Neveria Flor de Mexico Offers a Treatise on Icy Treats
[SUMMER GUIDE] Where to go this summer for frozen fun you can eat
JOE-LATTI FROM JOE'S ITALIAN ICE
Joe's sits in a lonely hut on its own tiny lot, along a dark stretch of road just outside the border of Disneyland's tourist enclave. In the night, the luminous stand looks like something straight out of an Edward Hopper painting, a refuge for the desolate. Its specialty is authentic Philly-style water ice in permutations too numerous to recount but include those named Razzamatazz and Bananadana. Made in the store with fruit and just the right dosage of sugar and food coloring, the best way to consume it is as a Joe-Latti. A waxed-paper cup is filled by teenage employees with the Italian ice of your choosing, then topped with a dollop of a rich, soft-serve vanilla ice cream of an ultra-dense, calorically concentrated East Coast character. Unfortunately, city officials recently announced they are going ahead with plans to relocate Joe's to make way for another hotel complex, so get the full experience while you can: This may be the last summer it'll be at its current home. 12302 Harbor Blvd., Garden Grove, (714) 750-1076; joesice.com.
SNOW ICE FROM THE BALCONY GRILL & BAR
A common misconception is that snow ice is the same as shave ice. It isn't. Snow ice starts as a block of frozen milk; it's then milled to ribbons at once fluffy, airy and absent ice's granular crunch. The beloved Taiwanese invention forms a soft landing for a myriad of sugary beans, peanuts, fudge and fruit. In Balcony Grill & Bar's rendition, the flavor comes when these ingredients are piled on in vast quantities to form a mountain of a dessert designed for sharing. Sherpas are not required, but as your mouth numbs from the coldness, frostbite isn't farfetched. 2710 Alton Pkwy., Ste. 215, Irvine, (949) 387-0888; thebalconygrill.com.
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