Sometime back in January (Yes I know I’m really slow), the food bloggers travelled from our brunch at Halia all the way to Tampines, braving the sunny and hot weather for one purpose: A special invitation to the
preview opening of Blic!
The concept of Blic is rather similar to other ice cream establishments like
Udders and
Island Creamery, serving classic flavours as well as a range of unique chef creations. Décor-wise, I like the clean and simple layout, with spacious tables for group chillout and bar seats for quiet people gazing on a lazy afternoon.
Being an invited review, we had the
perfect excuse of greedily trying out all of the available flavours and kept returning for many more rounds!
Milo Dino, Ferraro, Double Choc, Vanilla Bean (On top)
Milo Dino tasted exactly like well, Milo, which would be suitably turned into a
Milo Megatron (Okay I made that up) if you had a nice cold glass of Milo, dunk in a scoop of the ice cream and sprinkled with milo powder!
Double Choc was rich and thick, but it became a bit boring for me after awhile. My vote actually went for the remaining two, in which Ferraro tasted impressively similar to the
chocolate and Vanilla was a simply joy, littered with many speckles of the
black bean. They also had a
Mexican Vanilla variant that was more yellow and sweeter in taste.
Lychee Mint, Coffee
Another selling point was that besides having them within, some flavours were furthered
topped with the ingredients. The Lychee Mint was served with sweet, juicy lychee meat, giving it a more
refreshing aftertaste. Coffee was nothing to shout about, but a decent flavour overall.
Bird Nest With Almond, Rum N Raisin
In the first place, bird nest didn't really have a distinct taste to it, so it turned out very
almond-y, but the fact that they used real bird nest would be enough to make any girl rushing for it! (Minus the girlfriend though, she's
allergic to bird nest, I'm serious)
Now the other was one of my favourites. The creation wasn't overbearingly choking, with a
good balance between alcohol spiceness and fruit sweetness. And the size of the raisin was really way
fatter than it looked! One of the best Rum n Raisin I ever had!
Passion Yogurt, Baileys
Now again, I don't remember how passionfruit tasted on its own, but we unanimously agreed that it really reminded us of
sour plum instead. And the baileys was another good one that
handled alcohol excellently!
Green Tea, Banana Peanut Crunch, Black Sesame, Seasalt Malt
The green tea and black sesame were very similar to the ones at
Azubo Sabo, not in a bad sense definitely, while the seasalt malt would be the one for
Horlicks fans! My favourite among the four would be the banana peanut crunch, with a
natural taste of banana and crunchy peanut flakes. Good one!
Cempedek, Mao Shan Wang
We purposely left these two for the last, as we were told it would probably
coat our tastebuds with their strong aftertaste! The cempedek had a really
accquired taste, so its up to individuals to fully appreciate it, while I would prefer the durian king with its rich, smooth flavour!
Tiramisu
At the time of our visit, the tiramisu was still in its
experimental stage and not yet found on the regular menu. At first we were a bit disappointed that it was stuffed full of plain vanilla ice cream, but we realised that we ought to
dig all the way to the bottom and eat it together with the soft cake sponge and alcohol-soaked ladyfingers, made a really big difference!
For ice cream lovers in the East, Blic has the potential to become
the hangout place without travelling far. They are constantly improving on their existing flavours, such as
SCaM (Soursop, Calamansi and Martini) that didn't go too well with me, as well as coming up with
new creations! (Butter Caramel, Roasted Almond with Macadamia)
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