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Snapshots from Asia: Will the Real Shaved Ice Please Stand Up?
onedaylingers: Thanks! They come out as shavings immediately from the machine, but in order to sustain the syrup and/or toppings, the ice has to be packed together, thus obliterating the sheet-like appearance. Although once I did see someone with a hand-held shaver taken to a block of ice at a NY food event this past summer! Sadly, the sheets pretty much melted under the heavy dousing of syrup -_-
Snapshots from Asia: Will the Real Shaved Ice Please Stand Up?
You need to get yourself to Hawaii for the real deal! Grew up eating the stuff, and actually my 1st job was as a shave ice maker! It's not supposed to be coarse--the ice should be tender, shaved in delicate sheets by the machine described above. And yes it does very much depend upon the quality/sharpness of the blade as well as the set angle of the blade in the machine itself [the greater the angle between the blade and the block of ice, the finer the ice sheet]. These 2 places are the standard which I measure all shave ice by:
Waiola Shave Ice
http://oishiieats.blogspot.com/2006/09/waiola-shave-ice.html
http://tastyisland.wordpress.com/2008/08/10/perfect-day-for-waiola-shave-ice/
Shimazu Store
http://waikikinews.com/Shimazu.html
Check out the links and the pics as well as educational info on shave ice within!
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Too bad you didn't get to explore Queens for your empanadas round-up! But if you ever do, I would recommend this place along the Q23 or Q58 Bus, similar to Empanada Mama:
Empanadas Del Parque Cafe
http://empanadascafe.com/menu.html
Unique fillings and flour casings used, made to order. The Maduros y Mozzarella empanada was one of my favorites.