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| - I might dare to say this is the best shaved ice I had in Toronto!
I normally have the Chinese/Taiwanese variety uptown or in foodfests and it's quite different from this Korean version (patbingsu). Small is a good size for 2!
Flavour: Ordered the classic Korean injeolmi flavour (small ~$7), which has these soft chewy bits of tteok (rice cakes/mochi), almonds and dusted with roasted dried soybean powder. The flavour is unique, it's not the usual flavour of fruits, red bean or matcha. It's light, not too decadent or sweet, which makes it so good. I almost chose the other flavours instead because it came with ice cream. But it's not necessary, it hits the spot even without the heavy cream.
Texture: Fluffy snow crystals as opposed to sheets of ice crystals in the Chinese variety I usually have. Maybe it's just me but the crystals here seem to melt less quickly (perhaps we finished it so quickly!). The crystals have a slightly sweetened milk flavour. I don't like how in other places they drizzle too much condensed milk/syrup on an already sweet base or icy sugary water. This one is just right. But I'll definitely come back to try the other flavours.
I also ordered the lemon tea for ~$4, kinda pricey for some hot water, honey/sweetener/syrup. It was good though, packed with lemony flavour and the slight bitter zest of the peel. But this is lemon water... WHERE IS THE TEA???? Please confirm in the picture. I will over look this because of the generous amount of thinly cut lemon slices, which does add to the labour. But can you even call this tea in the menu?
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