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| - This place is NOT closed! I just went there last night, to my great pleasure. I was looking for freshly made Aguas Frescas like I'd had at a little place near my mothers at Alma School and Ray Rd that had closed. This place had it and I got a giaiant 32 oz container of Cantalope flavored for $2.50. It was SO delicious and refreshing! You white eople don't know what youre missing. The place was packed with Spanish speaking people who know a good thing when they taste it. I felt a little out of place but didn't care. It was worth the wait in line and the embarrassement of not understanding what was being said around me. A couple of people answered questions for me in line so I knew what to say when it was my turn. They even give you samples of the ice cream and drinks. While I was waiting I got aoout a litttle pad of paper and wrote down all the words I didn't know on the menu to look up later. Here is what I found out:
Nieve=snow (very finely shaved ice that absorbs the flavor rather than just sitting in it).
Liquidos= fruit and milk blended, a Mexican Smoothie.
Elotes=Corn on the cob--on a stick.
Chamoyades=pickled fruit. (Shaved ice with fruit syrup, mango, tamarind, lime or pineapple, drizzled with hot sauce, chamoy, lime juice, plus chili powder and salt). It is sometimes served with pickled pig skin on top.
Raspado=Shaved ice.
Paletas=Popsicles made with fruit.
Esquimades=Eskimo pies.
Jugos=Juice
Fresas (or Fresas cn Crema)=Strawberries (with cream)
Duros-Spicy "wagon Wheel" crispy chips
Tostiloco=Nachos with lots of stuff on them
(Tostilocos:
*1 cut open bag Salsa Verde Tostitos
*Jicama
*Lime juice squeezed over top
*Salt and Cayenne Pepper
*Tamarind (very, very sour fruit)
*Fried Peanuts, Japanese Peanuts
*Cucumber
*Chamoy (hot sauce, kind of sugary)
*Salsa Picante)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/guppieluv/2055355301/
Escamoches=Mixed fruit with granola, etc (theres more to it than that)
I probably will have to refine these definitions as I do more research and taste more items but this is a start.
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