1-for-1 soft serve opening weekend offer at 108 Matcha Saro in Suntec. If you’re familiar with Suntec City, you’ll be surprised to see how much space and how many new eateries are located here where Bali Thai used to be (and still is after a revamp). It’s a lot brighter in this space and we just feel a lot better here than before.

When I heard there was a new matcha specialist in town, I had to go try. Sure enough, there was a queue at 12.15pm but it moved really quickly. Since there was an offer on the soft serves, the poor lady manning the counter was visibly more overworked and kept churning out cone after cone. Soft serves come in matcha, Houjicha or a mix of both, and you get to pick the sauce that goes on top (matcha or brown sugar). The lady recommended opposite toppings - brown sugar for the matcha and matcha for the Houjicha soft serve so I went with that.

I feel it’s worth a mention that the lady at the soft serve counter actually still took pride in making each soft serve nicely, and responded patiently about what sauce should go on the soft serve despite how busy she was.

On to the soft serve itself, the textures are fantastic but they do melt quite quickly so don’t take too long to snap photos. The matcha flavour wasn’t intense but could still be tasted. The slight bitterness went well with the brown sugar syrup. The Houjicha flavour had a nice roasted aroma, making it more fragrant than the matcha. Paired with the matcha syrup, there was a bittersweetness which was simply delicious. The cones have this cute flower shape that prevents the ice cream from melting all over your hands, and the cones taste pretty good too!

Although 108 Matcha Saro is known for their matcha, both soft serves are good, which one to order depends on whether you prefer matcha or Houjicha more. If all else fails, there’s the mixed flavour too so you can try both at one go.