Serious Eats: New York
Sugar Rush: Singapore Ice from New Malaysia
What dessert contains shaved ice, green jelly cubelets, red beans, fruity syrup, condensed milk, and canned corn? Singapore ice from New Malaysia in Chinatown. Fluffy, finely shaved ice is piled on top of a dish of jelly bits, sweet beans, and corn, and soaked with nondescript artificially colored syrup and condensed milk. The corn may seem odd, but I don't think it's any stranger than the other mix-ins; it adds another layer of texture and sweet flavor to each spoonful. For $3.25, it's definitely worth trying.
New Malaysian
48 Bowery, New York, NY 10013 (Chinatown Arcade b/n Bowery & Elizabeth; map)
212-964-0284