{"id":1902,"date":"2023-09-01T17:00:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T08:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/?p=1902"},"modified":"2025-07-21T18:06:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T09:06:59","slug":"23054","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/23054\/","title":{"rendered":"How to eat Japanese shaved ice |What’s the best way to eat shaved ice?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Using the spoon vertically.<\/h2>\r\n
\"Using<\/div>\r\n

When you eat shaved ice, do you place the spoon horizontally into the shaved ice? For better taste, spoon the shaved ice vertically. This is because by placing the spoon vertically, you can enjoy the contrast of the flavors of the syrups on the shaved ice.<\/p>\r\n

This time we had shaved ice with “green tea azuki”. The rich-tasting syrup is handmade on site using matcha tea imported from Hokaen. It is a long-established tea wholesaler in Kyoto with a history of 160 years.
\r\nThe shaved ice is topped with azuki beans. The red beans are said to be carefully boiled in the store, so they are plump and fluffy.<\/p>\r\n

Enjoy the harmony of azuki beans and matcha flavor starting from the top.<\/p>\r\n

Topped with condensed milk!<\/h3>\r\n
\"Topped<\/div>\r\n

If you ask for “matcha azuki,” try topping it with mild condensed milk. The homemade condensed milk has a thick and elegant sweetness that goes perfectly with the matcha green tea and azuki beans. The harmony of bitterness and gentle sweetness will spread in your mouth.
\r\n\u203bHomemade condensed milk topping is an extra charge<\/p>\r\n

Try tasting only ice<\/h2>\r\n
\"Try<\/div>\r\n

When you eat through to the middle, you will reach the ice-only part. You may think that ice alone has no flavor, but in fact, we avoid having syrup on it so that you can enjoy the taste of natural ice.
\r\nWhen you bring the ice without syrup to your mouth, you will find a slightly crispy texture in the fluffy ice.
\r\nI was able to notice the charm of shaved ice that is unique with the syrup.<\/p>\r\n

Climaxes with a follow-up syrup!<\/h2>\r\n
\"Climaxes<\/div>\r\n

After tasting just the ice, pour the optional follow-up syrup evenly over the ice.<\/p>\r\n

\"Climaxes<\/div>\r\n

At the bottom were azuki beans and agar.
\r\nThe homemade matcha syrup is crafted to a concentration that takes into account the melting of the ice. Therefore, when eaten with slightly melted ice, it was like enjoying a frozen drink! I was able to enjoy the shaved ice to the very end.<\/p>\r\n

Avoid brain freeze by knowing the ice<\/h2>\r\n
\"Avoid<\/div>\r\n

Do you ever get brain freeze when eating shaved ice? Actually, natural ice is less likely to give you a headache.<\/p>\r\n

\"Avoid<\/div>\r\n

The ice used at Urara is from the Shougetsu Ice House, a natural ice warehouse established in 1894 in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture. The ice is made by slowly freezing it over a period of about two weeks in a natural environment that is almost the same today as it was when the company was founded. The ice has far fewer impurities than artificial ice, and because it is clear and hard, it becomes fluffy when shaved thin, resulting in shaved ice with no sharp edges.<\/p>\r\n

Although it is easy to feel that you have to eat shaved ice in a hurry, taking a little time to savor it will allow you to appreciate its charms even more. Enjoy a moment to forget the heat with shaved ice this summer!<\/p>\r\n

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Shaved ice is one of the most popular summer treats in Japan.
\nAccording to a survey by a Japanese weather company, more people prefer shaved ice to ice cream with temperatures over 30\u00b0C . For more information, we asked Urara, an old private house cafe, how they enjoy shaved ice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[56,64,97],"class_list":["post-1902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slug_articles","tag-what","tag-classic","tag-summer"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1902"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2331,"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions\/2331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}