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Red bean ice

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Red bean ice
CourseDessert
Place of originHong Kong
Serving temperatureCold
Main ingredientsazuki bean, rock sugar, evaporated milk
Red bean ice
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Jyutpinghung4 dau2 bing1
Literal meaningred bean ice
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinhóngdòubīng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationhung4 dau2 bing1
Jyutpinghung4 dau2 bing1

Red bean ice is a drink commonly found in Hong Kong.[1] It is usually served in restaurants like cha chaan teng. It is a popular dessert in the summer. The standard ingredients include adzuki beans, light rock sugar syrup, and evaporated milk.[2] It is often topped with ice cream to become a dessert known as red bean ice cream (traditional Chinese: 紅豆冰; simplified Chinese: 红豆冰).[3]

Origin

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Red bean ice tea has been around since the 1970s.[4] Some places which serve the drink add in chewy flavored jelly. Red bean icy is common in Hong Kong style cafés, Hong Kong style western restaurants and Hong Kong style fast food stores, but some restaurants such as fast food stores usually serve it only in summer, and some of them add a ball of ice-cream to the red bean icy, so it is called ice-cream red bean icy.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "What Is Red Bean Ice". wisegeek.com. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  2. ^ Doris Tsang (2011-08-19). "Best cold treats in Hong Kong". CNN Travel. Archived from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
  3. ^ "Hong Kong Drink". hongkongtripguide.com. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  4. ^ "冰室打拼50年 (Chinese)". orientaldaily. 21 April 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  5. ^ "耳聽八方: (兒時味道) 懷舊紅豆冰". Archived from the original on 2022-07-08. Retrieved 2022-07-08.