Falooda
Friday, 15. August 2008, 06:53:26
In Birmingham, there are many Asian fast food shops and sweet centres selling falooda.
Falooda is a sweet mixture of noodles, sour cream, and fruit/flower syrup. It can be a drink or something more solid than drink dipending on how liquid/solid the cream is and how much noodle there is.
I have seen it for a long time now, but never had chance to try... until last Saturday. I decided buy one cup from a Pakistani fast food shop.
When I ordered a cup, the guy at the counter put noodles, cream, basil seeds, and red syrup in a plastic cup, then he mixed them together with a spoon. Then he closed the cup with a cover and put a thick straw.
£2 for that.
Now taste. It was pretty particular because of the strange cream. It was something between sour cream and fresh cheese. Noodles were not as smooth as I would have liked. And I would have preferred it cold of chilled, but it was only lukewarm.
I finished about 90% of it, and at this point I felt slightly ill because of saturation.
I don't know if I liked it or not. It wasn't traumatic, but next time I will try from another shop.
Falooda is a sweet mixture of noodles, sour cream, and fruit/flower syrup. It can be a drink or something more solid than drink dipending on how liquid/solid the cream is and how much noodle there is.
I have seen it for a long time now, but never had chance to try... until last Saturday. I decided buy one cup from a Pakistani fast food shop.
When I ordered a cup, the guy at the counter put noodles, cream, basil seeds, and red syrup in a plastic cup, then he mixed them together with a spoon. Then he closed the cup with a cover and put a thick straw.
£2 for that.
Now taste. It was pretty particular because of the strange cream. It was something between sour cream and fresh cheese. Noodles were not as smooth as I would have liked. And I would have preferred it cold of chilled, but it was only lukewarm.
I finished about 90% of it, and at this point I felt slightly ill because of saturation.
I don't know if I liked it or not. It wasn't traumatic, but next time I will try from another shop.
WIDGETIZE
Shinjitsu_13 # 22. August 2008, 16:09
tabatakayoko # 23. August 2008, 17:43
I love East Asian sweets, but this one tasted less good. It was too thick creamy and lukewarm. It somehow reminded me of MacShake, and, I don't like MacShake either
From a different shop, I bought a boxfull of Pakistani sweet milky cakes, and they tasted far better.
http://my.opera.com/tabatakayoko/albums/showpic.dml?album=562682&picture=7987094
Shinjitsu_13 # 24. August 2008, 02:04
tabatakayoko # 24. August 2008, 12:27
You say the cakes are too sweet, but often sweet drinks like a bottle of coke or a cup of macshake contain more sugar than a slice of cake!
Do you live in Canada? How is the food there?
Shinjitsu_13 # 25. August 2008, 16:32
Yes, I live in Canada. Hmm.. the food? It is alright, I guess. I usually eat things that my mother prepares (spoiled, aren't I?
tabatakayoko # 25. August 2008, 19:24
No surprise if I did not like Falooda so much, eh?
(Don't take me wrong, however. I love sweet things. I just have issue wish sweet drinks!).
Does your mum cook well? In that case, lucky you!
fbaggins # 3. September 2008, 01:29
How are you these days?
When I first saw the pictures of Falooda, I thought 'Ahhh.. they have cendol there?'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cendol
I love cendol!