The Ice Cream Project by Anya Hindmarch

On the hottest tuesday of the year with temperatures hitting as high as 40 degrees, it was time to chill out at The Ice Cream Project by Anya Hindmarch.

It was so hot that my phone was not coping that well either.

As crazy as her flavours, I ordered 14 scoops because I wanted to try all them and I am so glad I did that.

Expect the unexpected with flavours like salad cream, baked beans, Soy sauce, HP sauce, Heinz ketchup, Lea Perrins, Mayonnaise while on the normal side you will find Quakers, Frosties, Co Co Pops and Lyons syrup etc which are all Anya Hindmarch's favourite brands as well as British classics.

It costs £3.50 for two scoops so trying all flavours only cost me a mere £24.50 which was money well spent considering all these limited edition flavours and a memorable experience especially if you are a foodie.

Just a brief summary: soy sauce was my favourite as well as what other people have said.

All the savoury flavours were well executed because they were properly savoury and tasted like the actual flavour unlike other ice cream flavours were they have a good idea with poor execution.

The baked beans was unique as it actually contained baked beans which have a crunch to them as they are frozen.

This is possibly the first Western flavour with beans in ice cream as you will find lots of beans in Asian desserts.

Strangely, I felt that the Heinz ketchup tasted more like baked beans than the actual Heinz baked beans ice cream.

Another memorable one was salad cream which seriously tastes like salad cream however the mayonnaise was a disappointment as it lacked any mayonnaise taste to it but gives a mayo aftertaste.

Quakers, a sweet one was normal compared to the rest but I loved the way it was loaded with oats so it has a lovely mouthfeel with oats to chew on.

I feel that Quakers should launched a new line of ice cream loaded with oats and a non dairy oat based ice cream as well since they are oat specialists.

 

Quick tasting notes from the following flavours:

--Kikkoman Soy Sauce--Toasted sesame ice cream with umami-rich naturally brewed soy sauce

Great soy umami saltiness.

The kikkoman soy sauce ice cream was really nice.

There is so much potential with savoury ingredients like bacon,  salted caramel and miso etc.

The taste was really nice because somehow that saltiness was really moreish.

I'm glad they did this but why didn't they have Marmite. 

--Heinz Tomato Ketchup--
The ketchup ice cream tasted more like baked beans than the actual baked beans ice cream.

--PG Tips--

Great tea flavour as if you were drinking tea.

The PG tips ice cream was really nice especially if you are a pg tips drinker.

Tea in the form of ice cream however I felt that the tea flavour could have been stronger.

Heinz Mayonnaise

The mayonnaise ice cream was a bit disappointing as I didn't get any mayonnaise flavours coming through only on the aftertaste.

HP Sauce:

The HP sauce ice cream was on the sweet side but then it was made with dates and tamarind.

Heinz Salad Cream

The salad cream served its purpose because it actually tasted like salad cream with in ice cream form and a bit of sweetness.

Heinz Baked Beans

interesting experience with crunchy frozen baked beans.

This is probably the only Western ice cream with beans unlike the Asians and South East Asia where they like to add beans to desserts and ice cream.

--Quaker Rolled Oats

Loved this with lots of chewy oats.

The Quakers rolled oats was surprisingly good loaded with oats which give it a nice chew. It also gives it a healthy touch with oats. I feel that @quakeroatsuk should launch their own oat based ice cream made with oat based milk loaded with oats as a new line of Healthy non dairy ice cream.

Bird’s Custard

Another nice sweet ice cream with a creamy custard flavour

Kellogg’s Coco Pops

A tasty chocolate ice cream with crispy coco pops in it

Kellogg’s Frosties

A sweet vanilla ice cream with crispy frosted corn flakes. 

Lyle’s Golden Syrup

A very sweet ice cream with a honey kick

--Lea & Perrins

loved the taste of this tomato sorbet with a sharp spicy kick.

The lea & perrins ice was really nice and better than HP because it was like a savoury sorbet with tomato and a spicy kick.

--Polo

A very minty sorbet with crunchy bits of crushed polo.

The Polo sorbet was really nice especially if you like mint flavours. 

It was more like menthol sorbet with crushed crunchy polo pieces.

I would have loved it if they put those mini polos in for that extra instaworthy picture. 

The Ice Cream Project:

Pont Street, Chelsea
Monday - Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm