The Scoop in My Hood

Icekimo
8 Sin Ming Road #01-03
Sin Ming Centre
Singapore 575628
Tel: 64557585
Website: www.icekimo.com



Has Singapore’s ice cream scene gone artisanal? To a certain extent, I would say yes. Over the past year or so we’ve seen ice cream shops mushroom around our island, many of which are producing handmade ice creams and local flavours. For me, the draw and appeal of local ice cream flavours such as teh tarik or milo appeal is the sense of familiarity. (I recently had a scoop of red bean ice cream, which brought back nostalgia of red bean potong sticks.) One of the many delightful artisanal ice cream parlours serving up a range of these local flavours has found its way to my part of the island. Icekimo serves up 14 different homemade ice cream flavours everyday ranging from the fruity to the classic and local flavours (chempedak, durian, red bean, gula melaka). Only natural fruit is used and the less sugar is used in the ice cream making process so it makes eating here a little less guilty. This parlour is finding its own stride and its own regulars who come to split a fondue or ice cream sundaes and people like me are grateful to have a place to walk in for an occasional ice cream fix. Oh and they have homemade chocolate waffle cones too, which provide a good bitter undertone.