How do Filipinos like their halo halo - with ice cream or with "kaskas yelo"?

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Binibini

shaved ice, then ice cream and leche flan on top.

Hot Chick

both.. waahh, i want a halo halo too :(

maej

Both!

I love halo-halo with kaskas yelo (sounds funny!) and ice cream.....

Topped with leche flan and ube... ummmm....

am going to grab some in chowking today!

it's so hot in here... am craving for halo-halo...

thanks for the reminder!

Sir Eds

The "kaskas yelo" is an essential ingredient; the ice cream is extra. Halo-halo with ice cream is usually considered a special variety in restaurants and halo-halo stands. For example, ChowKing sells essentially two kinds of halo-halo: with or without ice cream (and for the latter you can choose between one scoop or two), and one can have either in one of various sizes.

When ice cream isn't available (especially where it's tough to keep it from melting into ube- or melon-flavored milk), the sugar and evaporated milk adds the creamy taste, and the debate is on which brand of evap is the best (usually Liberty vs. Carnation).

FYI: Americans find halo-halo weird because it contains corn. They're not used to finding corn in their desserts. They should try Japanese pizza.

~ne~

both! =D especially ube ice cream.. one of my favorites i wish they sold it in america without the extra flavors in it (ex: coconut although i like coconut i just like ube all by itself =D)

nelle_de

both....... but more shaved ice than ice cream

animemagic

both a long as there are too may topping on it

dave i am

uhhmmmm.... NOW I'M CRAVING FOR ONE!!! lol...

Ruby Hernandez

I prefer my halo-halo made of kinaskas na yelo.

A Kid with a Wooden Sword

I love the halo-halo in Chow King.

looking 4 a summer job

halo halo is with shaved ice, the ice cream only comes on top.

It is like ice kachang of our malay and singapore neighbors, though I dont know if we came first in making halo halo.

the ice should be finely shaved, not the crushed variety which leaves some large chunks in the halo halo. this is tough to munch specially when you think you have a hearty serving of sweet banana and langka with ube and you bite into hard ice. owww.

top you halo halo with leche flan and caramel ice cream or vanilla del luxe or mantikado. yummy

hey summer time's here.

exodus

I like Halo halo with complete ingredients:
Boiled red mungo beans, kidney beans, garbanzo beans, sugar palm fruit (kaong), coconut sport (macapuno), and plantains, jackfruit (langka), tapioca or sago, nata de coco, purple yam (ube), sweet potato (kamote), sweetened corn kernels or pounded crushed rice (pinipig), leche flan , and gelatin. Fruits, such as papayas, avocados, kiwifruit, bananas or cherries, are optional.
topped with ice cream

Yes, summer is here!!!!

noldzki

With the original "kaskas yelo". Ube and leche flan toppings. Yummmmmmyyyy!!! (buti na lang me halo-halo dito sa napuntahan ko, hehehe)

lepactodeloupes

i love it very much, every time i went to another place when halo halo is being offered even in bangketa or sidewalk i try to buy even in rainy season not just for summer flavor

Juan C