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Roji Monster Ice Cream

Here's something to try: ice cream that tastes just as good as it looks.


Located in a small alley close to Gong Cha, Roji Monster Ice Cream Café is a Taiwanese café close to Burwood Station, serving cute monster dessert masterpieces. Although it is Taiwanese based, it is actually a Japanese inspired dessert place! These monsters look really similar to the puppets of the TV show, Sesame Street, and recent, popular posts can be seen via Instagram.

There are five flavours to choose from: milk, uji matcha, cocoa, black sesame and a seasonal special, and on top of that, it comes with edible googly eyes and the option for two side toppings. Toppings include lychee jelly, honeycomb rice dumplings, chocolate sauce and many more.

When I visited the café, we were directed to the ordering station, where we ordered via stamp cards, i.e. what flavour, and what two toppings we wanted, and then paid at the front counter. The steps can be seen below.

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Source: Picky Piggies

My friend Jules ordered black sesame flavour with matcha jelly. I ordered strawberry shaved ice (pink seasonal) with sakura jelly and rice dumplings with hochija jelly. While Jules' black sesame monster tasted toasty and had a slightly nutty element, mine was definitely sweet. I really enjoyed the toppings I chose with mine, because they meshed well together.  At the end, we both were unable to completely finish our monsters, but we felt it was still worth the visit, both for taste and for photos. I left the café  smiling and feeling completely satisfied.



If you're feeling like something sweet for dessert, or you're simply local to Burwood, consider giving Roji Monster Ice Cream a taste.

I finally got to try out the popular dessert place after seeing it so many times on my newsfeed and being recommended by friends. I loved the interior decorations, as they were as cute as the shaved ice monsters themselves. I feel like the place was a bit pricey at $14AUD each but it was overall a lovely experience and for us, we did not have a long wait time like others had said during its initial grand opening earlier this year.

Visit the café at Shop 2/51 Burwood Road 2134. Let us know in the comments your thoughts, or if you have any other food recommendations! We will update you soon with more Jumbleats sessions!

Jessica

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