Thursday, December 4, 2008

Bao Bing (刨冰)

Mango snow

Strawberry snow


Chinese: 刨冰
Taiwanese: Tua bang
English translation: shaved ice

Where to find it: shilin night market (or any night market and roadside food stand)
Price: 90-150NT

Very popular especially during the summer time. You can put almost anything over the ice. From any type of fruit like strawberries, papaya, mangos, pineapple, passionfruit etc. Or you can add any type of jello like ai-yu or grass jelly. Beans can also be seen in it like green bean, red bean etc. Usually, condensed milk is drizzled on top to add some sweetness to it. 

This particular version is called "snow piece ice" because of the texture. If you look closely you can't see the actual ice pieces you'd normally see in most shaved ice desserts. This one is found in Shilin Night Market. Because it is one of my favorite places and I strongly recommend it, here is the address.

no 1 士林 區 安平 St 

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