PrintSugar 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.
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2 Comments:
There's a Filipino dessert called halo-halo that is similar, in that it's shaved ice with a variety of interesting mix-ins, including corn. Here's the Wikipedia description.
absentmindedprof at 2:39PM on 10/08/08
@absentmindedprof: Halo-halo is probably better. :) I've only had it twice but it had ICE CREAM AND CUSTARD GOBS, which was...awesome.
roboppy at 2:50PM on 10/08/08