Anything with real fruit instead of candied jelly or whatever gets four stars in my book.

I did have some quite delicious 호박빙수 the other day at the train-themed cafe in Insa-dong. It was, technically, a 팥빙수 dish, since it had the sweet red beans as well, but it was the pumpkin that made it unique. Very good, and I shall head back there again sometime.

there is a little bit of candied fruit in The Best Patbingsu In The World, kushibo, but it is mixed in with local sandalkis (mountain raspberries) for the perfect blend of chewy and icy and sugary and...

i'm going to have it again tomorrow! (i'm the shop lady's best customer, i think... but it's healthy! it's mostly just ice and beans! and... sugar.)

Thanks for the heads up. Had I not been forewarned, I might have spit it out as the Baptist Lord does with lukewarm Christians. ;)

Pardon me while I play the role of Romanization Nazi and say that 산딸기 should be santtalgi.

i ate patbingsu today

ive never seen anything like this

japanese eat this as well right? (in fact this dessert probably came to korea from japan)

maybe japan might house something better?

No. The world's most superior patbingsu is from Ice Cool, in Chuncheon. No contest. Fresh fruit, chewy ddeok, and a sprinkling of kongkaru.

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having had my share of seoul patbingsu, fatmanseoul, i would have to politely tell you that you are wrong. the woman who makes it spends about 30 minutes painstakingly arranging the berries on top... that she grew in her back yard. :)

lol. i think...i see.. a Patbingsu Progress emerging, with the tasters (in full disguise of course) announcing a winner at the end. oh that i could be there!

Carol ssi: 30 minutes arranging the berries? i crown thy patbingsu from across the Pacific. ^^

YUMMMM...

I do so miss patbingsu.
:(