The Whale Tea Blue Lagoon sea salt ice cream review

 
HEY YA, it's me again with another blue coloured sea salt ice cream review. I'm really not supposed to eat so many ice creams because I have a weak stomach but yo I'm a sucker for any ice cream that's blue, especially sea salt flavoured ones. Now that I've tried the one from Family Mart (link), I'm up for more sea salt ice creams.

In today's post, as clearly mentioned in the title, I'm going to review about the new 'blue lagoon' ice cream by The Whale Tea. The Whale Tea is a newly opened boba tea shop in the Curve, Mutiara Damansara. If you've watched my national science museum vlog in youtube, you might have already seen me trying out their boba tea. Their brown sugar boba tea is quite nice but that's not the main point we're here today whoops.

I present to you, the blue lagoon ice cream:

Without further ado, let me just state down my thoughts about this ice cream.

THOUGHTS

Presentation

I shall start with the presentation of this ice cream first. Just like any other ordinary soft serves, it is served in a pretty standard waffle ice cream cone. What makes it different from regular soft serve ice creams is that the cone is black and this can only mean one thing- it is a charcoal flavoured (is charcoal even a flavour lolz?) ice cream cone. 

Another thing weird thing about this ice cream is that it had some crystal-like sprinkles on top. At first sight it looked pretty much like coloured sugar but no it wasn't! Those were actually popping candy! I mean, WHaaaAT? This is very bizarre to me because I have never ever come across ice creams with popping candy on it. 

Flavour

It has a very odd flavour, at least to me. I can still remember the exact taste of this ice cream as I'm writing this post. I was expecting some fine-ass sea salt vanilla-ish flavours from this ice cream but NOPE. How do I even say this? The flavours were a bit complex to me.

It was definitely milky and creamy but it doesn't have much vanilla taste to it and neither did it taste anything like sea salt at all. 

I was confused. 

The ice cream tasted pretty much like a regular mint ice cream without any chocolate chips. Not to mention that the popping candy was apple flavoured so it kinda messed up my taste buds because on one hand I can taste mint but on the other I can taste the apple popping candy. 

Texture

It was smooth and creamy so no complaints about that.

Price

RM7.90 each. Not too shabby I guess.

The ultimate question is, will I ever come back for this ice cream again? I have to say no because I didn't really enjoyed the flavours of the ice cream. It was weird to me. I have no hate against the ice cream whatsoever but it just isn't my cup of tea.

COJIITII green milk tea short review

 
I've had so many bubble milk teas for the past few weeks but recently I have started going on a 'bubble tea detox'- as in I have stopped consuming bubble tea for a period of time, maybe about 2 weeks? If you have read my previous bubble tea review, yes, the Xing Fu Tang one, that's the last time I have ever consumed a cup of bubble tea.

But today, my sis and her friend went to Damansara Uptown and they discovered this beverage store called Cojiitii that sells a variety of drinks and bubble teas- almost similar to KOI and Chatime. I've heard of this store from Soju Twins on youtube but never have I thought of trying it out.

Since my sis was there, I asked her to buy one for me.

So today, we will be reviewing the Green milk tea from Cojiitii.

THOUGHTS 

Tastewise, it's like KOI, very light and refreshing. But this one has a stronger milk taste (it somehow reminded me of the taste of sweet condensed milk) and the tea is really fragrant. It has a very pleasant flower-y (jasmine) taste. The bubble/pearls were also chewy and golden.

I really enjoyed drinking this one so I'd definitely recommend this to jasmine tea lovers.

If I were to pick this or KOI (KOI used to be my ultimate fav), I think I will choose this one instead since this bubble tea is richer in taste. KOI's green milk teas are like a watered-down version of this.

   What's your favourite bubble milk tea brand?

Family Mart Mediterranean Sea Salt Sofuto/ ice cream review

   
I love all things blue, especially when it comes to food and beverages or even desserts! Blue coloured foods never fail to attract me. This time, Family Mart has newly released their new Mediterranean Sea Salt Sofuto. That's quite a long name right? Okay for short, it's the blue sea salt soft serve ice cream and it is for a limited time only!

You'd already know that I wouldn't want to miss out such an interesting ice cream!

The last time I have ever had a sea salt flavoured vanilla ice cream was about 4 years ago and I really loved it! It was sold at a mini ice cream parlour named cremeo in Publika but sadly it had closed it doors about 2 or 3 years ago. Since then, I have never had any sea salt ice creams.

