After Mother's day dinner jiak simi?
Blackball – The Must Eats at Taiwan’s No1 Glass Jelly Dessert Chain
This Blackball Taiwanese dessert 黑丸嫩仙草 has been attracting good support, especially among the youths at Bugis+.
Seriously, with Singapore’s hot weather, almost any dessert-thing should work.
Blackball is said to be Taiwan’s No.1 grass jelly desert chain, with natural ingredients flown fresh from Guanxi (that’s why more expensive lah.)
The Taiwanese desserts are available cold, warm, hot or icy. I swiftly ordered the BlackBall Signature Crushed Ice ($4.90), Jiu Fen Taro Ball Crushed Ice ($4.50) and Honey Yam Crushed Ice with Milk.
The top-selling BlackBall Crushed Ice comes with an abundant variety of toppings, such as golden sweet potato, pearl, red bean, yam ball, glass jelly topped with milk.
Actually, it is qqqqqqquite close to what I had in Taiwan. You know it is not quite there yet, but is still quite delicate especially the glass jelly which has a winning smooth texture yet not being overly sweet.
The Honey Yam Crushed Ice was my table’s favourite, the yam tenderly soft almost disintegrating in the mouth. The aesthetic value can be improved, but refreshing factor is definitely there.
The Taiwanese desserts we had are not (I quote my friend) “life-changing”, but are “nice and deserve a repeat visit”. I concur.
Even my Taiwanese friend commented that it is not too bad. The name “Blackball” comes from a combination of ‘black’ glass jelly and taro ‘balls’. And Blackball’s silky glass jelly is indeed one of the best-tasting available here.
Blackball Singapore 黑丸嫩仙草
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