Three's A Crowd

Three's A Crowd
802 Tampines Avenue 4 #01-11

https://www.facebook.com/threesacrowdcafe/

Waffle Churros With Butterscotch Ice Cream (SGD $12)

Crowd Around For Artisanal Ice Cream & Cakes

(Ratings: On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 = Worst and 10 = Best)
Overall: 7
Ambience & Setting: 7
Food & Beverage: 8
Service: 6
Value for Money: 8
Spent about SGD $7 per person.


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Opening in April 2017, Three's A Crowd is a humble neighbourhood, halal-certified dessert parlour. Known for serving creative artisanal ice cream, fresh baked cakes and waffles, and decently strong coffee, Three's A Crowd is worth a visit if you're around the Tampines West area of Singapore.

Ambience at Three's A Crowd is cozy and modern. Most of the dimly lit place is occupied by a large display counter, featuring their colourful and attractive display of ice cream and cakes. While the seating area is limited, there's both indoor and outdoor seating, with furniture being modern and sturdy, decently comfortable. They're able to host private events here.

Service at Three's A Crowd is friendly and efficient, but as most items are made to order, there might usually be a short wait. Staff have passable product knowledge, being able to briefly explain ingredients, and how items taste. They keep the place looking clean and presentable, clearing up quickly when diners leave. However, orders for waffles can take up to 15 minutes to prepare.

Food at Three's A Crowd is focused on ice cream and European style cakes. Freshly made in-house, their halal desserts are usually well executed and tasty. There's also a small range of brunch dishes and drinks. Time to time, Three's A Crowd also offers seasonal bakes, from mooncakes to log cakes. Portions are sized for individuals, and prices are wallet-friendly enough for students. Budget about $7 per person.


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Three's A Crowd Exterior

Three's A Crowd Interior

Three's A Crowd Menu

Display Counter

Not quite Root Beer Float (SGD $6), as the large creamy scoop of smooth vanilla ice cream sits on the rim of the glass, not even touching the fizzy root beer soft drink below. I don't mind though, as you dig into the ice cream with its floral milky sweet flavours, you still can sip the root beer to get the herbal sweet notes. Eventually, the ice cream will get small enough to plop into the drink below. Good!

Root Beer Float (SGD $6)

Root Beer Float

More than satisfied with the Beef Lasagne (SGD $11.90), was pleasantly surprised that this was better than average. The large portion of beef lasagne has wide flat sheets of soft pasta noodles layered with chewy tender minced beef, having a deep meaty savoury salty flavour. But the star is the rich thick tomato paste, bright, juicy, fresh, and vegetal sweet, lending an addictive note to the dish. Served with crisp lightly salted potato chips. Super filling, yet so yummy. Good!

Beef Lasagne (SGD $11.90)

Beef Lasagne

Beef Lasagne

Loved the Ice Cream Dark F'rerro (SGD $4.50), which has deep chocolatey bitter sweet nutty flavours. Rich in cocoa and blended with crushed hazelnuts, this dense yet creamy smooth chocolate hazenut ice cream feels so luxurious. Named after Pietro Ferrero, the founder of Ferrero SpA, which created world famous confectioneries including Nutella, Ferrero Rochers, and Tic-Tacs. Highly recommended!

Ice Cream Dark F'rerro (SGD $4.50)

Ice Cream Dark F'rerro

Enjoyed the Ice Cream Coconut (SGD $3.50), which has delicate floral earthy sweet flavours. Bright with coconut notes, this soft and creamy coconut ice cream feels like a holiday in a cup. Seems to melt fairly quickly though. Good!

Ice Cream Coconut (SGD $3.50)

Ice Cream Coconut

The Ice Cream Oreo Mint (SGD $3.50) has bright herbal sweet milky flavours, quickly cooling the palate. This smooth and creamy oreo cookie and mint ice cream is rather refreshing. Worth ordering!

Ice Cream Oreo Mint (SGD $3.50)

Ice Cream Oreo Mint

Made to order, the Waffle Classic With Maple Syrup (SGD $6) takes up to 15 minutes to prepare, resulting in a short wait. Love the enticing fragrant aroma of fresh baked waffles, and the grainy sweet flavour it has is pretty good. The thick rich maple syrup lends a floral sweet note. While I like the light and crisp texture, some parts of the waffle were dry. This would be better with ice cream, though some may not like the dryness. Could be improved.

Waffle Classic With Maple Syrup (SGD $6)

Waffle Classic With Maple Syrup

Loved the Waffle Churros With Butterscotch Ice Cream (SGD $12), with its fragrant fresh baked waffles coated in cinnamon sugar. It's crispy and light, bordering moist and dry, with a lovely floral grainy sweet spice flavour. The rich and creamy smooth butterscotch ice cream lends deep and robust sweet sticky notes, making this dessert rather addictive. Completed with chewy pillowy soft marshmallows and a lacing of chocolate sauce. Good!

Waffle Churros With Butterscotch Ice Cream (SGD $12)

Waffle Churros With Butterscotch Ice Cream

Waffle Churros With Butterscotch Ice Cream

The Brownie With Unicorn Pop Ice Cream (SGD $7.80) is enjoyable, with the warm moist soft brownie having a robust chocolatey bitter sweet flavour. The smooth creamy unicorn pop ice cream is vibrant with multi-coloured rainbow hues, calling to mind the childhood paddle pop ice cream. In fact, it tastes almost similar, having a milky sweet flavour that is light and enticing. Completed with a ribbon of chocolate fudge. Good!

Brownie With Unicorn Pop Ice Cream (SGD $7.80)

Brownie With Unicorn Pop Ice Cream

Brownie With Unicorn Pop Ice Cream

The classic British English Strawberry Shortcake (SGD $6.90) features a soft vanilla sponge cake, layered with creamy light whipped cream, studded with chunks of juicy strawberries. This dessert cake has a lovely fruity sweet milky flavour, while the garnish of crushed peanuts lend a crunchy texture and a hint of nutty flavour. Pretty good rendition. Good!

Strawberry Shortcake (SGD $6.90)

Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Shortcake

Inspired by the classic Swedish dessert cake from IKEA, the Daim Cake (SGD $6.90) features the signature 'daim' confection of thick milk chocolate coated crunchy caramel with specks of almonds, layered over soft moist vanilla sponge cake and creamy smooth buttercream. Studded with more chocolate coated caramel bits, light whipped cream, and thick chocolate fudge, this has deep chocolatey toffee sweet milky flavours all at once. Rather addictive, among the best versions around. Highly recommended!

Daim Cake (SGD $6.90)

Daim Cake

Daim Cake

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