Mamasons Dirty Ice Cream Chinatown

Much-loved Filipino parlour Mamason’s Dirty Ice Cream is playfully named after the traditional Manila method of using bare hands to make ice-cream. It’s a small but buzzing cafe decorated with tropical palm-printed wallpaper, electric neon signage and drawings of desserts on the wall which works as a giant visual menu. It’s a great pit stop for a sugary boost, with options like Halo Halo (a Filipino dessert made of colourful shaved ice) and east and southeast Asian flavours such as purple ube and red bean.