Kiss N’ Mango Review: Mango Halo Halo At This Hidden Ice-Cream Joint At Orchard

Another great way to beat this heat is with some ice-cream. Fret not as Kiss n’ Mango provides a great respite from the warm climate with their range of mango-centric desserts.

This dessert kiosk in Lucky Plaza was set up by Filipinos who wanted to bring their popular native treats to our sunny island. Food at Kiss n’ Mango Their simple menu focuses on mango-based desserts, which feature house-made soft serve. The mangoes used to make these treats are imported from Thailand or the Philippines, and are blended to form a puree.

This fruity mix is then churned with Meiji milk to produce their in-house soft serve. By the way, I’m digging the fact that they don’t add any preservatives or sugar to this frozen treat.

I went for their Mango Halo Halo ($5 for medium, $10 for large) , a classic Filipino dessert akin to our local cendol. I opted for a medium serving to make space for the rest of the desserts I’ll be having. Swirls of mango soft serve filled up the cup, along with a colourful mix of jellies.

The sugary jelly overpowered the mango soft serve, leaving me little room to appreciate the natural sweetness of this frozen treat. Moving on to the fusion desserts Kiss n’ Mango offers, I went for the Mango Popping ($5 for medium, $10 for large) . The fresh mango slices helped to balance this out, but I wished there were more of it.

Their Mango Oreo Sundae ($4.50 for small, $5.50 for medium, $9.50 for large) is another twist on a popular Filipino dessert. This mango soft serve included nata de coco, chunks of fresh mango, and a liberal sprinkling of crushed Oreo biscuits.

As the cloying toppings were minimal, you’ll get a better chance to appreciate the mango soft serve on its own. Ambience at Kiss n’ Mango Operating as a dessert kiosk in Lucky Plaza, Kiss n’ Mango doesn’t offer any seating options. Instead, you have to eat their mango desserts on the go while roaming this mall and learn more about Filipino culture by visiting the various ethnic shops here.

Though the mango soft serve was yummy on its own, there wasn’t anything spectacular about it to warrant a second visit. It doesn’t help that the cloying toppings overwhelmed the natural sweetness of this soft serve. That said, my colleague who went to the famed Maxi Mango as well didn’t like the ice-cream there either.