Amigo Ice Shop
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Operating Hours : 1200-2200hrs, everyday.
Remarks : Opened for 2 months at time of this post
Conclusion : Recommended place to go for snow-dessert in batam-center.Go for the durian snow dessert
1. We were already (too) full from dinner (Rony). I dun try food when I’m too full. Cuz, If it’s delicious – I just can’t finish and it’s a damn shame.
2. The best snow dessert I ever had was 20 years ago at Plaza Pelangi in JB (Msia). That stall vanished. Since then, none has come close to it.
3. I am not a ice+syrup dessert guy.
Went in, asked the boss (speaks surprisingly fluent mandarin – likely Malaysian) about this durian snow dessert. Says it’s his best seller. So ordered one, and another – mixed fruits.
Mixed Fruit : RP16K, Durian : RP18K
Firstly, the ice ! It was very soft … it was
softer and finer than real snow... softer than the one I had 20 years ago …. For a few seconds, I was in a state of confusion … (“how is it that soft !?”)
Scooped a piece of the flesh , with the chocolate syrup/condensed milk snow , put in my mouth ….. PPHAARK.. Mmmeee.. SYDEWEIZZZZ.... ..Wat..the…phhhaarrrkkk ~~~~~~!!! My senses went into overdrive : screw my full stomach.. I gorged on the durian snow dessert .. didn’t talk … I just kept eating …. The soft snow texture… combined with the “ooomph”, aroma and taste of a real durian… together with the chocolate syrup… and coupled with the “snow”-condensed milk. The condensed milk wasn't (too) sweet as ice is water and further countered by the bitter from the chocolate syrup. Wonderful combination.
real durian
And because it gets really cold in the mouth .. I had to stop eating new spoonful once-often. And when I do, the sensations lingered *longer* : the snow melting in my mouth and flavours playing around with one another… chewing on the durian flesh – enjoying the aromas same time. Take in a new spoonful again - sensations and tastes become *stronger* ... a continuous cycle... it is sadistic.... It is beautiful...
(Can't have this kind of sensation with crushed ice or big-grained ice - cuz one will tend to chew the ice. Only very fine ice completely-melts almost immediately in mouth)
We finished that bowl in under 5 mins. But we found out that 5 mins was too long for the mixed fruits dessert – the snow started to change to the blocky ice(-kachang). Learnt something new.
I am going to eat this durian dessert *very, very often*
ENJOY!!!