Deshi Milk Flavored Brick Shape Ice Cream Review

 

Fro-yo girl here. Good Fortune Supermarket’s Alhambra location has a freezer near the front door filled with interesting popsicles/ice pops from China. They open boxes of popsicles to sell them individually. The packaging is all in Chinese with no English translation.

I bought a package of Deshi Big Milk Brick ice cream. The packaging also says thirty years ago and not too sweet on it.

It’s a rectangular brick-shaped, milk—flavored ice cream bar. One bar is 70g. It’s realty good – very thick, creamy, and rich. It tastes rich and indulgent and it’s sweet but not crazy sweet.

The bars come in a box of five. At Good Fortune, one bar was just $1.29. They had another flavor, possibly chocolate.

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5 out of 5 stars.

* Good Fortune Supermarket, 300 W Main St, Ste 120, Alhambra, CA 91801

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White Rabbit Ice Cream Bar Review

Fro-yo girl here. I’ve been eyeing the GuangMing White Rabbit Ice Cream Bars for the last few years, but I didn’t want to buy an entire box of five bars. Fortunately, Good Fortune Supermarket in Alhambra sells them individually. White Rabbit bars are $2.99 each.

The bars are imported and a product of the Shanghai Yimin Food Factory in Shanghai, China. They’re made with milk and butter.

The packaging is cute because it looks like a giant White Rabbit candy. The ice cream bar is cylindrical, and it looks like a giant White Rabbit candy! It also smells and tastes like White Rabbit candy. If you’ve had White Rabbit candy, you would recognize the taste immediately. The bar was firm and didn’t melt quickly. I was amazed that it was also slightly chewy, like the candy. It tastes milky and sweet. Wow, I didn’t know an ice cream bar could be so similar to White Rabbit candy.

If you like White Rabbit candy, you must try these bars.

* Good Fortune Supermarket, 300 W Main St, Ste 120, Alhambra, CA 91801

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Shenyang Imperial Palace Museum Phoenix Tower Popsicle Review

Fro-yo girl here. I was excited to find Shenyang Imperial Palace Museum pops/ice bars imported from China, for sale at Good Fortune Supermarket in Alhambra. They’re sold individually for $2.99/popsicle or by the box. A box contains 3 individually wrapped popsicles.

I purchased the Zhenghongqi Armor popsicle and the Phoenix Tower popsicle. The Phoenix Tower was the tallest building in Shenyang during the Qing Dynasty.

The packaging is in Chinese. It says, “Shenyang Forbidden City Phoenix Tower Light Milk Ice Cream.” The wooden popsicle stick says Shenyang Forbidden City.

The back of the packaging has a photo of Phoenix Tower and a story about the building.

Each popsicle is 72g and is made with cream and milk. The popsicle looked just like the picture on the package, i.e., a three-story building.

The milk flavor seemed a bit off. It tasted a bit buttery and was creamy and firm but had an icy edge. It didn’t taste fresh. The strawberry Zhenghonggi Armor popsicle tasted better.

* Good Fortune Supermarket, 300 W Main St, Ste 120, Alhambra, CA 91801

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Shenyang Imperial Palace Museum Zhenghongqi Armor Popsicle Review

Fro-yo girl here. I was excited to find Shenyang Imperial Palace Museum pops/ice bars imported from China, for sale at Good Fortune Supermarket in Alhambra. They’re sold individually for $2.99/popsicle or by the box. A box contains 3 individually wrapped popsicles.

I purchased the Zhenghongqi Armor popsicle. The packaging is in Chinese. It says, “Shenyang Forbidden City Zhenghongqi Armor Succulent Berry Ice Cream.” The wooden popsicle stick says Shenyang Forbidden City. There’s a long story about the history of the armor on the back of the package. The armor is from the Eight Banners, the military organization of the Manchu.

Each popsicle is 72g and is made with milk, cream, and strawberries. The popsicle looked just like the picture on the package. I liked the flavor. The ice cream was creamy but with an icy edge and I could see some strawberry bits. The strawberry was blended throughout the pop. It tasted natural and not too sweet. It’s not as refreshing as a popsicle with less dairy, but it’s more satisfying. I’d like a little more strawberry flavor.

The Shenyang Imperial Place in Shenyang City is the only other royal palace in China (the other royal place is the one in Beijing’s Forbidden City). It was built in 1625 by the emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

4.5 out of 5 stars.

* Good Fortune Supermarket, 300 W Main St, Ste 120, Alhambra, CA 91801

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Rise of Photogenic Chinese Popsicles

 

Fro-yo girl here. In the past few years, I’ve noticed that local Asian markets have been carrying a wider variety of Chinese popsicles. Popsicles seem more popular than ice cream pints. I’m not sure why. The flavors and shapes of these imported popsicles are so intriguing.

TaoQi peach ice cream looks like Chinese peaches. It seems to be popular on TikTok. Some popsicles are shaped like animals, buildings, landmarks, flowers, and clothing. Some are even sold individually! Flavors include grape green tea & cheese, peach & oolong, taro, hawthorn, grass jelly, mango sago pomelo, etc. And yes, I've seen froyo ice pops/popsicles, but they're the standard popsicle shape,

I bought a coconut ice pop, imported from China, from 99 Ranch Market. It was under $1.79 for one popsicle. The popsicle looked like four round balls and the top ball had the face of a dog (or bear?). The popsicle was very firm and icy. It had bits of coconut. It was a bit too sweet but cute and inexpensive. It seemed to melt too fast too (and it wasn’t a hot day). I'd give it 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Many cultural sites (e.g., the Great Wall, Temple of Heaven, Forbidden City) in China are now offering customized ice pops and yes, these are popular with tourists. It’s become popular to post pictures of these popsicles on social media. I wonder who is making these elaborate popsicle molds?

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