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| The Pat Bingsu at Snowy Village does not disappoint at all. Two thumbs up! |
Despite all the great hoo-ha concerning this Korean dessert, I've never had the motivation or resources to go and try the famous Pat Bingsu which is taking our little sunny island by storm. I dub it as Korean Ice Kachang, and I know I'm probably not the first to do so, but despite the label I honestly feel that Pat Bingsu beats our local dessert by notches. I think the secret lies in the shavings. While Singapore uses ice shavings, Korea ups its game by using milk shavings. Hello, creamy dessert!
Thanks to my magnificent younger sister Julina, we managed to enjoy a deal at Snowy Village, redeeming one large bowl of Sweet Potato Bingsu for only $7.90! What a steal, considering the inflated prices out there!
The wait for the bingsu was short, which was great. The waitresses are true-blue Koreans, which adds on to the atmosphere of being in a Korean cafe. They were friendly and there was no problem communicating with them at all!
This particular flavour was good, although I honestly couldn't tell that it was sweet potato. The only thing that was sweet potato was the orange paste you can see in the middle, and the rest were just complementary tastes. I would say that they definitely went well with each other!
If there is one thing I have to say about Snowy Village, it's that it certainly made my first Bingsu experience worthwhile. The ice cream went extremely well with the injeolmi at the side, and when topped with the milk ice shavings - HEAVEN. I like how the red bean provided an additional colour to the dish, and the sweetness complemented the sweet potato paste much better than I had imagined! All these, and yet I'm not a big fan of sweet potato. Now I can't wait to try out Green Tea and Black Sesame!
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| Yum! |
I'd definitely visit again if I was in the vicinity, and if I had the money to. However the portion is really quite large so I'd prefer to have 2-3 people sharing a bowl. Speaking of which, the Korean waitresses were really considerate! Knowing that we came to redeem just a single bowl of Bingsu, they prepared three spoons for me and my two sisters so that we may share it with each other. I'm thinking that if they were Singaporean waitresses, they'd probably only give us a single spoon to begrudgingly hint that they want us to order three bowls ever-so-subtly.
Prior to entering the cafe I also took a picture of the surroundings just to help anyone out there who might like to visit this interesting cafe, since it is rather difficult to find.
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| View to the right when standing at the entrance: The Lasalle School of The Arts! |
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| Area just opposite the cafe. I believe part of the SMU campus? |
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| View to the left, showing the Presbyterian Church |
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| The cafe to the right! |
Snowy Village
120A Prinsep Street
10am-9pm daily
xoxo
Valerie
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