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Friday, 30 March 2012

Island Creamery (Serene Centre)

Island Creamery a ice cream parlour specialises in producing freshly made premium ice creams with local flavours. Premium ingredients are used with no artificial flavours, colourings, preservatives, eggs or gelatine.

I visited Island Creamery at Serene Centre, located at the junction of Bukit Timah Road and Farrer Road. Island Creamery and Tom’s Palette seems to have similar branding. But the key differentiator is that Island Creamery is known for its local flavour ice cream such as Teh Tarik, Pulut Hitam, Pineapple Tart, Holicks and Bandung. The lastest addition they have is Bak Kwa ice cream!

Another differentiator is that besides Ice Creams, there are Ice Cream Cakes, Baked Alaska and Mudpies.

Fridge full of Ice Cream Cakes, Mudpies and tubs of Ice Cream for take away

Double Scoop Ice Cream [Pulut Hitam (left) & Nutella (right)] $4.50

We ordered the Double Scoop Ice Cream with the 2 flavours Pulut Hitam and Nutella. Pulut Hitam is also know as Black Glutinous Rice. The Pulut Hitam ice cream taste just like the real thing! Whoever though of making this dessert into an ice cream is a genius! The Nutella was good too. I wish that there was more chunks of Nutella in it.

Mud Pie $4.80

Top to bottom layer of ice cream: ReversO, Cookies'n Cream and Burnt Caramel)

The Mud Pie is highly recommended by my sister. The top layer and bottom layer is covered in Oreo crumbs. In the middle, there are 3 layers of ice cream namely; (top to bottom) ReversO, Cookies'n Cream and Burnt Caramel. The Mud Pie was superb! I like their crunchy Oreo crumbs. And it certainty helps that their ice cream is fabulous too! Another must try item!

We decided to buy a tub of ice cream back home, had a hard time deciding what to buy.

Used to pack the ice cream

Tub of Nutella Ice Cream $9.00

After hesitating for a long time, we decided to buy a tub of Nutella. We were torn between buying Pulut Hitam or Nutella. This time round, I felt that the Nutella taste slightly different from the one I had at Serene Centre. It was more diluted with much even lesser chunks of Nutella. Do note that the ice cream has to be consumed within 3 days as no preservatives were added.

I wish that I live near Island Creamery. However, I am putting up in the north and Serene Centre is located too far away. If not for that, I would frequent this ice cream parlour for its Pulut Hitam Ice Cream! If you are in the area, try the ice cream there!

ps: Readers in Indonesia who happen to read this, Island Creamery has opened a Indonesia (near Jakarta)

Island Creamery (Serene Centre)
10 Jalan Serene
#01-03 Serene Centre
Tel: 6468 8859
Opening Hours: Sun to Thurs11am - 10pm
Fri, Sat, Eve and Public Holidays 11am - 11pm
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Island Creamery (Great World City)
1 Kim Seng Promenade
Tel: 6733 7668
Opening Hours: Daily 11am - 930pm

Island Creamery (Holland Village)3 Lorong Liput #01-02
Holland Village Shopping Mall
Tel: 6466 6865
Opening Hours: Sun to Thurs 11am - 10pm
Fri, Sat, Eve and Public Holidays 11am - 11pm

Island Creamery (King Albert Park)
11 King Albert Park
#01-02 McDonald's Place
Tel: 6467 1571
Opening Hours: Sun to Thurs 11am - 10pm
Fri, Sat, Eve & PH 11am - 11pm

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Wednesday, 28 March 2012

Manhattan Fish Market: Manhattan Fish 'N Chips at $3.99 (29th to 30th March 2012)

Source: Manhattan Fish Market Singapore

Manhattan Fish Market: Manhattan Fish 'N Chips at $3.99 instead of $10.90 (29th to 30th March 2012)

- Valid from 29th to 30th March 2012 from 11am to closing time
- Valid for take-away and dine-in
- Each guest is entitled to a maximum of two $3.99 Manhattan Fish 'N Chips (Dory)
- All prices subjected to Service Charge and GST
- Not valid with other discounts, privileges and vouchers
- While stocks last
- Manhattan Fish Market reserves the all rights to change the terms and conditions without prior notice

Tuesday, 27 March 2012

Taishoken (Ramen Champion @ Iluma)

With this visit to try Taishoken, I have covered 5 out of the 6 ramen stalls at Ramen Champion at Iluma. I am just left with Ikkosha to try!

Let's go back to Taishoken. Taishoken started out more than 50 years ago is well known in Tokyo.

Pardon me for the unclear pictures

Moreover, it is the inventor of the concept Tsukemen.

Tsukemen is the concept whereby the soup and ramen are served separately. The soup in this case is concentrated and customers dip the noodles into the soup before drinking. Once the ramen has been eaten, customers can drink the soup by diluting it with fish based soup from the stall.

As usual, order with the staff, and you get a disk which will vibrate once your ramen is cooked. I noticed that there are no longer any queues at Ramen Champion unlike the first month when it was open. Now I get my food much faster.

Tokyo Ramen Deluxe (Regular) $15.00

I did not try their Tsukemen. Instead, ordered the Tokyo Ramen Deluxe (Regular) for $15.00

The broth was made from chicken, pork and anchovies. It was on the salty end. The ramen was springy, thin and firm. The Chashu (char siew) was flavourful, however was accompanied by too much fats (which of course is a factor that some may like).

The egg was not bad especially when I compare it to the one I got from Tetsu Ramen. Egg yolk was molten, not powdery (overcooked). The egg white on the other hand was cooked; hard when it should have been gooey and soft.

Well, again taste is subjective, what is deem as salty / nice to me may not be the same for you. The best way is to go down and give it a try! For fans of Ramen Champions, the good news is that they have opened a branch at Changi Airport Terminal 3. However, there are only 4 stalls: Gantetsu, Ikkosha, Riki and Gensuke. (yes, 2 new stalls!)

The six Ramen restaurants are:

1.IROHA from Toyama
2.BARIO from Tokyo
3.GANTETSU from Sapporo
4.TETSU from Tokyo
5.IKKOSHA from Hakata
6.TAI SHO KEN from Tokyo

Taishoken (Ramen Champion @ Iluma)
201 Victoria Street
#04-08/09/10 Iluma (Bugis)
Tel: 6238 1011
Opening Hours: Daily 1130 am to 1030 pm
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