Patbingsu

Patbingsu

Infobox Korean name


caption = "Patbingsu" and "nokcha bingsu" (green tea "bingsu"). Note the addition of cherry tomatoes
hangul = 팥빙수
hanja = linktext|팥|氷|水
rr = patbingsu
mr = p'atpingsu

"Patbingsu" or "patbingsoo" is a very popular snack/dessert in South Korea, especially during the sweltering and humid summer season.

This snack is composed of ice shavings and sweetened azuki beans (known as 팥, or "pat"). It initially began as a mixture of hand shaved ice and sweetened azuki beans.tteok" (rice cake), chewy jelly bits, and cereal flakes. Some vendors add cherry tomatoes as cherry tomatoes are generally considered a fruit in South Korea.Fact|date=August 2008 [ [http://www.zenkimchi.com/FoodJournal/?p=275 Zenkimchi food blog on the "fruit" status of tomatoes in Korea] ]

Variations

"Bingsu" are available in different flavors. Green tea and coffee are popular variates. For the summer 2007 season, Starbucks Korea released a frappuccino inspired by "patbingsu". [ [http://www.korea.net/News/News/NewsView.asp?serial_no=20070726036&part=112&SearchDay= Starbucks Korea's red bean drink goes global] ]

Availability

"Patbingsu" is a summer specialty item found on the menus of most fast food restaurants in South Korea. KFC, McDonald's, Lotteria, and Burger King usually carry "patbingsu" on their menus from May to September. The ice cream/yogurt chains Pinkberry and Red Mango carry it year round.

"Patbingsu" is also a very popular dessert at cafés in Los Angeles' Koreatown. [ [http://www.latimes.com/features/food/cl-wk-cover5jul05,1,543955.story?coll=la-headlines-food/ A game of top this in frozen yogurt wars - Los Angeles Times] ]

Eating

Fans of "patbingsu" have different methods of eating. Some are "mixers" and immediately mix all the toppings into the base of ice and pat before eating. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/superlocal/103214157/ photo] Others are serial eaters, eating each topping in succession. There is also a hybrid style where one starts as a serial eater and then after sampling each topping, the eater mixes the remaining toppings.

Making patbingsu at home

During summer many grocery stores in Korea offer ready made ingredients for making patbingsu at home.

Gallery

ee also

* Ais kacang
* Red bean ice
* Halo halo
* Kakigori
* Piragua - Puerto Rican frozen treat.

References


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