Pretty glad that Tom’s Palette has recently re-opened their doors over the previous weekend that had passed; now located just a stone’s throw away from their Shaw Towers space at 51 Middle Road — also pretty near the National Library, Bugis Junction and South Beach Towers.

Launching the various items in several phases, the first weekend saw the ice-cream available in cups — went for the trusty White Chocolate Nori and the Hainanese Kaya flavours; the latter being an exceptionally quirky flavour that I absolutely loved when I first tried it a couple of years ago. As strange a combination it sounds, it’s that weird combination of sweet and umami flavours that gets to me — smooth and creamy, whilst carrying a note of milk chocolate sweetness that’s spiked with a savoury note typical of seaweed sheets, I like how there are bits of nuts and browned white chocolate chunks that add texture and sweetness to the ice-cream; a very interesting flavour that rewards those who are adventurous enough to go for it. The Hainanese Kaya flavour comes in a green hue — aesthetically more Nonya Kaya than Hainanese Kaya; nothing too intimidating here, with a very light hint of coconut-y flavour without being overly sweet not heavy, though definitely leaning closer to that of Nonya Kaya in terms of flavour.

Congratulations to the folks behind Tom’s Palette on their reopening — liking that new space that they have that is brighter and somewhat more inviting; and definitely glad that they had not moved too far away from the area and still remain a pretty accessible for that ice-cream fix!