Carmen’s Best Review: Famous Ice Cream Shop With Gula Melaka Malted Milk Sundae Opens At City Hall

Initially, he wanted to just get rid of the excess milk rather than to rack in any huge surplus. But as it stands, their small scale business quickly boomed into one of the Philippines’ biggest ice-cream brands.

Francisco’s vision was pretty simple: he wanted to make solid ice-cream for solid ice cream lovers. With this in mind, the ice cream is, accordingly, free from additives, water, and any of the maladies that usually come with mass production. The milk is from his own family holding and the nuts and chocolates are imported from the best sources he could find.

Prices are pretty standard, with a single scoop going at $4.90 and a double scoop going at $5.90. For good reason too, as the ice-cream was really solid.

I went on to try a scoop of He’s Not Worth It ($4.90) , this time in a Waffle Cone ($0.60) . You don’t really need the toppings as the ice cream, by itself, really stole the show.

The chocolate flavour was strong and darker in nature than other chocolate-based ice cream I’ve had in the past. I originally wanted to try their Singapore-exclusive 3RIPLE TREATS SPECIAL ($10.90) that comes with a scoop of cheese ice cream with candied almonds, figs, and orange-saffron syrup.

Instead, I went for the SINGA-POUR ($10.90) , another Singapore-exclusive that came with a scoop of Malted Milk ice cream, cornflakes, coconut flakes, nuts, and gula melaka. The little broken pieces of Maltesers wedged into the ice cream became more like deliciously chewy chocolate clusters in the cream. The menu in addition includes waffles , brownies , and chocolate lava cake , each coming with a single scoop ($9.90) or double scoop ($11.90) and your choice of sauce.

The scoop of ice cream was nearly two times in size than the cake itself. It tasted like it was microwaved, and the outer layer was hard as rubber.

Ambience at Carmen’s Best The kiosk is inspired by old-school ice cream street wagons that are often found throughout the Philippines. The blue and yellow colours, the single wheel, along with the decorations at the counter are all small nostalgic reminders of a simpler time.

Their milk is sourced from the family’s holding, while their almond brittle is, going to their staff, made in their home in the Philippines! Denzy Gelato Review: Ice Cream Cafe With Unique Flavours Such As Saffron At Bishan Address: 13 Stamford Road, #B1-32, Capitol Piazza, Singapore 178905 Opening hours: Mon-Fri 11am to 9pm, Sat 11am to 10pm, Sun 11am to 9pm Website Carmen’s Best is a halal-certified eatery.