Ice Cream Bar: Out in the Cold

Posted by Jayvee at May 14th, 2009

A cool, but non-pretentious place to bring a first time date who you want to get to know better. At the ice cream bar, you can sit back, relax and enjoy each other’s company over your favorite ice cream flavors. If they say that alcohol loosens the tongue, ice cream indulgence has a somewhat similar drop down your defenses effect, without the dreaded morning after hang over.

Since they open till late at night on Fridays and Saturdays, the Ice Cream Bar is quick getaway for a midnight snack for a sugar rush to satisfy a nocturnal craving for ice cream.

The Ice Cream Bar
Joya at Rockwell, South Tower
Joya Drive (between Plaza Drive and Estrella Street)
Tel: +632 403-0891
Words by Ana Santos

It must be the cold rush.

The feeling you get when you swallow a bit of ice cream which, as it slowly melts in your mouth brings a rush of sugary sweetness. This taste sensation makes ice cream an all-time favorite dessert, indulgence or comfort food of children and adults alike.

The Ice Cream Bar at Rockwell ups the ante on this experience and takes a modernized take on the old-fashioned soda fountain and turns it into a hip hang-out. With its bright walls, colorful accent décor meshed together with the 31 different Fruits in Ice Cream flavors that they offer, the Ice Cream Bar revives that childhood fascination with ice cream. The elements of nostalgia and sexy innocence put together have all the makings of a “yummy” date.

Restaurant Hours:

Monday – Thursday: 11AM – 11PM
Friday – Saturday: 11AM – 1AM
Sunday: 10AM – 11PM

Mode of payment: cash and credit card
Attire: casual
Crowd: late teens – early twenties, groups of families
Parking: free, though limited, parking along the street. Pay parking at Rockwell Mall
Average cost of ice cream concoctions/parfaits: P200 – P220
Average cost of finger foods / side dishes: P150 – P185

Ice Cream Bar Signature Concoctions if you want to go all out and indulge yourself:

Banana Caramel Crunch (P250): The Ice Cream Bar’s best-seller. Caramello con pastilles, vanilla and butterscotch ice cream with fresh banana slices, streusel and caramel butterscotch syrup.

Chocolate Overload (P 220): A decadent indulgence made of cookies ‘n cream, vanilla and tsokolate ice cream, super moist chocolate cake, Belgian chocolate sauce and whipped cream. Big enough for sharing.

Fat-free yogurt if you want to cut back on the calories

Soft serve yogurt (P120): Ultimate guilt-free dessert where you can heartily enjoy the creamiest of ice creams combined with the benefits of authentic farm fresh yogurt because it’s 95% fat-free! Toppings such as fresh fruit, nuts, granola, cranberry syrup and dark chocolate chips make it a great snack or dessert that can be enjoyed without the guilt!

The classics if you just can’t decide

By the scoop: You can also order ice cream by the scoop and add in your own favorite toppings and extras like cashew nuts and chocolate chips.

The Ice Cream Bar serves all 41 flavors of FIC (Fruits in Ice Cream) ice cream, including the Pinoy Sorbetes and Sorbetto lines. The various ice cream flavors are displayed in a clear glass counter for your choosing and made in front of you. So you can wait in mouth watering anticipation as your desired flavors are scooped out and piled one on top of the other, sprinkled with toppings like crunchy nuts and chocolate sprinkles, and topped off with a bouncy helping of whipped cream.

Yes, they have food too:

Adobo with Cream Cheese (P145): Cream cheese strips nestled atop tasty pork adobo chunks served on warm gourmet pan de sal.

Chili Franks (P185): Beef franks served with spicy chili con carne.