Red bean ice
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| country = Hong Kong
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| course = Dessert
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| served = Cold
| main_ingredient = azuki bean, rock sugar, evaporated milk
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{{Chinese|t=紅豆冰|s=红豆冰|p=hóngdòubīng|j=hung4 dau2 bing1|l=red bean ice|showflag=j|y=hung4 dau2 bing1}}
Red bean ice is a drink commonly found in Hong Kong.
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}} 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.{{cite web
|url=http://travel.cnn.com/hong-kong/eat/best-cooling-food-list-388365?page=0,2
|title=Best cold treats in Hong Kong
|author=Doris Tsang
|work=CNN Travel
|date=2011-08-19
|accessdate=2014-08-04
|archive-date=2014-08-10
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810144255/http://travel.cnn.com/hong-kong/eat/best-cooling-food-list-388365?page=0,2
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}} It is often topped with ice cream to become a dessert known as red bean ice cream ({{zh|t=紅豆冰|s=红豆冰|first=t}}).{{cite web|title=Hong Kong Drink|url=http://www.hongkongtripguide.com/hong-kong-drink.html|website=hongkongtripguide.com|accessdate=4 August 2014}}
Origin
Red bean ice tea has been around since the 1970s.
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|date=21 April 2010
|accessdate=9 October 2012
}} 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.{{cite web |title=耳聽八方: (兒時味道) 懷舊紅豆冰 |url=http://old.cchc-herald.org/hk/?page_id=19558 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708092517/http://old.cchc-herald.org/hk/?page_id=19558 |archivedate=2022-07-08 |accessdate=2022-07-08 |url-status=live}}
See also
- Mango shaved ice
- Red bean soup
- Ice kachang
- List of legume dishes
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References
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Category:1970 establishments in Hong Kong
Category:Non-alcoholic mixed drinks
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