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2012-01-18
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Ever fancy something extra in your ice cream Or perhaps something different from the normal cup or cone ice cream you get outside Ice Cream Chefs has the answer! Alright I know that sounds like a cheesy commercial tagline. But seriously, Ice Cream Chefs does offer something that deviates from the norm - an avenue to "customise" your ice cream with toppings such as oreo cookies, chocolate chips and candies with promises to introduce more stuff in the near future. There is also an option to mix an
Sitting pretty alongside East Coast Road, just further down from Hong Kong Cafe, Ice Cream Chefs is rather easy to miss unless you maintain a look out for its purple sign board. Add in the fact that the location shares the same address as Ocean Park Condominium and you get a really confusing road trip. Tip: You have to make a right into the private carpark just after you make a right turn from East Coast Road into the road leading up to Ocean Park Condominium. There you press the red button followed by the code 0106 and politely request for the person on the other line to open the barrier for you. Do note that parking spaces are limited though.
The folks at Ice Cream Chefs take pride in hand making their ice cream. According to what I understand from the very short conversation I had with one of the guys, the process of making the ice cream involves leaving flavoured milk to harden on a flat pan like surface and flipping it over when one side hardens (something to that effect. Please dont berate me if I get it wrong).
The DIY ice cream process
Step 1: Scrape the ice off the hard top and plonk down a set amount of the ice cream of your choice.
Step 2: Flatten the ice cream with the provided set of huge metal spoon lookalikes (whatever those are called)
Step 3: Place desired toppings on the flattened ice cream and drizzle the complimentary chocolate syrup over it.
Step4: Use the spoons to forcefully crush the toppings to blend in with the ice cream and with a little mixing, your customised ice cream is ready to be served!
Disclaimer: The steps are based on what my experiences first hand and it may or may not represent the actual set of steps.
A regular scoop of ice cream goes for about $4+ if I remember correctly and a medium scoop goes for $5+ ( Please pardon my poor memory, but its all around that price range). For the ice cream lovers, there's a bigger tub option as well. Novelties aside, I personally liked my creation quite a bit (no I'm not narcissistic) and the quality of ice cream was comparable to that of Ben & Jerry's, albeit a little less robust. Would like to see more basic flavours though. Maybe banana Mangosteen
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