Greetings!
Hopefully if you are reading this, you are in the sanctuary of a cool and comfortable place…and not dying from this heat wave. For those that aren’t somewhere cool and refreshing, I wanted to put up a post today that would encourage nothing but cool and comfortable conditions.
But I have to admit, not even the photos here are cooling me off. I woke up so wonderfully comfortable with my air conditioner humming and then hopped into a warm shower to come out sweating. I knew that if I was already sweating at 7am that it was going to be a long day. I dressed and walked my dog who protested this weather while I longed for a trenta sized iced coffee (dude…that is one serious bucket-o-java). I slowly walked to the the train station where I was hot but not miserable. I proceeded to wait for 7 minutes while my skin glistened with sweat. By the time the train came, I was dripping.
There is nothing wrong with a little sweat sesh…but in 4 inch heels and dress slacks, not so much fun. But on a morning like today I want to bathe in this:
What is that you might ask?
Its the cure. Its shaved ice, like no other shaved ice I have ever had in my life. In last week’s Time Out New York, instead of adding it to the magazine pile on my dining table, i actually read it and discovered a new spot by my office that offered a south pacific treat that would cool me to the core.
I skipped lunch the other day and took a walk near 1 Police Plaza and saw this little kiosk that I remembered from Time Out New York. There was no time like the present to try this amazingness since I was hot and in need of refrescamente! There are two sizes at Wooly’s. Wooly size , $4 and Mammoth size, $6. I opted for a wooly size since I wasnt sure if i was going to love it… To order you must:
-Choose your size. I chose Wooly
-Choose your ICE. There was green tea shaved ice and original. I went with original.
-Choose your topping. (2 for wooly, 3 for mammoth) By the time I got there, all the fruit was gone. All that was left was fruity pebbles, brownies, and mochi. I chose brownies and mochi.
- Choose your syrup. Chocolate, strawberry, condensed Milk and lychee. I chose condensed milk.
They made my ice. I paid and walked back to my desk with it.
The entire thing is delicately sweet. The ice is shaved and looks like thin ribbons of snow in a cup. The ice itself is a little sweetened and the addition of the other yummies makes this uber refreshing. I think i would LOVE this if i had the fruit syrups!
It looks like ice cream. I'd never know it was shaved ice!
Holy Yum! You always find the best food finds. BTW TRENTA ice coffee is the only way I roll these days. It is heaven in a cup!
This looks like a Filipino dessert called halo-halo (means "mix-mix"). Condensed milk, fruit and tapioca over shaved ice. Sounds sooo good right now. Thanks for sharing!
I dont know if I've ever had shaved ice before–it looks just like ice cream! And it's frickin hot as balls in FL. I forgot how gross it is here but at least it's near the beach so I can deal. And screw the heat-I would take that over walking about in 4 inch heels-no thank you.