The Chinatown Ice Cream Factory is a small, easy to miss shop located on Bayard at Mott Street. I went on a Saturday night and the line was out the door. The shop offers "regular flavors" like Lychee, Red Bean, Green Tea, Black Sesame, Chocolate Pandan, Zen Butter and "exotic flavors" such as Pistachio, Mint Chip, Coffee, Vanilla and Strawberry. The Chocolate Pandan was amazing. According to Wikipedia, Pandan is a type of tree whose leaves are used in Southeast Asian cooking to add a distinct aroma to rice and curry dishes such as nasi lemak, kaya preserves and desserts such as pandan cake. Pandan is said to be a restorative, deodorant, indolent and phylactic, promoting a feeling of wellbeing and acting as a counter to tropical lassitude. It may be chewed as a breath sweetener or used as a preservative on foods.
The chocolate was rich and creamy and the pandan added a level of nutty flavor that's hard to describe. All I know is that I want more and I need to make a trip back to Chinatown to get the another scoop of the Chocolate Pandan really soon.
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