A Tropical Southeast Asian Dream @ The Ice Cream & Cookie Co.

With temperatures soaring up to 35°C today, cooling down is a must! Enjoying ice cream has become one of my recent favorite pleasures—a single bite refreshes both body and mind with an invigorating chill. The Ice Cream & Cookie Co. in Central has become my go-to ice cream shop lately, so after having dinner nearby, I headed straight there for some ice cream. As soon as you step into the shop, you’ll see their signature cookies! There are new flavors this time that you definitely have to try. Walking further in, you’ll find the ice cream display! The shop warmly encourages everyone to taste before choosing their favorite ice cream. So nice. We quickly picked our preferred cookies and ice cream flavors to create our own ice cream sandwich, and also chose an additional ice cream flavor to share. Then we took our treats upstairs to a cozy seating area to enjoy slowly! First up was a scoop of Coffee Chocolate Crunch for $58. The coffee and chocolate flavors are perfectly balanced and not overly sweet, with crunchy bits inside adding texture that makes it even more enjoyable. For the ice cream sandwich, I chose the Kaya Pandan Cookie x Caramel Crunch Cookie paired with White Peach Oolong Tea ice cream for $89! The Kaya Pandan cookie has a soft, chewy texture bursting with Southeast Asian flavors, while the caramel crunch cookie is richly fragrant with caramel aroma, very tempting. The large scoop of white peach oolong tea ice cream carries both tea and fruity notes, and together with the cookies, it creates a multi-layered, sweet, and delightful taste. Seeing the menu’s introduction of this brand-new series called “A Tropical Southeast Asian Dream in the City,” I couldn’t resist trying more. White Peach Oolong Milk Cap for $69! Made by blending oolong tea and white peach with a milk cap, it has a beautiful gradient pink-peach color that’s very eye-catching. The creamy milk cap is smooth and pairs perfectly with the subtle peach fragrance and tea flavor, delivering a fresh and charming taste! Pandan Kaya French Toast with Coconut Ice Cream for $119! The soft French toast is infused with rich pandan flavor, topped with a scoop of coconut ice cream and drizzled with Malacca palm sugar syrup. The hot and cold combination creates a smooth, sweet, and delicious experience that’s truly addictive. The shop also launched its first ice cream mooncake gift box, “Gilded Straits Moon,” featuring jewel-toned packaging paired with gold-rimmed porcelain and gilded cutlery—so elegant. The mooncakes come in four flavors: pandan coconut, mango yuzu, rich chocolate, and cranberry cookie, two pieces each. It’s a very classy gift for yourself or others, definitely worth getting. The ice cream mooncake gift box is priced at $888 and will be available in limited quantities from August 1 to October 10 at the Central flagship store and selected retail points. From now until August 31, you can also get an early bird price of $688.