Korean Bingsu (Korean Shaved Ice Dessert) on a Hot Sunny Day! 🍨

It was a hot sunny day and we decided to go for a cold dessert!

Bingsu is a traditional cold dessert in Korea and is very popular, especially during summer. It is made from fine shaved iced, covered with sweeteners such as milk, condensed milk, chocolate etc. Topping ingredients may vary from red bean, injeolmi, fresh fruits, ice cream etc.

In Malaysia, we have a similar dessert called Ice Kacang, but Bingsu has a much finer shaved ice texture, which I really like. It's light and fluffy like snow. ❄️☃️

Well, not like I've seen real snow before 😂. But yeah, you get what I'm trying to articulate. Haha.

This is the most traditional and popular flavour in Korea - Injeomi Bingsu.(according to my cousin)

Injeolmi is a famous Korean rice cake that's soft, chewy, nutty and mildly sweet. (Yup, that two little pieces on top that you saw in the picture). The taste and texture are similar to Japanese Mochi or Chinese muah chee.

This is actually the first time trying and hearing about this flavour.

One mouthful in, I instantly LOVE IT! Cause it LESS LESS LESS SWEET! ❤️

The brown powder you saw on the outer layer is the roasted soybean powder. It has a mild fragrance and mild bean/earthly taste. It also comes with pieces of almond flakes to add the crunch.

Meanwhile, the shaved ice is perfectly fine and has a super mild sweetness from either the milk/condensed milk, which is a perfect combo with the soybean powder. Both flavours complement each other very well.

2nd bingsu we ordered was a Blueberry Cheesecake Bingsu.

This is obviously very eye-catching and appealing to sweet toothers like my brother! Haha.

It has the same shaved ice as the base, then is covered with blueberry syrup as the sweetener and toppings e.g. bite sizes of cheesecake, blueberry, and vanilla ice-cream.

This is a sweeter version of Bingsu. The cheesecake taste was quite decent too. Those who love cheesecake and blueberry should give this a try!