 Kakigōri
(かき氷, Kakigōri) - A Japanese dessert made from
shaved ice flavored with syrup.
Popular flavors include: strawberry, lemon, green tea,
grape, melon, "blue-hawaii" and colorless syrup. Some shops
provide colorful varieties by using two or more different
syrups. To sweeten Kakigōri, condensed milk is often poured
on top of it. It is nearly identical to a snow cone but can
have a slightly rougher consistency and a spoon is almost
always used. The traditional way of making kakigori involves
using a hand cranked machine to spin a block of ice over an
ice shaving blade. However, electric ice shavers are most
often used; though street vendors can still be seen
hand-shaving ice blocks in the summer.
In addition to the streets, Kakigori is also sold in
festivals, convenience stores, coffee shops, restaurants;
during the hot summer months Kakigōri is sold virtually
everywhere in Japan. Some coffee shops serve it with ice
cream and sweet bean paste. Convenience stores may also sell
it already flavored and packaged similar to ice cream.
Information source: “Kakigori.” wikipedia.org. Article date:
24 Jan. 2008. Retrieved: Wikipedia. 4 Feb. 2008 <Kakigori>.
Video - The following shows an older woman
making kakigori.
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