As a visitor...this was a new place and something I didn't have back home (MN). So, I had to try it out and see what it was all about (the best thing I have is bubble tea back in Minneapolis/St.Paul).
Located on Spadina Avenue...not too far from Dundas Street, we walked in around 4:30pm and got a place to sit quickly. There were a few other tables, eating a late lunch (or early dinner?!) and a few were having desserts.
A friend in the group was craving shaved ice cream...and raving about it for 20 minutes in all it's amazing glory! We finally found a place that had it...so there we were. We ordered Shaved Milk Ice & Grass Jelly...which we figured came with shaved ice...and to our surprise, didn't once it arrived (so we ordered a side of shaved ice, which felt a little odd). We also got Black Sticky Rice...which is what I wanted due to the name and curiosity of the black rice situation.
I'm now a huge fan of shaved ice and have been a life long fan of grass jelly. I remember asking my parents to buy the grass jelly drinks from the Asian grocery store, I grabbed a straw and could drink the juice with squared grass jelly inside. This dish was chunks of grass jelly, red bean, myotonin, tapioca and peanut...what more could you ask for?! It was sweet, a bit creamy and a great desert (after all the dim sum we ate!).
The black sticky rice desert we got (along with mango) was also on point. Super sweet milk with slices of sweet mango...YUM!
Need a late night desert spot...hit this place UP!