Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Halo Halo! Phillipines Ice Kachang!


Mabuhay! greetings from Cebu, Phillipines!
Halo-halo (from Tagalog halo, “mix”) is a popular Filipino dessert that is a mixture of shaved ice, milk, and sugar, to which is added various sweet beans and fruits, and generally served cold in a tall glass.

One of the best brain freezing halo-halo I’ve ever eaten is the one by Chowking, Philippines. First of all, halo-halo is one of the most popular Filipino refreshments and Chowking is one of the most popular food chains in the country. Among the main ingredients of the halo-halo are crushed ice, milk sugar and the ice cream on top of the halo-halo. With Chowking, I’m not really sure what the rest of the ingredients are since I haven’t really examined it piece by piece but a rough description of it would be a mixture of different kind of beans, sugar palm fruits, jackfruit, tapioca, nata de coco, ube, corn and leche flan. The company of course doesn’t reveal the exact recipe of their halo-halo to the public. You just have to guess the proportion if you want to copy their halo-halo. It would seem easy but Chowking Halo-halo is just different. It’s really delicious and I know a lot of people who love it as much as I do. I really can’t explain it. You can get the all the ingredients but it’s just not the same. It does not just cool you down during a hot day but it also makes you enjoy a nice delicious refreshment

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