My sis and I finally got our hands on this sea salt ice cream yesterday at one of the Family Mart stores! I know we're kinda late to the party but better late than never right? So, let's begin with the review!

Unfortunately, this post will not have as many pictures as the other posts because erm..

As you can see from this picture, the ice creams are bloody melting already and the dude at the cashier did not do a great job at dispensing the ice creams..

The ice creams were slanting to the left/right! LMAO.

And it was nearly falling off the cone wtf.

So we had to save em' real quick by devouring the top part of the ice creams first.

😓

In case you were wondering, yes, we bought 4 ice creams in total and both of us had 2 of the cones each. Since we're at it might as well eat more right? 🙃

THOUGHTS

Flavour

Flavour-wise, it's just vanilla ice cream with a tad bit of saltiness to it. It tasted quite like the famous Ikea vanilla-flavoured soft serve ice cream with just a slight salty taste. No complex flavours at all. To me, it's just a slightly more 'boujee' vanilla ice cream compared to the regular vanilla ice creams. Nevertheless, the taste was good.

Texture

Here comes the part which I didn't really like. The texture of the ice cream was slightly weird. I mean, it's smooth just like regular soft serve ice-creams are but it was a bit weird as you can see from the picture below, the entire ice cream was a bit foamy and bubbly.

I'm not sure if it's just the branch that we went to has such weird foamy textures to their ice creams or the ice cream is just such.

I didn't really like the foamy thing that was happening to the ice creams cuz it surely did make me burp and my stomach bloated.

Price

Considering it is just RM2.90 each, I would say it is pretty good price for such an interesting flavoured ice cream (despite its weird texture). 

Will I recommend this to my friends? I'm not really sure about that actually. I mean, don't get me wrong, I liked the ice cream (it tasted good) but the texture just wasn't my favourite. But if you haven't actually had any sea salt flavoured ice creams in your life before, you can definitely give this a go plus it's really cheap compared to other ice creams. 

I hope you enjoyed my review! 🍦

National Science Centre Malaysia visit

 
There are actually so many places that we haven't actually visited in Kuala Lumpur, aside from the famous KL twin towers and the KL tower. I was browsing the net one day and I discovered this hidden gem- the National Science Centre from one of the travelling websites and without any hesitation I decided to give it a visit.

It had never occurred to me that I should check out the National Science Centre because no one was even talking about this place. Oh boy I'm glad I found this place and I'll tell you the reasons why as I continue writing below. 😊

First things first, the National Science Centre is located just a little further away from Sri Hartamas, maybe about 1km away. You can easily locate it using Waze or Google Maps.

Welcome to the national science centre!

Walking towards the centre from our parking lot.

Then you may ask: "do they have parking there?"

The answer is yes! We arrived at about 11.30am on the day of our visit and there were plenty of parking spaces. The parking lots are located just next to the centre itself so it's actually within short walking distance. And, they're FREE!

We're now at the entrance of the national science centre. From here, you can see the ticket booth (in white) located right next to the glass door at the other end. They also have little aquariums with fishes, water plants and corals.

The entrance fee is only RM6 guys!

Below are some snapshots from my latest vlog - NSC Malaysia visit. I only managed to capture some interesting exhibits because the rest are left for you guys to discover on your own. 😉

It would ruin the fun if everything is exposed hehe. 

They have a mini version of overhead aquarium at the entrance.

 Freshwater fishes.

A model of some of Malaysia's famous buildings. This is the solar energy exhibit.

They have a large piano that allows you to play some really simple songs. The notes are displayed on the wall for your reference.

The open space area.

An exhibit that shows the different phases of the moon.

Thoughts on the National Science Centre

I absolutely loved the visit! My sis and I spent a total of 3 hours inside exploring all of the displays/exhibits. 

The National Science Centre does offer a lot of interesting exhibits (although a small part of it are faulty and old) and I have learnt a lot of things from it as well. Plus, the tickets are really affordable- RM6 only! 

So, if you have nowhere else to go this coming holiday, you can give this hidden gem a visit, especially you science lovers 😜

I would suggest you to take your breakfast or lunch first before visiting this place because you'll never know how much time you would spend there and do remember to bring your own water. They have vending machines too but they sell mostly carbonated or sweet drinks.


Here's my VLOG:

That is all for today and see you around!

Pusat Sains Negara (NSC)

Persiaran Bukit Kiara Bukit Damansara,

Bukit Kiara,

50662 Kuala Lumpur

Website: http://www.psn.gov.my/garis-panduan/