Sebastian's Limited Edition Valentine's Ice Cream 2016

Last year, we had a taste of a Matinong Boyfriend ice cream from Sebastian's. This year, they introduce a new Boyfriend and Girlfriend.

Closure and Unresolved Issues are still present in the Valentine's line up. For the Matinong Girlfriend, from a potato chip snack hybrid, we now get a Dark Chocolate Ice Cream with Chicharon (with laman)! I got a free taste to try this, the rich chocolate flavor surprisingly went well with the salty chicharon. Don't expect crispiness, but expect pieces of that laman.

This photo above also features some of the Sebastian's regular ice cream flavors. Yes, Salted Egg Yolk is a regular flavor.

Matinong Boyfriend

My one order of Matinong Boyfriend ice cream was composed of a Dulce de Leche Ice Cream base and swirls of Strawberry Sorbet. The ice cream was milky sweet. It might be a little too sweet for me if consumed alone. But with the swirls of sour strawberry sorbet, it balanced out the sweetness and formed a good relationship with my taste buds.

Although I kind of miss the old boyfriend which was Passion Fruit Sansrival Ice Cream with Passion Fruit sorbet, this one is a good treat as well.

Is Sebastian's changing up their boyfriend and girlfriend formulas again next year? We'll have to wait another year to find out. But I'm sure it will have that signature uniqueness.



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Sebastian's Limited Edition Valentine's Ice Cream 2015

Matinong Boyfriend (sensible boyfriend), Matinong Girlfriend (sensible girlfriend), Closure, and Unfinished issues, no I am not talking about anyone’s love life but I am referring to the limited edition Valentine’s flavors of Sebestian’s Ice Cream. They offer free taste in small wooden spoons to help you decide which flavor to purchase. This is what I got from the ice cream sampling.

Out of curiosity, I tried the “Unresolved Issues”, which is mainly ampalaya (bitter gourd) sorbet with candied ampalaya. At first I tasted the coldness of the sorbet, then a little bitterness, ooh here comes the ampalaya. Yep, it was bitter. Then a final wave of bitterness echoed in my throat. It was definitely bitter. It was kind of cool how they were able to capture and execute the bitterness in a sorbet.

“Closure” is a Chrysanthemum ice cream with vanilla and hints of orange. This one is sweeter but not too sweet, perhaps more relaxing. Not really sure what chrysanthemum tastes like but there was orange and vanilla in there.

I also tried the “Matinong Girlfriend”. It is made of potato chip ice cream with potato chips covered in white chocolate. It did taste like a bag of cheddar/sour cream chips – only this one was in ice cream form.

The “Matinong Boyfriend” is composed of passion fruit sansrival ice cream with toasted macadamia nuts. It had some sour-sweet passion fruit sorbet (the bright yellow parts) which balances well with the ice cream (cream colored parts). The ice cream itself has a buttery taste and is not really that sweet. Its creamy texture mixes well with the icy passion fruit sorbet and toasted macadamia nuts.

This is what I eventually ordered. These are limited flavors and available only on Valentine’s weekend (Feb 13-15, 2015).

Branch visited located at: 2nd flr, Entertainment Mall, SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City