Best Ice Cream in Kuching

Creamy Frost is an ice cream parlour nestled in Jalan Nanas. This al-fresco restaurant comes without air-conditioning but fear not, as you can purchase their soft serve ice cream or ice-blended frappes to ward off the scorching heat. Better yet, you can opt for their ice-blended drinks topped with ice-cream, which offers the best of both worlds. Their ice cream only comes in three flavours: chocolate, vanilla and green tea but is definitely worth a try. Soft and creamy, it will definitely make your day. You can also choose to include toppings such as rainbow sprinkles, chocolate rice and crushed oreos.

Harish Ice Cream by Azam Station serves delicious soft serve ice cream that comes at a great value for money. Nestled within the Riveredge Commercial Centre of Kuching, they aim to satisfy their customers with quality products. They ice cream hails from the renowned Australian soft serve manufacturer, Fatty Boy and comes in an extensive variety of flavours. Some of the more common flavours include mango and strawberry while there are also exotic flavours such as ‘tropical blue’ and ‘lemon lime’. Every serving comes with a topping and sauce of your choice. Toppings include crushed oreo, cornflakes, peanuts and many other tantalizing choices while sauces include chocolate, caramel, strawberry etc.

Sunny Hill Ice Cream has been around for decades and is synonym to the childhood memories of many Kuching. Their soft serve ice cream is smooth and can be served in a few different ways: on a cone, in a cup with nuts or without, banana split or with bread. Flavours are pretty limited here. In fact, some are only available on certain days and vanilla is the only one that is served every day. Strawberry is elusive for Tuesday and Pandan or Corn is served from Wednesday to Friday while Saturday and Sunday is dedicated to Chocolate. Their Vanilla Ice Cream is amazing, with a strong milk powder fragrance and not cloying sweet.

Borneo Fresh Soft Ice Cream is an establishment specializing in ice cream catering for events such as weddings and birthday parties. However, nestled in Taman Hussein, they also open their doors to customers who want to sample small amounts of their ice cream every Saturday from 2 to 9pm. The interior is pretty comfortable with wooden tables and chairs. They offer quite a variety of flavours such as chocolate and vanilla, but their signature flavour is Horlicks, which will sure perk you up with its unique texture and taste. Health-conscious people will be glad that no preservatives were used in the making process that that their ice cream is enriched with vitamin and calcium.

A humble looking ice cream parlour with a little red counter, DP Ice Cream Gula Apong is a favourite among locals. They usually only serve one flavour of ice cream, which is gula apong or better known as palm sugar. Occasionally, they do sell flavours such as green tea and pandan, though. There is a variety of toppings such as crushed peanuts, crushed oreos, cornflakes and nestums. It you can’t have enough of their delicious gula apong, you can request for them to sprinkle more gula apong powder on top of their ice cream. Cheap with great value for money and located at a strategic location, it is definitely the perfect dessert after a meal nearby.

As the name Iglool suggests this parlour serves a unique variant of ice cream: snow ice. Upon scooping some into your mouth, you will realize that it is only slightly sweet, with the taste slowly spreading through your mouth. The texture is light and powdery, resembling real snow. It comes in 10 unique flavours: guava, mango, durian, milk, coconut, strawberry, green tea, chocolate, coffee and organic soy milk. The secret of eating this is not to stir it as it might mess with the texture. You can choose to include various toppings such as chocolate rice, rainbow sprinkles and honey stars.