Founded by wife-husband team of Eunice Soon and Chronos Chan in September 2005, this long-serving brand is known for their creative international flavours.
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A typical daily range features between 18 to 36 flavours from their impressive catalogue of 180 flavours of ice cream.
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The Triple Thai Coconut and Taiwanese Sesame Brittle, in a cup, have similar creamy sticky thick texture, the former smooth with floral earthy milky sweet flavour, the latter grainy with earthy nutty toasty sweet flavour.
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The former is made with coconut gelato, coconut meat, and coconut water jelly; the latter is made with black sesame gelato, and sesame seed brittle.
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The Yali Poached Pear and Hummingbird, in a cone, have similar creamy sticky thick texture, the former juicy with fruity floral sweet flavour, the latter chunky with fruity spice earthy sweet flavour.
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The former is made with pear gelato, and vanilla beans; the latter is made with banana cinnamon gelato, honey pineapple, and mascarpone cheese.
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Tom's Palette
@ 51 Middle Road #01-01
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Opened in April 2017, this beloved brand is known for their hand-crafted ice cream and Singaporean inspired flavours.
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There's up to 18 different flavours daily, and folks love the waffles as well.
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The Leegacy, in a cup, is a dark chocolate tribute to the founding prime minister of Singapore. This has a smooth thick velvety texture and robust chocolatey bitter sweet flavour.
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The Unicorn Pop, in a cone with rainbow sprinkles candy, is inspired by the childhood Paddle Pop brand. With a crispy crunchy and smooth creamy texture, and playful milky candied sweet flavour, this visually-appealing colourful treat is a delight.
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Three’s A Crowd
@ 802 Tampines Avenue 4 #01-11
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Since it arrived in Singapore in 1979, this chain restaurant has been a go-to place for decadent ice cream sundaes, tasty American fare, and celebrations of life milestones with family or friends.
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They're known for serving towering sundae creations, decadent and indulgent treats for all.
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The famed Sticky Chewy Chocolate, in a sundae glass, features a large creamy smooth thick scoop, engulfed by thick velvety sensational chocolate hot fudge, dressed with fluffy whipped cream, crisp biscuit wafer, and a juicy chocolate coated cherry. Has a rich and addictive robust chocolatey sweet flavour, yum.
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The Salted Butterscotch Crumble and Lime Sherbet, in an ice cream bowl, are dual scoops of creamy smooth thick goodness, the former with toasty salty sweet flavour, the latter with bright tangy sour fruity sweet flavour. On the side we chose 3 toppings, juicy strawberry with fruity sweet flavour, crunchy macadamia nuts with nutty flavour, and thick butterscotch with earthy sweet flavour.
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Swensen's
@ Thomson Plaza, 301 Upper Thomson Road #03-23
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Established in July 2021, this brand is known for their delectable gelato, and the addition of a free mini scoop of ice cream on top of each regular order.
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Servings are generous, and their waffles have garnered praise too.
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The Yam / Taro with mini Salted Caramel, in a cup, has a smooth creamy rich texture, with pleasant mild earthy sweet salty flavour.
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The Vanilla with mini Mango, in a waffle cone decorated with rainbow chocolate candy, has alternating crisp crunchy smooth creamy texture, and complex bready chocolatey fruity sweet floral flavour.
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Overscoop
@ West Coast Plaza, 154 West Coast Road #B1-57
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Established in August 2020 by Chef Christopher Tan, Shermain Ng, and Adam Ng, the same founders behind Brine Restaurant, this brand is known for opening late and serving artisanal ice cream with pairing of toppings.
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Big on botanical and fruit flavours, they eschew ice cream cones, with everything served in disposable cups.
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The Balsamic Strawberry, in a cup, builds on the common strengths of its ingredients, being tangy sour fruity sweet in flavour with soft creamy texture. Topped with toasted grated coconut which lends a grainy chew and smoky earthy floral sweet flavour.
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The Preserved Orange Peel, in a cup, has intense fruity sweet sour flavour with a soft creamy texture. Topped with candied orange zest which is chewy and bursts with more fruity zesty tangy sour sweet flavour.
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Hay, Gelato
@ 136 Bedok North Avenue 3 #01-148
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Founded in August 2018 by Leonard Ong, this brand is named for the feel good biological reaction of 'dopamine', and are known for their nut-based gelato.
