Bingsu Reviews (Oma spoon, Chi-Bing & more) – YSK
Hiiii kayden here, bringing you your weekly dose of YSK eats!
This week is my study week so I’m gonna be real busy so I will post in advance! Get ready your popcorn and let’s start the review.
Today’s topic is on Bingsu :3 Tell me, who doesn’t love bingsu???? Cannot be rightttt!
I knew it! *casually ignores everyone’s responses*
So, Ice and myself are BIG FANS of bingsu (Even though I don’t like Korean food) and we have been to several bingsu cafes to try out their bingsu. Listed below are some that we have tried.
- Oma Spoon
- Ice Lab
- Han Bing Cafe
- Nunsongyee
- Snowman desserts
- Chi-Bing
Han Bing Cafe @ Botanic Gardens
If you have been following my blog, Ice and I went to this cafe on the same day we went to Casa Verde to celebrate Valentine’s day!
When we first walked in, I was really surprised. The environment is so casual and the owner is very friendly as well (In fact, the owner’s child was playing around in the shop and the owner was doing her hair just at the opposite beauty salon). It is at these restaurants that you know they serve quality stuff, not those shops that have pretty interior but are just out to earn your money and serves average food. Well, all I can say is this cafe serves real legit green tea bingsu.
I never knew why red bean is always paired with matcha (in fact, i always remove the red bean from matcha bingsu) until that day when I tasted han bing’s green tea bingsu. Matcha powder is suppose to be bitter!!! Every other shop adds so much sugar to the powder that it becomes sweet. It must be bitter for you to appreciate the red beans because it really blends with the bitter taste and brings it to a really satisfying flavor imo. The sweet red bean complements the bitter matcha taste really well.
If you guys pass by there, try it (:
Oma spoon @ Somerset
Top left – green mountain binsu; Bottom left – yuzu mango bingsu; Right – chocolate banana bingsu
As you can see from the pictures, Ice and I have visited this cafe many many times. It was first recommended to me by Ice and it was the first time I tasted Bingsu. I was blown away tbh. My favourite is their green mountain bingsu which is a mix of Orea and sweetened matcha powder. However, Ice’s favourite is their mango cheesecake bingsu, partly because she likes cheesecake, and also the mango is sweet and nice, but we forgot to take picture>