Tired of eating ice cream in the usual vanilla, strawberry, chocolate or matcha flavors while fearing the risk of randomly picking up unfamiliar ones that might be too expensive? IKEA, MUJI Diner, McDonald’s and KFC are coming out with new frozen treats to enjoy this summer. They may not be your tried-and-true ice creams but some in unique flavors are worth a try. IKEA IKEA’s 1-yuan ice cream cone sold near the cashiers is a treat after exhaustedly shopping in its maze-like store. Now the furniture shop has launched an ice-cream cone (3 yuan) in a mix of banana and blueberry flavors, a perfect balance between sweet and sour tastes. Venue: IKEA, Nanshan District (南山区宜家家居) Metro: Line 7 to Longjing Station (龙井站), Exit D and then take a taxi MUJI Diner End your meal with something sweet at MUJI Diner. The light-meal restaurant uses Xinjiang Summer Black grapes as ingredients for its new grape-flavored ice cream (12 yuan for a cone, 15 yuan for a cup). It’s fat-free and refreshing. Venue: MUJI Diner, inside UpperHills, Futian District (福田区深业上城内无印良品餐堂) Metro: Line 10 to Donggualing Station (冬瓜岭站), Exit A McDonald’s McDonald’s also introduced a fat-free sorbet (8 yuan) in Calpis flavor this week. Calpis is a Japanese soft drink that has a milky and slightly acidic flavor, similar to Yakult. Meanwhile, a McFlurry in the same flavor (14 yuan) is a cup of milk ice cream topped with Calpis-flavored syrup and small yogurt balls. KFC KFC has rolled out a ramune-flavored ice cream cone (8 yuan) this week. The name ramune (波子汽水) is derived from the Japanese pronunciation of the English word lemonade. Ramune bottles are famous for their caps, using a glass ball to seal them. Of course, there’s no glass ball in the ice cream but KFC offers you a sachet of popping candies for you to pepper over your ice cream. Popping candies were popular in the 1980s due to the pressurized gas bubbles embedded inside the candies to create small popping sensations when dissolved in your mouth. A sundae in the same flavor (14 yuan) is served with black sugar syrup and tapioca pearls. (Cao Zhen) | 