Monday, July 28, 2008

Nicaraguan Slushies

I tried the least pleasant type of raspado I've encountered so far at the parade here. They take a huge cup of shaved ice and cover it in a berry syrup that's so thick it covers the ice like a skin rather than flavoring it. Then top it off with this sweet milk cream stuff which is insanely sweet but way too dairy for that to be okay. It's like what would happen if you stirred sugar into boiling milk until it was the consistency of mayonnaise. Gastronomic tourism is really a hit or miss thing.

1 comment:

DF said...

"Gastronomic tourism,"a great phrase.