I noticed an unfamiliar food van while driving through Northstowe the other day, so decided to do a sharp u-turn, skid across the square, and pull up to investigate.

Upon arrival, it turned out to be a lovely little dessert van called Scoops of Cambridge which offers a selection of ice creams, sundaes, and milkshakes. It has bright flamboyant colours (mostly pink) making it easy to spot while also offering a positive feeling of fun times to come.

There is a choice of 4 different sundaes, each with a novelty name that loosely describes the ice cream flavours used within it.

The ice cream menu has 8 options with 6 different flavours that you can have as a single scoop or stack as a double. Options aren’t as vast as an ice cream shop but there is enough to satisfy only the most particular tastes.

Two vegan ice cream flavours available 👍

Sundae

For my sundae, I picked something called “The Jester”, a mix of one scoop of caramel and one scoop vanilla ice cream with caramel sauce, crisps lotus biscuit, whipped cream, and Belgium chocolate curls.

It all came presented in a plastic cup with a wooden spoon, making it easy to eat on the go or mooch about with on Northstowe square. It was not a huge size but you could tell this is a van that wants to focus on quality ice cream that you can savour, rather than gobble down in copious amounts.

I found the lotus biscuit to be the real star of the show, offering a satisfying crunch to the otherwise soft and smooth ice cream. The flavour really jumped out too, bringing the entire sundae to life. I highly recommend it!

I have always used vanilla as a test with all ice cream parlours, as it can often be the flavour most scrimped on but it was absolutely excellent. It had such a thick creamy texture with a bold taste that satisfied this vanilla veteran. Vanilla isn’t boring at Scoops of Cambridge!

Ice cream

We ordered a double-scoop ice cream, served in a cone with a chocolate biscuit on top.

Like with my sundae, this was also a caramel and vanilla scoop, which was handy for the sake of comparison. Obviously, being on a cone rather than in a plastic tub meant that you lost the lotus biscuit, whipped cream, and Belgium chocolate curls but the wafer was lovely (and does not leave any plastic waste! – Go green, eat a cone!).

Conclusion

Scoops of Cambridge was a fun and much needed pit stop during one of my dreary commutes in my daily routine. It is much more visually pleasing to have a giant ice cream but I much preferred their modest portions of quality dessert that focuses on flavour and texture over quantity. It feels more like an adults ice cream rather than being aimed at children. With that said, these two came to £11.30, so quality comes at a cost.

Thanks for reading!