Chip Guan Heng supplies traditional ice cream in Katong

Once in a while, we come across ice cream uncles standing by their carts in this heat, selling traditional ice cream with rainbow bread, cones, or wafers. No matter which uncle you buy from, they almost always offer the same range of flavours. Naturally, we became curious about where the uncles source their ice creams, which led us to discover Chip Guan Heng.

Image credit: Charles Chan via Google Maps

Located in Katong, Chip Guan Heng is dubbed Singapore’s OG supplier for ice cream uncles. Established in 1970, it has laboriously grown from a small provision shop into a successful distributor of gelato supplies to popular homegrown brands, such as