Jin Jin Hot / Cold Dessert - Alexandra

If you go to ABC Brickwoods Food Centre, you will find several long queues. One of the longer queues is likey to be at Jin Jin Hot / cold Dessert stall. Running this stall are Calvin Ho and Ewan Tang, who have given up their previous occupations and turned into hawkers, contributing to the food scene in Singapore. In their efforts to bring the high quality desserts to their customers, they have tried out many different dessert stalls in Singapore as well as brought back the iconic desserts from the neighboring countries, and continuously improve the desserts.

One of the desserts you should not miss the Power Cendol. Apart from the coconut milk, gula melaka (palm sugar) is added onto the shaved ice. Unlike the typical gula melaka, the gula melaka here is further processed, using a top grade imported from Indonesia, by adding cane sugar which caramelized during the cooking, to form an end product that is thick, sticky in texture and intense in flavour. Inside the layer of ice, you will be able the usual ingredients, such as cendol (the green jelly is actually called cendol, but nowadays this name is also commonly used for the dessert), red beans, attap chee (young seeds of nipah palm), which maintain the originality of this dessert. I have tried quite a number of Cendol in Singapore and Malacca. This is easily one of the best ones.

Another must-try is the Gangster Ice (Durian Mango Ice). This name actually derives from combining the first word of 榴槤 (durian) and 芒果 (mango) into 榴芒, and this sounds exactly like gangster in Mandarin! The owners have actually obtained trademark for this name. What you will get for this dish is the sweet Thai mango dessert topped with D24 durian puree and condensed milk. I generally like to eat durian on its own, instead of mixing into other dishes (e.g. mooncakes), but for this dessert, I find this quite a nice combination.

Overall, I like the presentation of the desserts, the generous serving of ingredients, and the continuous effort to improve the taste.

Budget : $

Rating : 9 / 10