Yummo Chow Review: Fried Tempura Ice-cream And Sambal Wings At Bugis

But on days when I’m broke, a simple one-dollar ice-cream with rainbow bread would do. When I was much younger, I would always wait by the window for the ice-cream uncle to drive his motorised cart to a nearby carpark.

When I first heard about deep-fried ice-cream at Yummo Chow , it sounded quite gimmicky to me. Food at Yummo Chow Served on a long rectangular plate, Sambal Teri Wings ($10+) consisted of six pieces of winglets. The sauce was very viscous and it dripped slowly as I tried to pick up a piece.

The sauce had a salty, sweet and tangy savour to it which I really liked. The chicken skin was surprisingly quite crispy considering it was covered with the rich and thick sauce. I found the meat a tad bit dry and flavourless, but that can be compensated by mopping up the remaining sauce on the plate.

It tastes even better when you get to lick off some sauce from your fingers – forget about staying classy in the face of good food. Our Soft Shell Crab Burger ($19+) was served on a plate with piping hot cajun fries as sides.

The burger was made up of brioche buns, shredded seaweed, house-made spicy mayo, deep-fried soft shell crab, and mesclun salad. The soft shell crab batter was not too thick, so it didn’t overpower the taste of the crab.

Since it was deep-fried, its greasiness and the spicy mayo made it more jelak . t would have been better if they made the sauce a little spicier. The umami flavour of the shredded seaweed added depth to the burger as a whole. We were surprised by how this ball of Ice-cream Tempura ($11+) was bigger than my fist.

Basically, vanilla ice-cream is stuffed into a bun and then deep-fried in tempura batter. The bun was average and the batter had a slight crunch to it.

Much to our surprise, the ice-cream was still cold and didn’t melt as much as we thought it would. The salted caramel sauce complemented the sweet and delightful vanilla ice-cream so well that I had a #foodgasm.

Ambience at Yummo Chow Yummo Chow is situated in Hotel NuVe, which is nestled among the quaint shophouses of Purvis Street. Address: 13 Purvis Street Singapore 188592 Opening hours: Daily 12pm to 3pm, 5:30pm to 10pm Tel: 6873 1295 Website Yummo Chow is in the process of applying for a halal certificate.