Chinatown Ice Cream Factory

Janice and I had our own little tour of Chinatown last night. We had beef noodle soup at Super Taste, got beef, pork & squid congee for Jon (who had his nose broken yesterday for his deviated septum) at Big Wong's, pearl tea at Tearrific, and then ice cream at Chinatown Ice Cream Factory. Aren't Chinese ppl so creative with their store names? Super Taste, for super tasting noodles! Tearrific, bc it's terrrrific!

Also, Chinese ppl have no shame. We were walking down the street and some funny man was singing Chinese opera at the top of his lungs. Can you imagine if some normal looking dude in his mid-40s was walking down Bleecker busting out non-sensical foreign tunes? But what I love most about Chinese is their raw appreciation for cheap, no-nonsense, yummy food.


I had never been to Chinatown Ice Cream Factory before, but they have some pretty neat flavors. They had a seasonal pumpkin pie flavor, which really did taste exactly like pumpkin pie, but the color was a tad bit too artificial for me to feel comfortable with it. Stan has said his favorite was Almond Cookie, so I got a pint of that to take home for him. And it's also Janice's favorite, so it was two for one. But other ones to try next time?

Pandan - a Malaysian leaf used to flavor savoury and sweet dishes
Chocolate Pandan - chocolate + the leaf?
Dan Ta - chinese egg tart
Durian - stinky fruit
Taro, Black Sesame, Avocado, Wasabi... and the list goes on.

Almond cookie was delicious. Stanley had three mini-cups at home. :) Is this not the funniest logo you've ever seen for ice cream??