[LOVE THINGS] Pat bing-soo - Korean dessert


Now that summer’s  here. I love eating ice cold drink and dessert in the summer heat, especially "Pat bing-soo" is my favorite dessert. It is a very cool and popular dessert in Korea. It’s even sold at McDonald, KFC and Burger King.
 
It's a dish full of shaved ice topped with red bean paste, a scoop of ice cream, condensed milk, fruits, and Other Toppings. It is very easy to make and you can add some toppings to suit your taste. (But I always eat that at cafes, restaurants and bakeries)



 

A lot of cafes have their own version of this dessert. Sometime there are unusual menu that I never expected. For an example, Makgeolli bing-soo, Royal milk tea bing-soo, Cheesecake bing-soo, Injeolmi bing-soo..
 
Today, I will introduce you to a variety of bing-soo I have eaten. These things are only part of the menu you can eat in Korea.
 




 

Menu: Adzuki-bean ice dessert
Cafe: White block in Gyeonggi-do
 
This shaved ice topped with red bean paste, a scoop of green tea ice cream, nuts, chewy tteok(rice cake), syrup, and etc.
It'd depend on personal taste, But I don't like these bing-soo includes too many ingredients.
 



 
Menu: Azabu red bean ice flakes
Cafe: Azabu in Seoul
 
It’s the very simple version! This bing-soo is made with shaved ice, house made red bean paste, milk and a taiyaki(Japanese fish-shaped cake).

 


 
Menu:  Look&eat Pat bing su
Cafe: Look & eat in Seoul

Red bean is the most important ingredient for this icy dessert and it called "Pat" in Korean. So, the most common name for this dessert is “Pat bing-soo".
 
 


Menu:  Ice flake with strawberry
Cafe: Rue in Seoul

This bingsoo includes strawberry ice cream, fruits, mochi and topped off with shaved ice that is drizzled with strawberry syrup. Very delicious and refreshing!
 




 
Menu:  Milk bing-soo
Cafe: Rue in Incheon

This bingsoo do not follow the tradition and do not include the red bean paste. It looks like a huge snow mountain in a bowl decorated with nuts and ice cream. And it's suited to people who don't like red bean paste.
 
 

 
Menu: Green tea bing-soo
Cafe: Cafe de Nophie in Gyeonggi-do
 
There are hundreds of different ice flavors from vanilla, strawberry, chocolate to green tea. Among them, green tea icecream is one of the most common ingredient for making Pat bing-soo. I also like the astringent taste of green tea:)
The glutinous rice cake on the shaved ice has a chewy texture and It also has red bean filling.
 
 



 
Menu: Shaved milky snow ice with green tea powder and green tea gelato
Cafe: 10 CORSO COMO CAFE in Seoul
 
This is much simpler than any other bing-soo, but it has a smooth, rich taste.
 
Aside from this, There are a lot of different kinds of bing-soo. If you haven't tried bing-soo yet and you are planning a trip to Korea this summer, try it!
It’s a great way to cool off during the hot days!
 
 

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