''Chhoah-peng'' (
Taiwanese Hokkien
Taiwanese Hokkien ( , ), or simply Taiwanese, also known as Taigi ( zh, c=臺語, tl=Tâi-gí), Taiwanese Southern Min ( zh, c=臺灣閩南語, tl=Tâi-uân Bân-lâm-gí), Hoklo and Holo, is a variety of the Hokkien language spoken natively ...
: 礤冰 or 剉冰;
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
( ; , , ; POJ), also known as Church Romanization, is an orthography used to write variants of Hokkien Southern Min, particularly Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese and Amoy dialect, Amoy Hokkien, and it is widely employed as one of the writing syst ...
: ''chhoah-peng'') or ''Tsua bing'', also known as ''Baobing'' () in Mandarin, is a
shaved ice
Shaved ice is a large family of ice-based desserts made of fine shavings of ice and sweet condiments or syrups. Usually, the syrup is added after the ice has been frozen and shaved—typically at the point of sale; however, flavoring can also be ...
dessert introduced to
Taiwan under Japanese rule
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, and then spread from Taiwan to
Greater China
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and countries with large regional
Overseas Chinese
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populations such as
Malaysia
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and
Singapore
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. It is especially popular in
Taiwan
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where the dish has a variation called ''xuehua bing'' (), in which the ice is not made out of water but milk.
The dessert consists of a large mound of ice shavings with various toppings on top. A wide variety of toppings exist, but the most common ones include sugar water,
condensed milk
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,
adzuki beans,
mung beans
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, and
tapioca balls. Fruit are also used according to the season.
Mango
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baobing is typically only available in the summer, while
strawberry
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baobing is available in the winter. Traditionally, these shavings were created by hand using a large mallet to crush ice or a blade to shave ice. Now, most stores use machines, which result in finer, thinner ice shavings.
See also
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Taiwanese cuisine
Taiwanese cuisine ( or ) is a popular style of food with several variations, including Chinese cuisine, Chinese and that of Taiwanese indigenous peoples, with the earliest cuisines known of being the indigenous ones. With over a hundred years of ...
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List of Taiwanese desserts and snacks
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Shaved ice § Regions, for similar shaved ice variations around the world.
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Kakigōri
is a Japanese shaved ice dessert flavored with syrup and a sweetener, often condensed milk.新明解国語辞典（第6版）、三省堂
History
The origins of ''kakigōri'' date back to the Heian period in Japanese history, when blocks of ic ...
: Japanese shaved ice
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Bingsu
''Bingsu'' (), sometimes written as ''bingsoo'', is a milk-based Korean shaved ice dessert with sweet toppings that may include chopped fruit, condensed milk, fruit syrup, and red beans.
The most common variety is ''pat-bingsu'' (), topped with ...
: Korean shaved ice
**
Halo-halo
''Haluhalo'' is a popular cold dessert in the Philippines made with crushed ice, evaporated milk or coconut milk, and various ingredients including side dishes such as ube jam (ube halaya), sweetened kidney beans or garbanzo beans, coco ...
: Filipino shaved ice
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Es campur
Es campur (Indonesian for "mixed ice") is an Indonesian cold and sweet dessert concoction of fruit cocktails, coconut, tapioca pearls, grass jellies, etc. served in shaved ice, syrup and condensed milk.
In Indonesia, es campur is sold from hu ...
and
Es teler
''Es teler'' is an Indonesian fruit cocktail. Avocado, coconut meat, grass jelly, jackfruit and other fruits are served with coconut milk, sweetened condensed milk, ''Pandanus amaryllifolius'' leaf (normally in the form of cocopandan syrup), ...
: Indonesian shaved ice
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Namkhaeng sai
''Namkhaeng sai'' (, ) is a Thai version of shaved ice or snow cone. It is also known as wan yen () or chamba (). ''Namkhaeng sai'' is simply shaved ice in a bowl, poured on top with sweet syrup and condensed milk. The word ''namkhaeng sai'' is d ...
and
O-aew
''O-aew'' (, , , from zh, t= 薁蕘, poj=ò-giô) is a shaved ice dessert known as a local specialty of Phuket, Thailand. Introduced by Hokkien Chinese settlers, it is known after its main ingredient, a jelly made from seeds of the o-aew plant ...
: Thai shaved ice
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Ais Kacang
''Ais kacang'' (; Jawi script, Jawi: ), literally meaning "bean ice", also commonly known as ABC (acronym for ''air batu campur'' (), Jawi: اءير باتو چمڤور, meaning "mixed ice"), is a dessert which is common in Malaysia, Singapore ...
(ABC): Malaysian shaved ice
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Grattachecca
''Grattachecca'' is a shaved ice originating in Rome, Italy. Commonly sold in kiosks and bars as street food, it consists of hand-shaved ice topped with various flavors of sweet syrup. In contemporary times, some ''grattachecca'' vendors use a ...
: Italian shaved ice popular in
Rome
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.
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Hawaiian shave ice
Shave ice or Hawaiian shave ice is an ice-based dessert made by shaving a block of ice and flavoring it with syrup and other sweet ingredients. On Hawaii (island), Hawai‘i Island, it is also referred to as "ice shave".
In contrast, a snow cone ...
: Hawaiian shaved ice
References
Chinese desserts
Ice-based desserts
Taiwanese desserts
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