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You’ll be waiting a long time to get a taste (Picture: iloveyochi.uk)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On August 20, a two-hour queue clogged the streets in Notting Hill<\/a> as cult Australian frozen yoghurt<\/a> brand Yo-Chi<\/a> opened its doors for the first time.<\/p>\n

Fans went crazy for the brands UK debut, branding the dessert store the ‘best thing to happen since One Direction<\/a>’, and onlookers claimed the queue nearly reach High Street Kensington<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s been a viral hit since it kick-started Melbourne\u2019s self-serve frozen yogurt scene with its first store back in 2012.<\/p>\n

But it’s not any old fro-yo parlour. Yo-Chi’s London<\/a> store spans 2,000sqft across two floors, seating 120 customers, with endless topping stations after you’ve chosen one of the signature frozen yoghurt flavours.<\/p>\n

In fact, it\u2019s their biggest ever branch to date. It even has a DJ booth and a disco ball, with co-owner of the store Oliver Allis claiming that it’s ‘become like the new club’ in Australia<\/a>, with bouncers guarding the doors on Friday and Saturday nights.<\/p>\n

As one influencer said at the soft-launch: ‘Who needs to go to Clapham on a night out when you’ve got night club music and frozen yoghurt?’<\/p>\n

Metro<\/strong> got a peak inside before opening day: expect self-serve fro-yo machines with nine flavours, including matcha and salted butterscotch, plus 30 topping options. <\/p>\n

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Frozen yoghurt is having a revival thanks to Yo-Chi (Picture: iloveyochi.uk)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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And if you\u2019re not sure what combination to choose, co-founder Oliver Allis, tells us his favourites are a\u00e7a\u00ed with \u2018signature tart\u2019 (the chain\u2019s original fro-yo flavour), topped with oat and cinnamon crumble, biscoff, fresh strawberries, fresh blueberries, and chocolate chunk cookie cake.<\/p>\n

This spot uses yoghurt made from Australian cow\u2019s milk, which makes for fro-yo that is tangy, rather than too sweet.<\/p>\n

We didn\u2019t hold back, trying three scoops: matcha with strawberries, chocolate soil, and pistachio kataifi spread. You can go much heavier on the toppings than we did, but you pay by weight so keep that in mind to avoid getting a shock at the till. Ours comes to \u00a37.20<\/p>\n

Co-owner and chief brand officer, Oliver Allis, tells us there\u2019s Australian hospitality at the heart of Yo-Chi. \u2018When you come here you\u2019re getting genuine welcomes and staff asking “how are you going?”<\/p>\n

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