Monday, September 22, 2008

Ice Kacang

Ice Kacang, is no stranger to most of us with its wonderful colors and chill on the tongue.
Also known as ABC (Ais Batu Campur), or Ais Kacang - these 2 Malay words basically means, in literal translation ice with mixed ingredients or ice with nuts/beans.
They both provide a simple description of what Ice Kacang is all about - shaved ice with assorted condiments.

Back to those days during our parents' or even grandparents' time, it was said that this cool and tantalizing dessert started off with shaved ice and red beans; with a serving of sweet syrup.
That was how it got its name and like everything else, innovation and creativity took the better of them and ice kacang evolved into the various forms and ingredients we see today.

How do you judge a good bowl of ice kacang/ABC?
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Physical appearance?
Colors?
Amount of ingredients?
Lots of shaved ice?
Lots of sweet syrup for a sweet taste?
What are your criteria?

Frankly, even I myself have tasted more than 1 type of ice kacang and I can't really define what is really the perfect Ice Kacang.
Hmmmmm....I'd probably say that it has to have the right ratio and proportion of ingredients used and the ingredients must complement each other.
For instance, a bowl of normal ice kacang would definitely have red beans (tianjin beans, kidney beans), sweet corn, grass jelly, attap chee, jelly?
Oooo...attap chee is a must for me!~:D

Some of you may like the sprinkling of ground nuts atop and also one scoop of ice-cream and lots of syrup or even with milk.
Not for me though; since I prefer my ice kacang to be simple...after all simplicity is the best, isn't it:)

This is one ice kacang I like in Penang; and there's so much ingredients in this one bowl that you can share it with 2-3 people (seriously, I'd never be able to finish it...like Nic said, some kids can do better!:p)
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With so much ingredients, how much do you think it's worth?

(FYI, for non-Malaysians, a bowl of ice kacang typically costs around RM1.50-RM5)

A rendition of an old ice kacang song I learnt:
Ais kacang, ais ais kacang
Singgah di gerai ais kacang diminta
Susu dan jagung
Kacang dan Lenggong
Air Gula Berwarna
Campur Semua
Enak rasanya
Kegemaran Kita Semua

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