Unlike taro, which is more commonly found in Hong Kong, ube has a vibrant purple hue and a sweet and rich taste.Īccording to its packaging, the ice cream is made with milk from carabao - a domestic swamp-type water buffalo native to the Philippines - and has no artificial flavor added. Some netizens mentioned they managed to get the ice cream from Victory Supermart in World-Wide House in Central and Tagpuan Pinoy in Tung Lo Court in Sham Shui Po. “I managed to get one without ordering, so so so lucky❤️,” a Facebook user exclaimed. “I got a call this morning at 5:30am about the ice cream arriving,” said another. “Where did you get this? My domestic worker said this is very yummy, I want to buy it for her,” said one internet user. Posts on the Facebook group about the ice cream have been flooded with netizens’ celebrating after getting hold of the sought-after brand and questions from others on where they can locate it. “I once went to the Philippines and every tourist will carry at least one tub back,” said another. “This is very yummy😍, when I was young, my domestic worker and her husband always mailed some over for us,” said one internet user.

Many also shared their childhood memories eating the ice cream. Ube is seen as an essential ingredient of halo-halo due to lending the dessert. “It’s worth getting and it brings back memories of the past,” the netizen said. Ube ice cream is a common ingredient in halo-halo, a popular Filipino dessert consisting of a mix of various ingredients, such as coconut, sago, sweetened beans, slices of fruit such as jackfruit or mango, leche flan and nata de coco, and ube itself in halaya form. One Facebook user who managed to get a tub said it did not taste too sweet, has a nice ube flavor and bits of ube, and that the ice cream is creamy.

“I had this in the past and I miss it a lot,” said another.

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