After reading about the infamous raspados in Tucson, I knew I would lament over them until I got to experience the sweet satisfaction. I am so glad I did it sooner vs. later, as it is on and poppin' now....I am out to experience every raspados there is far and wide. I was picutring a glacier from DQ. You know the slush, with soft serve ice cream? Um, NO! This is fresh, not artifical, it is unlike anything I have ever had. So many flavors, layer upon layer, sweet, tart, cool, refreshing...ahhhhhhh......
Anyone, in for a UYE raspados taste off? Perhaps, a Sonoran dog, raspados crawl?
I got a medium, which was served in a Styrofoam cup. A couple scoops of hard vanilla ice cream was topped with a generous portion of shaved ice. I chose fresa (strawberry) and mango. They ladle on a couple of scoops of the fresh fruit which is floating in their natural juices (kinda like an aqua fresca liquid).
They pointed to a squeeze bottle on the counter and I said no thanks, since I had no clue what it was. (The teenage girls who were working, did not speak English). Lucky for me, a young girl was there, who stated it was like milk candy and it is great! So, I quickly told them add some of that. OMG! SOOOOO glad I did. It is canned leche....creamy, sweet, nectar of the gods. I want to put this on everything I can feasibly put it on. And as soon as I was done, I picked up a can at the grocery. Make sure you get some, or a ton, on yours!
Not too sweet, very refreshing, highly addictive. The flavors change, as the ice cream and shaved ice melt into one another. At first, I was a purist and did sampled the flavors separately....then half way through, I mixed it all up with my spoon...
The whole experience was wonderful. The little girl chatted us up, gave us the low down of her favorites. She really likes the leche flavored one as well. She cracked me up, because one minute after she finished her raspados, she left....and the next thing you know, she was back ordering another!
Corn cocktail is next up! Which I believe is corn, mayo, lime, chili, garlic, salt, pepper, hot sauce (if you want) and cheese-typically cotija.
Oh, and the pinata store next door looked really cool! read more