Photo of the Day: Epic Taiwanese Shaved Ice
Shaved ice + red beans + sweetened condensed milk + flan = hong dou bing, or red bean shaved ice, a typical Taiwanese dessert. Oh, glistening suspension of red beans in thick condensed milk topped with wobbly pudding mass—how I love you. For those who live in Taipei, Yusheng says he got this shaved ice at Gāoxióng Pópóbīng.
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20 Comments:
Wow. I'm thinking equal parts Close Encounters and Peter Brady volcano.
Adam Kuban at 6:02PM on 09/15/09
O M G (<---I wish I could put this in a scrolling marquee to respond to this image)
James Boo at 7:13PM on 09/15/09
that looks terrible to me.
Lululovejoy at 7:31PM on 09/15/09
DROOOOOLL!!! Taiwan has the best food ever.
Sandalola at 7:32PM on 09/15/09
I'm sure this tastes way better than it looks! (Hopefully!)
jlewfoodie at 8:10PM on 09/15/09
looks like someone had a bad bowel movement
paulie walnuts at 8:50PM on 09/15/09
that'd be one bad poo.
Lululovejoy at 8:51PM on 09/15/09
you're right....i guess if that ever came out of my @55 - i'd head straight to the emergency room
paulie walnuts at 8:53PM on 09/15/09
You know... i love interesting food, but right now I am recovering from a major bout of tummy illness and frankly that picture isn't helping one bit. Oh, Lord deliver me from a mountain of sweetened milky red beans and custard.
Be back in a second.
Elizabelle at 9:51PM on 09/15/09
I love Taiwanese shaved ice. Red bean and custard is one of the best combos. But that picture....no...
whimsygirl at 9:57PM on 09/15/09
THAT looks like the most delicious thing in the world.
ReneeRobinson at 11:37PM on 09/15/09
@paulie walnuts
Funniest thing I've read in awhile. I definitely laughed for about two minutes straight.
I saw a girl pour a sugar packet on her refried beans once... we all stared and she smiled and said "its just like... sweet beans. it's delicious."
Sorry. No thanks.
krr07a at 3:34AM on 09/16/09
I have had a similar desert. It didn't have the flan on it. Just shaved ice, beans, condensed milk etc. Its not as bad as you might think, but still not for me.
ontheleftwing at 9:02AM on 09/16/09
I just can't wrap my head around this. It does have me thinking Iron Chef challenge though.
dhorst at 9:36AM on 09/16/09
Look at me! I'm a rube!
POO!
SqueezeBottle at 10:28AM on 09/16/09
haha, I guess I'm in the minority, but this looks delicious to me. red beans + custard = happiness in my belly.
caroliiine at 12:06PM on 09/16/09
Looks delicious to me!
ghoulie at 2:06PM on 09/16/09
HMMMMM the best is when they use summer fruits...Passionfruit with Mango and strawberries..ohh heavennnnn...
cp1188 at 11:52PM on 09/16/09
Wow...there's an interesting dichotomy in the comments. This stuff is delicious, but I kind of feel like I do when they use "weird and crazy" Asian food on Fear Factor after reading the comments.
wunami at 7:55AM on 09/17/09
I don't understand what people can't wrap their heads around - and on Serious Eats no less. Ice + condensed milk + a sweetened neutral agent (red beans). How is this any weirder than bubble tea? Or a Sno-Cone made with neon syrup, for that matter?
jingtastic at 12:56PM on 09/24/09