A new ice-cream cafe and new ice-cream flavours!

This month's issue of Lifestyle Magazine showcases the new ice-cream outlet LICK which stands for Little Ice Cream Kafe. It is located at Basement 2 of Ang Mo Kio Hub. Some of the ice-cream flavours featured are rather unique. They cater more to local palates. Each scoop costs $2.90.

There are Cheng Tng, Kaya Toast with "bread bits", Gula Melaka, Bandung with Palm Seeds, D24 Durian and Teh Tarik. I would go for the first one as it sounds rather refreshing. The second one tastes more like Pandan though because of the Pandan-flavoured Kaya used in its making, while the "bread bits" are really sponge fingers, thus using traditional English biscuits to recreate bread. Gula Melaka is the star flavour though a tad sweet. I don't like Palm Seeds so the fourth out is out for me. I like durians but eating them give me asthma. Alas, I can't try the D24 Durian flavour. The last one was lamented as not being authentic enough.

Toppings at $0.80 are also provided. I would ask for Gummy Bears with my ice-cream while Caramel Popcorn is an unusual combination with ice-cream :)

Swensens has come up with new ice-cream flavours. They are savoury-based and some novel flavours are seaweed and pistachio, and salted cornflake. Seaweed is the more novel ingredient for the first flavour while the second one sounds really original. I have never tasted salty ice-cream, and cornflakes are usually toppings for ice-cream rather than ingredients. Each flavour is served in a mini-cup and costs $3.90.

Two parlours have been conducting ice cream-making workshops for the public. These workshops cost about $45 and last for 2 hours. Tom's Palette and Udders are the innovators. I was surprised to read that there is no need for an ice cream machine to make ice cream. Merely a stainless-steel mixing bowl, a weighing machine and ziplock bags are needed to turn the eggs, milk, cream and sugar into ice cream. It sounds tempting to try it at home :)

Some participants were so inspired that they asked for bizarre flavours like Ikan Bilis or Chilli Crab. :S The latter sounds repulsive to me. Chilli ice cream? It is not for me. I am accustomed to the traditionally sweet flavours. At the same time, Tom's Palette sells unusual flavours like Wasabi Lime, Curry Apples and Caramelized Onion, which also sound unenticing to me.