We've introduced to you coconut shakes, those thirst quenching creamy delicacies on a hot weather. Now we bring you another delicacy which is also cooling, refreshing and perfect for hot weathers. It's Cocopuri's homemade coconut ice cream.
This shop is known for their homemade ice cream in which most of its flavours are made from coconut milk as its base. They offer unique flavours such as sweet potato, yam, and even Sarawak's local drink, Teh C Peng Special.
Besides ice cream, they do offer other items on their menu such as green bean and red bean desserts, all topped with a nice scoop of ice cream.
Upon ordering your ice cream, you can get to choose if you would like any waffle cup to go with it as well as toppings. Their toppings include some interesting ones such as toasted coconut flakes, crispy sweet potato waffle and roasted almonds.
Here we have 3 scoops on a waffle cone.
We had the original coconut based ice cream, teh c peng special and sweet potato.
The teh c peng special was quite similar to its original form in terms of its taste. The gula apong flavour stood out the most.
The sweet potato had a comforting taste to it, and was a bit starchy in texture. This was the yellow coloured sweet potato used, so it didn't have a strong sweet potato taste to it.
The original based ice cream, which as made form coconut milk, was lacking in flavour. We thought the texture was smooth and rich, however we couldn't really tell that there was coconut milk used.
The toppings were great and each had their own unique taste and texture. The toasted coconut flakes had a nice slightly burnt taste to it which went even better when paired with the original based ice cream. Another interesting topping as mentioned was the sweet potato waffle. It was slightly crispy on the outside and had a chewy consistency throughout the centre. It tasted very much like sweet potato chips.
The waffle cone was crispy, sweet and just right for almost any flavours of their ice cream here. Definitely recommended to pair with your scoop of ice cream.
We also got to try the Cocopuri coconut shake. This was something we looked forward to try out of everything from the menu as they claimed it to be one of their specialties. Their coconut shake has a twist to the regular ones you can find elsewhere, which was the addition of the lime zest and blend of toasted coconut flakes inside the shake.
When it arrived, it had a really creamy and fine ice blended texture. Presentation was really great too with syrup flowing at the sides of the cup and sprinkles of green from the lime zest on top.
However, as I took the first sip, it had an acquired taste, which I couldn't describe but I did not really like it. It was slightly sour from the lime zest, had sort of a funny burnt taste to it as well, but when these 2 were paired with the coconut's original flavours, made the whole thing quite unpleasant. It was a totally different coconut shake to us. For some, it may be a delicious addition of lime zest, but we didn't think it went well as an addition.
If you ever plan to drop by Cocopuri, we would definitely recommend their wide variety of homemade ice cream, but not the coconut shake. We have yet to try their other desserts such as the green bean and red bean soup. It's your turn to give Cocopuri a try.
Cocopuri
opens daily from 12pm to 10pm except Mondays.
COCOPURI
Ground Floor Lot 14139 (S.L.6)
Block 1 Metrocity, Jalan Matang,
93050 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
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