S'pore now serving ice cream layered with 24-carat gold leaf

But your sh*t still the same, sorry.

Mandy How | September 04, 2017, 07:44 PM

Ever seen this on your Instagram feed?

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Finally get to try this 🍦 #goldleaficecream

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One of the more famous renditions of the Kinaku soft serve with gold leaf (~S$12.75) lies outside central Kyoto, near World Heritage-listed site Kinkakuji Golden Pavillion temple.

But if you're a philistine like us (ok, just me), this will not matter anymore — because the dessert is now in Singapore.

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Small Potatoes Ice Creamery which has a branch at Somerset 313 and another at Novena Square 2, is now offering the soft serve in two flavours, Sea Salt Caramel with Gold Leaf (S$12) and Purple Potato with Silver Leaf (S$10).

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The earliest I am able to travel to #Kanazawa is likely next year so guess I'll have a golden leaf from there on my ice cream first. 🏅☘️🍦 Absolutely love the sweet potato soft serve from #SmallPotatoesIceCreamery; you can really taste the freshness of the #PurplePotatoes from #Okinawa and #Milk from #Hokkaido that this dessert is made from. With the golden leaf, it's such a awesome combination, even the sweet potatoes on the wall wants some. 🍠😋💕 #SmallPotatoes #SmallPotatoesSG #SoftServe #IceCream #SweetPotato #SaltedCaramel #GoldLeaf #GoldenLeaf #LimitedEdition #Japan #金沢 #日本 #キンパク #金箔 #アイスクリーム #ソフトクリーム #芋 #塩キャラメル #北海道 #牛乳 #Food #Instafood #Foodagram #Foodstagram

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Gold lining tummy i have now 💛

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Both gold and silver leaves are imported from Japan, and are made from food-grade 24k gold (in other words, real, edible gold).

The Japanese believe that ingesting gold will aid in maintaining youthfulness and prolonging life span — but whatever, we all know we're here for the 'gram.

If you need anything else to justify the price you're paying for it, only Hokkaido milk is used to make the soft serve.

The dessert will only be in stores until they sell out, so best get your crusty a*s there quick.

If you're interested, here's how they make it in Singapore:

Here's where you can get it:

Novena Square 2: 10 Sinaran Drive, #B1-131 Square 2, Singapore 307506

It's open from: Mon - Sun, 1130am - 9pm (last order for soft serves are at 8:45pm, mini takeaway cups after)

313 Somerset: 313 Orchard Road #B3-48, Singapore 238895

It's open from: Mon - Sun, 11am -10pm (last order for soft serves at 9:45pm)

 

Top image from @xp11 and @smallpotatoessg on Instagram.