The Cellar  

Go Back   The Cellar > Images > Image of the Day

Image of the Day Images that will blow your mind - every day. [Blog] [RSS] [XML]

Reply
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Old 01-14-2010, 12:44 AM   #1
xoxoxoBruce
The future is unwritten
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
Jan 14, 2010: Thai Street Sundaes

Evidently Thailand has a lot of food vendors on the streets, so you would expect to find a big variety.
The best way to success in a crowded market is to come up with a new wrinkle, something different.

How about an ice cream sundae on a hot dog bun?



Quote:
Coconut-based sweets and desserts are quite popular in Thailand and can be found everywhere. The frozen coconut treats, served in a small cup, are typically made from coconut milk or coconut juice (a little lighter and less creamy) and topped with fruit. But on this recent trip to Bangkok, I saw this hot dog bun version in not one, not two, but in three different places!
Of course you have a choice of toppings.



Quote:
The dessert was delicious: the bananas were chewy, the pineapple sweet and tart, the coconut ice cream rich, cold, and creamy, and the peanuts added the perfect amount of crunch and toasted flavor and the drop of milk brought all of the flavors together.
The bun? It got soggy pretty quickly (as I suspected) and if I ate it any slower, we would have had a real mess on our hands.
I kept thinking that it would have been interesting with a toasted bun.
But it was a nice take on a portable sundae, minus the paper or plastic cup to throw out at the end! I kept thinking that it would have been interesting with a toasted bun. (But that might be too much to ask for street food.)
Spread peanut butter on the bun first, that'll water milk proof it.

link

via
__________________
The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.
xoxoxoBruce is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-14-2010, 02:03 AM   #2
sandypossum
tri-continental dag hag
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Australia
Posts: 247
We drove around Sicily for a few summer weeks in 2003. Ice cream in a soft sweet roll (a bit like brioche) was a pretty common snack. We thought it was a great idea - anything that melts soaks into the bun instead of dripping down the cone, and you could also munch into ice cream without eating the bun if you wanted to, which you can't do with a cone. Of course it's not soft-serve style ice cream, but the sort you scoop out in a ball. I think I will suggest this idea to some of the local places. It was 40C here on Monday, and summer ain't over yet.
__________________
you're never too old to have a happy childhood
sandypossum is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-14-2010, 05:06 AM   #3
Sundae
polaroid of perfection
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 24,185
I'm sorry, I cannot give my name to that.
It looks grim even without the peanut butter idea.

Sandy's experience sounds much nicer.
__________________
Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac
Sundae is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-14-2010, 09:56 AM   #4
Nirvana
Back in 10
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 3,684
Can I have it on a croissant?
__________________
Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.
Nirvana is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-14-2010, 10:41 AM   #5
Spexxvet
Makes some feel uncomfortable
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 10,346
On the boardwalk, they sell ice cream in a waffle sandwhich.
__________________
"I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce
Spexxvet is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-14-2010, 10:48 AM   #6
glatt
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 27,717
I'd like one in an angel food cake bowl.
glatt is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-14-2010, 11:19 AM   #7
newtimer
Operations Operative
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 479
Bangkok now has lots of unhappy cub scouts who wanted to enjoy fire-roasted hot dogs on their weekend camping trip. Thanks to those selfish street vendors, the supermarkets have plenty of hot dogs, but no buns to put them in.

Won't someone please think of the children?!?
newtimer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-14-2010, 01:36 PM   #8
aero geek
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
OK Nice idea but lowly hot dog buns? It could have been an exotic looking concoction but in the hierarchy of bread, hot dog buns rank at the "LaBrea tarpits" level.
  Reply With Quote
Old 01-14-2010, 05:11 PM   #9
monster
I hear them call the tide
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Perpetual Chaos
Posts: 30,852
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nirvana View Post
Can I have it on a croissant?
Well you can, but you'll probably squash it and you might get crumbs in your hoo-hah
__________________
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart
monster is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-14-2010, 07:47 PM   #10
Shawnee123
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 21,206
croissants are the beach sands of our beds.

Oh, this should have been in the metaphor thread.
__________________
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice.
--Bill Cosby
Shawnee123 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-15-2010, 04:19 AM   #11
SPUCK
Professor
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,911
Quote:
Originally Posted by aero geek View Post
OK Nice idea but lowly hot dog buns? It could have been an exotic looking concoction but in the hierarchy of bread, hot dog buns rank at the "LaBrea tarpits" level.
SPUCK is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-15-2010, 08:33 AM   #12
xoxoxoBruce
The future is unwritten
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
Yabut, this ain't no gourmet restaurant. This is a street vendor needing something cheap to hold up the ice cream just long enough for you to stuff your face. No tableware... in fact no table. By the time you get down to the bun, should you choose to eat it, it'll taste like melted ice cream and sweetened milk. :p
__________________
The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.
xoxoxoBruce is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-15-2010, 02:00 PM   #13
Gravdigr
The Un-Tuckian
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: South Central...KY that is
Posts: 39,517
I'm sorry, but, is that corn? I'd pay a goodly amount of money to see someone walk into the local Baskin-Robbins and ask for a sundae, and then ask "Do you have corn?".

Quote:
Originally Posted by monster View Post
Well you can, but you'll probably squash it and you might get crumbs in your hoo-hah
I once knew a chick with a crumby hoo-hah...
__________________


These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.
Gravdigr is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:49 PM.


Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.