3 new ice cream spots you should try right now

Owned by the same team behind Speak Low, Sober Café is part of the new three-in-one Sober Company space. Apart from small plates and all-day brunch, the quaint café also offers a series of soft-serve ice cream with intriguing flavours. Try the Black&White (30RMB), a mix of two of the classic soft-serve flavours – vanilla with mascarpone, and coconut milk with bamboo charcoal. The pitch-black swirls may not seem like the most appetising looking thing out there (it's a bit ugly, tbh) but this whacked-out item turned out to be our favourite.

Homemade sorbets at Lick it

On the corner of Changle Lu and Shaanxi Nan Lu, Lick it prides itself on sorbets and ice cream designed by Hungarian chef Jenő Rácz of Michelin-starred Taian Table. With a small selection of three sorbets and one ice cream (all 24RMB per scoop), at the moment, Lick it is more like a vegan-friendly pop-up. However, unlike many other places that use sweetened syrup for sorbets, Lick it uses only fresh frozen fruits making for a sweet, guilt-free treat. Topped off with chocolate coated popping sugar and Oreo bits, the Roasted Cocoa sorbet proves it's not necessary to use eggs or dairy to make a rich chocolate treat with a smooth, creamy texture.

To keep things fresh, Rácz will introduce a new flavour to the menu fortnightly. Look out cheesecake fans, we've got a hot tip that it's the next flavour on the menu.