Waka Waka Gelato, Loewe & Sons, Monte Gelato & Churn Creamery

Home-churned by final-year college student Marie Peh, Waka Waka Gelato reflects Marie's infatuation with Italian-style ice cream following a family vacation in Rome - Marie makes impressive gelato for a newcomer, focusing on lip-smacking flavours like Cookies & Caramel, Chai or Chocolate Brownie Chunks (satisfyingly dense & sticky) as well as put-a-smile-on-your-face varieties with relatively wholesome components like Lemon Poppy Seed or Acai Berry, boasting unimpeachably balanced nuances, clean & concentrated. For now, Waka Waka operates as a pop-up cart at campuses & food markets (bookings for private events are also possible); this month, find Marie, her sister & friends at Sunway University (near the cafeteria) on March 3 (that's today!), 29 & 30, & at Monash on March 9; they'll set up shop at 11am & may run out by 3pm. Not the most convenient location or hours for many of us, but if you're a gelato enthusiast, Waka Waka might well be worth swinging out for.

Waka Waka Gelato

Pop-up gelato bar at Sunway University, Monash University campus & other locations across the Klang Valley.

Despite its continental-sounding moniker, Loewe & Sons is a Malaysian F&B enterprise; its first outpost in Evolve Concept Mall serves ice cream & sorbets in flavours both foreign & domestic - in this case, the New York Cheesecake option might not trigger as much curiosity as locally inspired choices like durian, cempedak & jackfruit. Caveat: Not all flavours are constantly available, & the ones we sampled could have benefited from more natural nuances, instead of evoking the taste & texture of mass-manufactured commercialisation. Cost: RM9.90 for a 80-gram scoop, RM16.90 for a double, & RM22.90 for the triple.

Loewe & Sons Ice Cream

EV-LG-02, Lower Ground Floor, Evolve Concept Mall, Pacific Place, Jalan PJU 1A/4, Ara Damansara, Petaling Jaya.

Monte Gelato Cafe tempts 1 Utama's shoppers with a selection that looks dreamy & creamy in the display cabinet - the flavours seem determined to supply a refreshing uplift, with fruity possibilities galore, like Dragon Fruit, Watermelon, Apple Starfruit, Pineapple Orange, Mango, Lemon Lime & Passion Fruit. We picked the Baby Blue (described as a smooth milk flavour with a 'fruity touch,' though Monte's staff remain uninformed about which fruit exactly, & we couldn't tell from the taste - not a positive sign) & the Very Berry (a cream base marbled with blackberry paste). Both tasted pretty predictable in terms of shopping mall gelato; our lingering impression involved Monte's confusing pricing system - the gelato is sold by weight, with 60 grams clocking in at RM5.20. The team here initially signalled that a double scoop with two flavours would cost twice that, but when our cup was weighed, the final price neared RM20, since the staff had squeezed close to 200 grams into the container.

Monte Gelato Cafe

SK 107, Second Floor, 1 Utama, Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Churn's forte rests in imaginatively playful gelato flavours like Ispahan (rose, raspberry & lychee), Apricot Osmanthus, Baileys Milo, Banana Nutella & Orange Gingerbread, alongside other fun treats like Speculoos, Marron & Thai Tea. Flavours are pronounced & textures are satisfyingly rich, making Churn a worthwhile stop if you're in Singapore's Tanjong Pagar enclave.

Churn Creamery

124 Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore. Daily, 12pm-11pm

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95 Degres Art Cafe @ SS15 Subang

One of Subang's most intriguing new cafes, 95 Degres is a cocoon of calm, adorned with artwork on every wall, rising above & beyond SS15's overcrowded environs, spotlighting food with surprising flourishes, unflappably executed & persuasively priced.

95 Degres' forte rests in conception & construction - the most palate-pleasing recipes here feature a myriad of ingredients, fine-tuned for harmonious flavours & finessed for satisfyingly elaborate textures. We love the vegetarian baked eggs, delicately nuanced in its dynamics, creamy & complex in its dimensions, layered with a medley of potatoes, jalapenos, zucchini, aubergines, crunchy almonds, sour cream, luscious mozzarella cheese & a light tomato sauce - a should-order for RM16.90.

Vegetarians & carnivores are catered for alike - angel hair pasta is complemented by a mellow mix of soft & smooth tofu, bean sprouts, poached egg & tobiko, tossed with roasted sesame seeds in Japanese-inspired goma sauce (RM17.90); a hug on a plate, as wholesome & well-prepared as anything in this neighbourhood. It's a marvellous meatless meal, but if you must have your half-pound of flesh, the chicken roll (RM17.90) is memorably inventive, built with chicken leg meat, stuffed with chicken mousse, cushioned by a lovely mash of potato & pumpkin on a bed of zucchini, crowned with house-made sweet potato chips.

95 Degres does a distinctive French toast, a composition of whole-grain bread that retains its original nuances (not as sweet, eggy or custard-like as some versions), endowed with richness & character from a hodgepodge of strawberries, lychees, bananas, orange segments, almonds, wild honey & a unique caramel ginger syrup with a zing (RM15.90). In a duel of desserts, we'd be torn in deciding between the toast & the luscious white chocolate mousse, striped & elevated with pistachios & mango (RM12.90), a final testament to how 95 Degres succeeds in managing its intricate creations with flair to spare.

Here's where to discover coffee roasted by Australia's Duke speciality roasters - the piccolo ranks among Subang's most satisfying. There's also hot chocolate, made with Melbourne's Mork cocoa powder, tinged with dark milk chocolate, coconut blossom sugar & river salt, but its RM20 price tag might seem trickier to swallow. Corkage for wine is RM10 per person.

95 Degres Art Cafe

First Floor, 112, Jalan SS 15/4b, Subang Jaya, Selangor. 

Tues-Thurs, 10am-10pm; Fri-Sun, 10am-1130pm. Tel: 012-340-7370

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Uroko Japanese Cuisine @ Section 17, Petaling Jaya

Uroko is becoming a go-to spot for contemporary Japanese fare in PJ's Section 17 residential neighbourhood - the setting is sleek but not intimidating (feel free to visit in T-shirts, shorts & slippers), the menu is extensive & enticing, service is faultlessly efficient & prices feel fitting. Trivia: The eatery's name is Japanese for 'scales,' explaining the patterns that dominate its decor.

If you like the sweet flavour of apples, start with Uroko's fruit salad (RM23++), featuring a double dose of Fuji apples, as a julienne in the bowl & in a textured, pulpy dressing on the side, meant to be mixed with mango cubes, cherry tomato slices & leaves in a portion that three to four patrons can share as an appetiser. Perky & refreshing, albeit certainly on the sugary side.

 Sushi & yakitori are among the main attractions - one of the restaurant's recommendations is a spicy maki that's deep-fried for a lightly battered crunch, topped with salmon, flying fish roe & bird's eye chilli (RM28++); no surprises, since this sort of fusion roll has long been a crowd-pleaser in numerous venues. We tried two skewers - the chicken tail & skin (RM4++ each) - both of which proved capably & satisfyingly prepared, bearing the kind of smoky succulence that's pivotal especially for the bonjiri cut.

There's a touch of luxe in the menu, with foie gras spotlighted in offerings like the Shake Bomb (RM10++ per piece; salmon wrapped around morsels of liver - the fish is pleasurably juicy, with the foie delivering a distinctive after-taste) & the Hanabi Sushi (RM28++ for six pieces; pan-fried tuna crowned with foie - competent, though the two main components fell short of being completely complementary). Our costliest order was the scallops with sea urchin in steaming-hot egg omelette broth (RM48++) - an example of Uroko's strengths & limitations; the cooking here is irreproachable, but while the ingredients are justifiably good enough, they hover closer to above-average than outstanding, illustrated by both the scallops & sea urchin. You'll also find omakase sets from RM150++ onwards. Sake is available, starting at RM60++ for a 300-ml bottle.

Uroko Japanese Cuisine

2nd Floor, 22A-1, Jalan 17/54, Section 17, Petaling Jaya, Selangor. 

Open Tuesday-Sunday, 1130am-230pm, 530pm-1030pm.  Tel: 03-7932-0191

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