16th NOV 2008

So many reviews already... Well, I will keep mine short since it's my second visit to Island Creamery anyway... Me and wifey shared an apple pie and that comes with a scoop of ice cream ($4.80). For the ice cream, we chose Teh Tarik.

The apple pie was all right, but not spectacular... What impressed me was the Teh Tarik ice cream!! WOW! Smooth! Creamy! Just like Teh Tarik smoothie!! Just perfect on a sunny stuffy afternoon :)

We also bought a tub of cookie and cream home... and GOSH it's actually seriously NICE as well!! Really love the big chunks of cookies!! Its definitely one of the 'Must Try'!!

If interested, full write-up and other reviews can be seen here...

One of the interns was telling me about this place and after researching on the net, I was convinced to give it a try. And yes I did. In fact, I tried n-i-n-e flavours at one go. But I shared it with someone (it makes me feel less guilty)...

Teh tarik - it is one of their best seller but I find it a bit too sweet, after a while, you get 'jelak'

Horlicks - one of my favourites

Apple pie - my FAVOURITE!!! YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY!!! There's crunchy bits of digestive biscuits inside too!!!

Yam - nothing special, can get from the $1 ice cream man

Blackforest - too much alcohol flavour, very difficult for me to swallow :(

ReversO - too 'concerntrated' chocolate flavour

(one of the citrus) sorbet - refreshing, no 'jelak' feeling at all

Nutella - I personally feel that it's a tad bland

Pulut hitam - taste like the red bean you can get from $1 ice cream man (I dunno why! haha maybe ice cream overdose)

The last flavour I really cannot recall because it had been 4 months since I was there. I wanted to try Tiger Beer because it seems quite a novelty but it didn't had it on the day I was there.

Anyways, now that I figured a new bus route that brings me right to their doorstep, I think I will drop by soon to get a tub of Apple Pie ice cream!

What a cool place! Friend brought us there. We had dinner at Adam Road Food Centre and initially we wanted to have hot fudge sundae at Mac's. Lucky we didn't. So boring.

At Island Creamery I had the chendol flavoured one (shiok!!!!!!!!!) and husband had the teh tarik one (he said it was a bit too sweet). I love the local flavour. Finally, somewhere to go where 'local flavour' literally means local FLAVOUR, not the red bean stick ice cream or the $1 ice cream sandwich along Orchard Road

Seems to have a bit of a young crowd and we seemed to be so not their target market, us with our baby carriers and prams. But who cares? The chendol ice cream was so good! I'm def going back!

3rd OCT 2008

Late on a friday night and the place was still buzzingly alive!
There are alot of unique local flavours to choose from like 'Teh Tarik', 'Chendol', and 'Horlick'... What caught my attention was that their ice cream is "freshly made and contains no preservatives, artifical colouring, artificial flavouring, eggs, gelatine, and NO CHINESE DAIRY PRODUCTS (see Pics)! hahaha!!

Wifey wanted their Sundae-creation, but I was told by the staff that they don't have it anymore (perhaps we came too late?). So eventually I settled for their Mud Pie ($4.80), which was highly recommanded by my bro. Wifey settled for a mango ice-cream on cone ($3.00), and brother took his favorite single scoop of dark chocolate ($2.00), and for my tasting pleasure, another single scoop of Horlick ($2.00).

Double Scoop of Ice Cream [Rating: 7.75/10]
I am not a fan of dark chocolate, so I didn't taste it. Bro, on the other hand, who loves his darkies was enjoying it. I had a go at their Horlick ice-cream, and it was really unique. I never had such a flavor before and I quite enjoyed it.

Mango Ice-Cream on Cone [Rating: 6.25/10]
Their mango ice-cream is passable... acceptable. Nothing spectacular. Their cone with chocolate was average. At least the waffle bisket wasn't 'flat'.

Mud Pie [Rating: 6.25/10]
The Mud Pie was a creation of different layers of frozen flavorite flavours such as: Cookies 'n Cream, Coffee, and a thick layer of Choclate ice-cream. The Orea base the sprinkled crushed Oreo Cookies complete the picture. To me, this was heavy. Basically Chocolate overload! A chocolate ice-cream person may enjoy it more than me.

What set this place apart from the international chain of ice-cream brands such as Swensen and Haagen-Dazs apart for the unique local flavours is that this place is VERY CHEAP, and NO GST. We will definitely be returning to try the other flavours.

With international brands like Haagen-Dazs and Ben & Jerry dominating the ice-cream market, comes along our very own home-grown talents making local ice-cream. Island Creamery is the founder and at the forefront of such local ice cream makers.

It has been some time since my first visit to Island Creamery, so i paid a revisit to the ice-cream parlor with a friend. Single scoop ice cream is $2.50, while double scoop is $4, the ice cream here is cheaper than Daily scoop, and Haato.

Not to mention Ben & Jerry who single scoop alone is already $4.90. But then again you can’t really compare it this way since they are in a different league with different playing fields.

The dining in area is quite small, with some seats on the outside, thus Island Creamery is always full most of the time, too many ice cream lovers, too little seats.

Besides dining in, the 500ml tub is yours to bring home at $8.

Double Scoop Apple crumble, hazelnut ($4)
Having tried Hazelnut the last time round, i can never stop myself from ordering it again. Good old nutella! Apple crumble is suprisingly good, the apple crumbs are evident on the ice cream, quite an unique taste.

Chendol
The chendol ice cream wasn’t to our liking, for this one i guess we still prefer drinking chendol than eating chendol ice cream.

Pulau Hitam
We like the Pulau Hitam too! Smooth yet not too creamery.

Total bill is $8 for 4 scoops of ice cream. I like island creamery’s ice cream for their unique flavours, and i do believe that we should give local ice cream makers a thumbs up for their willingness to try and experience with new flavours which others might think is impossible for ice creams.

You are always welcome to visit ladyironchef for a full-up on this trip. Whatever written herein are my genuine feelings expressed in words. Food, my dear, is what they call an adventure!