![]() ![]() Tom’s Palette is the high watermarking of snacking, turning what is essentially non-food (which is what all snacks are, as I’ve said countless times before) into an art form. The Snacktivist recognises game, and if that turns me into a Positive Polly, then so be it. Personally, I think it’s a bit much, considering how good the ice cream is on its own, but hey, it certainly won’t do if they simply served it in a paper cup, now would it?Īnyway, if you thought I’m being excessively positive in this edition of The Snackdown, you’d be right. Basically the extra-fancy variation of it, and turning the arroz con leche ice cream into a proper experience. You’ll get a scoop of it served in a hard taco shell, plus some mango strips, puffed rice and uh… some shredded mint. While it’s perfectly viable to do the former, having this arroz con leche ice cream at Super Loco/Lucha Loco will get you the full measure of it, as God (or in this case, the Loco Group) intended. It’s available either from Tom’s Palette’s (too many apostrophes and I can’t be bothered to think where to place them) outlet at Middle Road or any one of the Loco Group’s restaurants barring Chico Loco at Amoy Street. Suffice it to say, the arroz con leche ice cream is truly transcendental. Wait, that was a bad metaphor, but let’s not worry about that and move on. You can pick out the individual flavours of rice and cinnamon clear as the separation between church and state in a secular society. And the flavour of it, which is in a word, wow. See, you don’t want to be eating air, you want to have something that will gum up your jaws with an almost toffee-like consistency.Īnd that’s something this arroz con leche ice cream has. When it comes to neutron stars and stupid coworkers, this is a bad thing, but when you apply it to ice cream, it’s a really good thing.The difference between a good and mediocre ice cream is its density, which is indicative of the product’s air-cream ratio, and it’s the reason why gelato and Turkish ice cream is so universally loved. Like a neutron star dense, or your coworker that simply refuses to see logic and is pigheadedly sticking to their stupid guns sort of dense. The texture of it, as with all things to come from Tom’s Palette (which are almost universally excellent) is dense. But not actually pudding in the form it takes here, but ice cream. ![]() This time, because of the Mexican connection, it’s doing arroz con leche, which for the less dessert and Spanish-inclined amongst you is rice pudding. It’s a bit hard to describe, but believe me when I tell you it’s almost magical. It’s essentially eating the thing it was inspired by, but in ice cream form. Far from being slavish to the source material (yes, Watchmen movie, I’m talking about you), Tom’s Palette turns them into ice creamy works of art, without any one aspect being too overpowering. Gimmicky on the surface (think salted egg yolk, pipa gao, nasi lemak, and luohan longan sorbet), but somehow, it just works. On the surface of things, it’s classic Tom’s Palette. Well, I’m glad you asked, because I am about to present to you something new from what is inarguably Singapore’s best ice cream purveyors, Tom’s Palette.Īs part of a very special tie-up with local Mexican food chain, the Loco Group, it’s debuting some ice cream flavours inspired by classic Mexican desserts. It’s not too dissimilar to running because you’re trying to escape a predator, as opposed to running because you’re trying to climb some ego-inflating online leaderboard. You see, snacking is one of the highest forms of eating around, given that you’re not eating for sustenance, you’re merely eating for pleasure. The only reason I’m harsh is because I hold snacking in the highest esteem, and therefore, I have sky-high standards. Contrary to popular belief, I take no pleasure in being a Negative Nancy. Let it never be said that the Snacktivist never says good things about anything.
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