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Kakigori
Kakigori

Kakigōri (かき氷?) is a Japanese dessert made from shaved ice flavored with syrup. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x966, 199 KB) Kakigori, photo credit: Blue Lotus. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x966, 199 KB) Kakigori, photo credit: Blue Lotus. ... A selection of desserts Dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a dinner, usually consisting of sweet food but sometimes of a strongly-flavored one, such as some cheeses. ... Collection of Modern Safety Razors—Gillette Fusion Power, Gillette m3power, Mach3Turbo, Schick Quattro Chrome, Schick Quattro Power, Gillette Mach3, Gillette Sensor, Schick Xtreme3 System, Schick Xtreme3 SubZero, and Schick Xtreme3 Disposables Shaving is the removal of body hair, most commonly facial hair, using a razor or any other bladed implement... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... In cooking, a syrup (from Arabic شراب sharab, beverage, via Latin siropus) is a thick, viscous liquid, containing a large amount of dissolved sugars, but showing little tendency to deposit crystals. ...


Popular flavors include: strawberry, lemon, green tea, grape, melon, "blue-hawaii" and colorless syrup. Some shops provide colorful varieties by using two or more different syrups. To sweeten Kakigōri, condensed milk is often poured on top of it. It is nearly identical to a snow cone but can have a slightly finer consistency and a spoon is almost always used. The traditional way of making kakigori involves using a hand cranked machine to spin a block of ice over an ice shaving blade. However, electric ice shavers are most often used; though street vendors can still be seen hand-shaving ice blocks in the summer. Species 20+ species; see text This article is about the strawberry plant. ... Binomial name Citrus × limon (L.) Burm. ... Green tea (绿茶) is tea that has undergone minimal oxidation during processing. ... Species Vitis acerifolia Vitis aestivalis Vitis amurensis Vitis arizonica Vitis x bourquina Vitis californica Vitis x champinii Vitis cinerea Vitis x doaniana Vitis girdiana Vitis labrusca Vitis x labruscana Vitis lincecumii Vitis monticola Vitis mustangensis Vitis x novae-angliae Vitis palmata Vitis riparia Vitis rotundifolia Vitis rupestris Vitis shuttleworthii Vitis... Binomial name Cucumis melo L. The melon is the fruit and plant of a typically vine-like (climber and trailer) herb that was first cultivated more than 4000 years ago (~ 2000 BC) in Persia and Africa. ... Condensed milk is cows milk from which water has been removed and to which sugar has been added, yielding a very thick, sweet product that can last on the shelf for years. ... Snow cone with cherry syrup A snow cone is a dessert item usually made of compacted shaved ice flavored with a brightly colored sugary syrup, usually fruit-flavored. ...


In addition to the streets, Kakigori is also sold in festivals, convenience stores, coffee shops, restaurants; during the hot summer months Kakigōri is sold virtually everywhere in Japan. Some coffee shops serve it with ice cream and sweet bean paste. Convenience stores may also sell it already flavored and packaged similar to ice cream. A festival is an event, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some unique aspect of that community. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Missing image Ice cream is often served on a stick Boxes of ice cream are often found in stores in a display freezer. ...


In other countries in East Asia, similar varieties can be seen. World map showing the location of Asia. ...

  • Bingsu (빙수): Korean shaved ice. The most popular kind is patbingsu. It is topped with sweetened red beans and canned fruits, and soybean powder. Many other varieties can be found throughout the country.
  • Bàobīng (刨冰) in Mandarin Pinyin or Chhoah-peng (剉冰) in Taiwanese POJ: Taiwanese shaved ice. There are many varieties in Taiwan. Some of them are topped with fresh fruits, fruits syrup and condensed milk. Some of them are topped with sweetened beans, glutinous rice balls and brown sugar syrup, while others will even use seafood. Some vendors use milk ice to make finer shaved ice, and some vendors may sometimes use a hand blade to shave block ice in order to produce rough crushed ice.
  • Halo halo: Filipino shaved ice topped with sweetened beans, nata de coco and ice-cream. "Halo-Halo" literally means "mix-mix" in the Tagalog language. Some shops in Japan also sell these sweets.
  • Ice Kachang: Singapore shaved ice topped with sweetened syrup of various colours and flavours, condensed milk, and sometimes also durian pulp or vanilla ice cream. Beneath the ice the stallholder would usually add sweetened red beans, canned fruits/ fruit cocktail, attap seeds and grass jelly which form the most basic of ingredients. Electric ice shavers are most often used; though some vendors may sometimes use a hand blade to shave block ice in order to produce rough crushed ice. Seafood has so far not been used as an ingredient in this dessert in the Singapore version.

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Kakigori (107 words)
Kakigori (かき氷) is a Japanese dessert made from shaved ice flavored with syrup.
To sweeten it condensed milk is often poured on top of it.
Food stalls on festivals, convenience stores, coffee shops; during the hot summer months Kakigori is sold virtually everywhere in Japan.
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