One of the ice-cream parlours that has been around the local F&B scene for a considerable amount of time would be that of Lickers — these folks have already expanded their operations all across the island with multiple outlets situated in various corners of the island. Their latest location is one that can be found at the foot of the HDB block of Blk 157 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4; this would be within walking distance from Exit 3 of Mayflower MRT Station along the Thomson-East Coast Line — they are also located right beside the notable Gim Tim Restaurant there. Occupying a shop unit that is larger than the typical HDB shop unit, Lickers does feature a spacious interior with the interior decked in white walls with a mix of white paint and white tiles — all that with the use of bright pink neon lights that is pretty in-line with the look to most of its other locations across the island. The menu at Lickers’ Ang Mo Kio location is fairly similar to what they serve up at their other outlets including their founding outlet at Hougang which features not only ice-creams that are served in cups or cones or with waffles, but also cookies and fried finger food to compliment those offerings as well.

We found ourselves going for the waffle with a single scoop of ice-cream during our visit to Lickers’ location at Ang Mo Kio — Lickers names this the Waffle + Lonely here. Our choice of ice-cream would be the Honey Black Tea Sour Plum Ice-Cream; it is also noted that a small shot of maple syrup does come with the waffle by default at Lickers for patrons to drench their waffles with. Digging into the waffle, we liked the consistency of how the waffle is being made at Lickers; it didn’t feel particularly dense, but sufficiently plush so that it does come soft and fluffy with an aptly crisp exterior. It does waft of a slight buttermilk fragrance while the dusting of icing sugar over it helps to add a bit of an aesthetic factor to the waffle; the addition of maple syrup adds a floral note and an apt sweetness to the waffle as well. Our choice of the Honey Black Tea Sour Plum Ice-Cream does feature a fragrant note of black tea that was pretty dominant throughout the entire scoop; there are bits of sour plum flesh to chew on but we found it especially intriguing that the tangy, sour-ish notes of the sour plum was particularly more evident in the melted parts of the ice-cream, while the ice-cream itself is also noted to be not overly sweet despite the use of honey as mentioned in its namesake.