Remember the ice cream carts in our neighbourhoods and blocks of ice cream sandwiched in wafer biscuits or in a slice of rainbow bread? While our beloved ice cream uncles and aunties used to depend on foot traffic for business, due to COVID-19 they have taken to selling their frozen treats online to earn their income.
Although the circuit breaker has ended, many of the traditional ice cream sellers are still taking in orders and continuing with their delivery services. So even if you don't have an ice cream cart in your neighbourhood, fret not! You can still relive your childhood with these traditional ice cream delivered to your door, along with bread and wafer biscuits. Each block of ice cream usually serves 8 - 10 servings, so everyone in your family can get in on it!
Uncle Lim Old School Ice Cream
Uncle Lim has an ongoing promotion – buy five blocks of ice cream and you'll get one block and 2 cups of ice cream free! Each block of ice cream cost $8, and there's a total of 20 flavours to choose from, including more modern flavours like Thai milk tea and salted caramel. Rainbow bread is at $3 for 12 pieces, and $1 for 16 pieces of wafer biscuits.
Delivery will be $4 for orders below three blocks, and free if it's more than that. Check their Facebook page for updates on the areas they are delivering, and submit your orders one day in advance via WhatsApp. Uncle Lim delivers daily, even if it's a weekend or public holiday!
Traditional Magnolia Ice Cream Auntie Law
West and North siders, you can look to Auntie Law for your old school ice cream fix. These days you can spot her motorbike and Yellow Magnolia umbrella, or hear the nostalgic bell ring in the Choa Chu Kang and Yew Tee neighbourhood, but she is still taking in orders for ice cream delivery. Choose from 13 flavours of Magnolia ice cream at $12 per block. One pack of wafer biscuits is also included with each box you order!
Place your order by submitting a form here. There is no minimum order, and no delivery charges!
Tampines Ice Cream
East siders, the uncle and auntie at Tampines Ice Cream will deliver to you. They’ve got 12 flavours of traditional ice cream as well as wafer biscuits and rainbow bread, and they also have ice cream bars such as Solero Lime and Cornetto! Each block of ice cream costs $8, and ice cream bars from $1.50 to $2 each.
There’s a minimum order of $20 with free delivery if you live in Tampines, Simei, Pasir Ris or Bedok. WhatsApp them to place your order!
Traditional Old School Ice Cream
Choose from 13 flavours at Traditional Old School Ice Cream such as attap seed, along with the ones we all know and love, like chocolate chip, raspberry ripple, and sweet corn. Each box comes at $8, with rainbow bread at $3 and wafer biscuits at $1. It also doesn't matter where you are in Singapore, because they will deliver islandwide.
Check their Facebook page for their full list of flavours, and WhatsApp them to order. Delivery is free for orders of 3 boxes and above, otherwise it will be $4.
Uncle Chua Ice Cream
Uncle Chua sells ice cream blocks in a Standard Family Pack, where you can choose from 12 flavours for $7.50 per block, and each will come with 18 pieces of wafer biscuits. Or take an XXL Pack for, where you can choose from a 3L attap seed ($14) or coconut ice cream block ($15).
Uncle Chua Ice Cream is also available for event bookings such as weddings! (Maybe not right now, but after Covid-19 dies down.) There is no minimum order for delivery, but they can only make a maximum of 25 deliveries per day so orders are on a first come first serve basis. Fill in this Google form to order.
Lao Chuan Tong Ice Cream Bar
Apart from the traditional ice cream blocks with 19 flavours that you can choose from, Lao Chuan Tong Ice Cream also has ice cream tubs that come in flavours such as boba milk tea, mao shan wang, bandung, cotton candy and dark chocolate! Apart from the usual wafer biscuits and rainbow bread, they are also selling belgium waffles so we can recreate the ice cream cafe experience.
Their pricing works by a tiered system, so the more ice cream you buy, the cheaper it will be. Delivery is free for purchases above four blocks or three tubs, otherwise it will be $5. Fill in this Google form to place your order!