Kwong Wah Ice Kacang

Kwong Wah cendol makes such good dessert on a hot day🍧

Malaysia's heat is no joke, and on sweltering days, locals turn to icy desserts to beat the heat. Order a bowl of Ice Kacang (RM5) and expect a mound of shaved ice dressed in evaporated milk and fragrant gula Melaka (coconut palm sugar) served alongside delicious fillings of corn, red beans, roasted peanuts, black grass jelly and cendol (green grass jelly). Although you can easily find this dessert in most hawker centres, this cosy spot in Happy Mansion is a local favourite. You can also order the Cendol (RM5.50) which sees the same ingredients but doused in santan (coconut milk) instead, and topped with a dollop of red beans. If you're feeling peckish, they offer savoury snacks such as mini bowls of Assam Laksa (a spicy-sour fish noodle soup), meat buns and more.
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This small bowl of Assam laksa has a good combo of spicy and sourness!

What makes a good chendol? Finely shaved ice, fragrant gula melaka and santan. Sounds so simple right? Well balancing this isn’t and here they’ve gotten it perfect. My only gripe is they sell out way too quickly here. Glad we managed to snag two bowls yesterday before the signage “Sold Out” appeared. Seriously they should just make more for sale given how it’s such a winner.

Here I can vouch that it’s so calorie worthy that I didn’t want to share a bowl. So good. Old school taste! They sold out pretty quickly. I couldn’t even tapau an extra packet home.

RM5.50 Ice Kacang (No longer RM5)
Chilling when weather is hot.