaccessible. It’s considered one of the least developed countries in the world.
Most of the froyo activity has been in the capital city, Kathmandu. Kathmandu is also the largest city, with a population of 845,767. The next largest cities by population are Pokhara (population 599,504), Bharatpur (population 369,377), and Lalitpur (population 299,843).
The froyo shops in Nepal do not have an active online presence, so it’s difficult to determine their current status. Based on our research, it seems there are four froyo shops currently open in Nepal and two that have permanently closed. The remaining shops are branches of frozen yogurt chains founded in other countries (i.e., India and Singapore). They are counter-serve. The two closed shops were branches of ChocoBerry, a self-serve froyo concept that originated in Nepal. ChocoBerry may have been the first froyo shop in Nepal when it opened in 2012.
Current Froyo Shops
Froyo is a counter-serve Indian froyo chain with three locations in Nepal. The locations are Baluwatar/Kathmandu (opened 2014?), Jamsikhel/Lalitpur (opened May 2022), and Thamel/Kathmandu (opened September 2023).
Milk & Honey, Durbar Marg, Kathmandu, was a branch of the Singaporean counter-serve froyo chain. The shop opened in August 2017 at Sherpa Mall. In 2023, Milk & Honey Nepal started calling the product Korean yogurt.
Closed Froyo Shops
ChocoBerry Self-Serve Frozen Yogurt was a self-serve froyo shop at Civil Mall in Kathmandu. ChocoBerry brought self-serve froyo to Nepal in 2012. The shop closed in 2014.
ChocoBerry, Pokhara, Salesway Departmental Stores, was a franchise branch that opened in 2013. The last Facebook post was made in 2018, so we’re guessing that this is when the shop closed.
While researching froyo in Nepal, we came across quite a few yogurt shops. These shops do not sell frozen yogurt. They specialize in a local delicacy called juju dhau (aka kings curd, king of yogurt, king yoghurt, king curd, king yogurt). Juju dhau is the specialty of the Newar people of Bhaktapur, the third largest city in Nepal. It is yogurt made in clay pots. The texture is thick and custard-like. It is an important ritual food. Juju dhau is considered one of the five nectars of the gods in Newar culture.
Want to see the froyo shops in Nepal? Check out our Pinterest board, Froyo in Nepal.
