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October 20 2013

My Yelp Review Criteria for Shave Ice

Gee Why Life, Passion food, hawaii, shave ice

I’m simplifying my Yelp review criteria for shave ice places. I’m rating them based on two main questions:

Would I go/eat there again?
Is the shave ice too hard or too much to eat?

Really simple right? Sure flavor and consistency of the ice counts, but that factors into point #1. Then again, so does parking, seating, and cost.

For point #2, I view shave ice as a treat, not a heavy meal. So if it’s so dense, so huge, or so overwhelming, I’m rating it down.

Because I settled on these two points, I changed my recent Yelp review for Aloha Crepes & Snow Flakes, going down a notch from 4 to 3 stars. Don’t get me wrong, Aloha Crepes & Snow Flakes is a solid choice. But I doubt I’ll go back on my own choice. I’m more of a traditional shave ice fan, not the snow ice type.

The #4 mango and passion fruit combo we got was so large, three of us easily split it. I can’t imagine eating all of it myself, so that’s a negative for reason #2.

Sorry, Aloha Crepes & Snow Flakes, but I gotta set and stick with my rules.

October 13 2013

Yelped Ice Forest

Gee Why Life, Passion food, hawaii, honolulu, reivew, shave ice, yelp

Over the weekend, I had my first exposure to Ice Forest in Downtown. From what I understand, this place is related to Ice Garden in Aiea and has a similar style.

Coffee Monster masterpiece from Ice Forest

Read my Yelp review for the details of my visit. But to summarize, I loved the flavors but not the hugeness of the creations. There’s just so much – too much in my opinion. At $7+ for my massive Coffee Monster, I think you have to be more selective of getting yourself an Ice Forest treat. Four stars, but I’d be down with smaller sizes and cheaper costs.

November 7 2006

Tats Shave Ice for a Hot Day

Gee Why Life, Passion food, hawaii, kailua, shave ice, windward

Sunday was unreal hot. I mean unreal hot. Luckily Tats shaved ice was in the neighborhood at the right time. For those of you who don’t know about Tats, this is a mobile shaved ice stand built into a real colorful van (sorry, no pictures of the van). Tats is mainly on the Windward side, most of the time in Kaneohe, but when there’s a baseball tournament in Kailua, Tats is usually there.

Their menu.

The shave ice is real fine so it’s sooo good, especially during Sunday’s heat. Here’s my vanilla, lemon lime, li hing mui combo.