Burning yet? How about some shaved ice?
- ciaoTAIWAN
- Aug 30, 2020
- 1 min read
When it gets hot (and humid) in Taiwan, our solution is almost always food: shaved ice (a lot of issues could be solved if we knew the proper thing to eat).
It takes only three steps to make shaved ice:
1. Buy a refrigerator.
2. Freeze tons of water to make an ice block (wait 4～10 hours).
3. Just open Uber Eats and order. Or go out.
Shaved ice (剉冰) = ice + topping with texture + topping drizzled over the top
With just these three factors, you can get an infinite number of combinations. Obviously I suck at math.
Pronounciation tip:
1. 剉 (shaved) : Think "ts" of tse-tse fly (yes, without the "e") and "wa" of water. Now put them together real quick.
2. 冰 (ice): "Bing" like bingo without the "o".
First, about the toppings you chew.
Traditional toppings you'll find in taiwan are sweetened green/red beans, taro, taro balls, grass jelly, pearl barley and a ton more. Usually you get to pick four per bowl of shaved ice.
Common topping to be drizzled are brown sugar (a must), condensed milk, and strawberry and passion fruit jam.
Here's a photo of another type of shaved ice that also tastes heavenly: mochi shaved ice ♡
(peanut & sesame-flavored mochi + condensed milk)
With that said, those are all retro-style shaved ice.
Then there's the more trendy shaved ice, ones that make up the perfect photos for Instagram models. These fancy shaved ice cost more $$ and usually come in all kinds of dreamy colors. Like this one ♡
So, retro v. s. trendy shaved ice, which one would you like to try? Hopefully both.
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