After trying nitrogen ice-cream in Australia, I was super excited to find more of these nitrogen ice-cream outfits locally. My ice-cream craving has worsen having tasted ice-cream that is smoother than a baby's bottom.
On this fateful afternoon, we boarded a bus that happened to stop right outside a rather empty Ice Pop, we were destined to try it.... And were let down...
I had the Bloody apple crumble ice-cream; friends had pumpkin and the bubble tea ice-cream. None of us were impressed.
My bloody apple crumble ice-cream was basically a rather bland vanilla ice-cream with bits of diced apple and crumble sprinkled on top. The gory blood was the red syrup that came in a syringe. I have no idea whether it was strawberry blood or raspberry blood because it was just sweet. I did have a lot of fun trying to capture blood dripping out of the syringe on camera.
The bubble tea ice-cream was an unimaginative red tea ice-cream with a spoonful of tapioca beads on top - literal and underwhelming. The only plus point was that neither my vanilla ice-cream (I think it was) nor the red tea ice-cream was too sweet. That cannot be said of the pumpkin counterpart. My friend didn't even finish it as it was too sweet for him.
A bit of a personal rant: I believe that food must be tasty first and foremost. Gimmick and fancy preparation are fine but they are means to an end; if they don't add to the eating experience, they are meaningless. Such was the case here, at least on this occasion.
If you hold high bar for ice-cream and have been seduced by the likes of Berthillon, Simmo's and Nitrogenie of the world, save your money and time for somewhere else. If mediocre ice-cream does not bother you, by all means try it.
Bloody apple crumble ice-cream
Bloody apple crumble ice-cream