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Serving just 8 varieties of flavours daily, their gelato is made using all natural ingredients, kept in their individual pozzetti - a traditional Italian way of serving ice-cream to preserve its freshness and prevent cross-contamination by air.
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The Roasted Pistachio, in a cup, has a deep robust nutty earthy sweet smoky flavour, and their signature pliant creamy soft texture with a gentle stretch. Finely crushed pistachio nuts lend a grainy texture and added nutty earthy flavour.
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The Maple Pecan, in a cone, has addictive floral nutty sweet flavour, and the same signature pliant creamy soft texture with stretch. Bits of pecan nuts lend a firm crunch and nutty earthy flavour.
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Dopa Dopa Creamery
@ 29 South Bridge Road #01-01
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Founded in May 2011 by Audrey Wang, Khoh Wan Chin, and Victor Lim (the same founders of Sunday Folks), this long-serving brand is the home of premium hand-crafted ice cream.
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The full range spans over 110 flavours, with about 18 flavours on display and rotated regularly, all hand-made in small batches.
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The Honey Lemon Yuzu, in a cup, is a dairy-free sorbet that's soft icey smooth, with bright fruity tangy sour sweet floral flavour derived from hand-squeezed lemon juice, bits of yuzu peel, and rich honey. Super refreshing.
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The Earl Grey Lavender, in a cone with rainbow sprinkle candy, has crunchy smooth soft texture with fragrant milky earthy floral bitter sweet flavour, from the infusion of classy earl grey tea and lavender flowers.
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Creamier
@ Northshore Plaza II, 418 Northshore Drive #01-04
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Founded by Edwin Lim in October 2015, this brand has gained a loyal following for their Southeast Asian botanical flavours of ice cream.
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Minimalist with botanical decor in gentle pastel shades, their boutiques evoke a creative and playful side that reflects in their whimsical creations.
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The Lychee Raspberry, in a cup, is smooth creamy soft, with the enticing floral fruity sweet hint of rose and lychee, underpinned with the sharp sour sweet fruity notes of raspberry.
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The White Chrysanthemum, in a crisp thyme waffle cone, is smooth creamy soft, enhanced with delicate milky herbal floral earthy sweet flavour from the flower. Bits of cacao nibs lend crunch and a bitter chocolatey bite.
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Birds Of Paradise Gelato Boutique
@ 63 East Coast Road #01-05
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Established by the Danish Andersen family in 1978 in Solvang, they use time-honored family recipes for their ice cream.
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They opened in Singapore in May 1994, and are known for their natural fruit flavours of ice cream, waffles, fondue, and plated desserts.
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The Mint Chocolate Chip, in a cup, is smooth creamy thick, with bright minty herbal sweet chocolatey flavour. Nicely refreshing.
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The Danish Nougat, in a cone with speculoos crumble, has contrasting crunchy grainy texture against smooth creamy thick texture, with mild milky earthy spice sweet flavour.
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Andersen's Of Denmark
@ NEX, 23 Serangoon Central #B1-09
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This has soft chewy gnocchi pasta balls immersed in a rich creamy 4 cheese sauce of parmesan, mozzarella, provolone, and pecorino romano, garnished with coriander and black pepper.
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The result is a robust burst of cheesy salty savoury sweet herbal peppery spice flavour with each mouthful.
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Completed with fresh crisp lettuce with vegetal sweet notes. Delicious and filling, best shared.
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Trattoria Da Mimmo
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This is a unique pasta dish, with wide flat strips of al-dente pappardelle pasta noodles, garnished with a special wild boar ragu sauce.
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It's not gamey at all, and the thick chunky meat sauce carries bright vegetal meaty savoury sweet flavour, nicely appetizing.
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Completed with bits of coriander which lend vegetal herbal flavour, and fresh crisp lettuce with vegetal sweet notes.
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Trattoria Da Mimmo
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This was the special off-menu pizza-of-the-day during our visit.
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This has a crisp chewy fluffy pizza crust with smoky bready toasty sweet savoury flavour, and is garnished with a white sauce of gooey mozzarella cheese, crisp rucola / rocket leaves / arugula, juicy cherry tomatoes, tender hand formed skinless pork sausage chunks, soft white onions, and bouncy burrata cheese balls (of cow's cheese and cream), drizzled with lashings of balsamic vinegar.
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The result is a complex yet pleasant combination of cheesy salty vegetal bitter herbal sweet earthy sour meaty savoury milky flavours. Loved this.
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Trattoria Da Mimmo
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