The Middle Eastern ice cream poised to swarm social media

When eating the ice cream sold at Republic of Booza in Brooklyn, you’ll find yourself chewing it.

That’s the thing about booza, the Middle Eastern sweet treat that distinguishes itself from more commonly known ice cream and gelato by being denser and creamier and boasting an elasticity that allows it to truly stretch in form: It certainly looks like ice cream and might even slightly taste like it, but it doesn’t feel like it when actually eaten.

At Republic of Booza, patrons...