Haagen-dazs ice cream

Haagen-Dazs ice cream seems fashionable here. In fact, I have seen Haagen-Dazs ice cream at a fancy restaurant. J bought me Haagen-Dazs ice cream(1 pint) yesterday. I just saw the recipt casually and I found that the ice cream was more expensive than a dozen beers. Is it normal? As I usually don't buy ice cream, I don't know the average price. Actually beer is cheap here. I know Haagen-Dazs ice cream is not cheap as regular ice cream. However ice cream could be more expensive than booze??? BTW, a dozen beers cost about US$9!!!!!! (It is not the cheapest beer.)