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This MTL Spot Makes Stunning 'Halo-Halo' Treats That Transport You To The Philippines

Bright, colourful & delicious.
This MTL Spot Makes Stunning 'Halo-Halo' Treats That Transport You To The Philippines
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While we can't skip ahead in time to experience summer or international travel just yet, the feeling one gets from digging into the halo-halo from Montreal's Cuisine de Manille comes pretty close. 

If you're not familiar with halo-halo, it's a Filipino dessert made from a base of shaved ice blended with evaporated milk.

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Then there's usually a bunch of other delicious and complementary ingredients mixed in like chewy red beans, gelatin, toasted rice, coconut, fruits, jam, caramel flan and a dollop of ube (purple yam) ice cream.  

The halo-halo from Cuisine De Manille on Avenue Victoria is topped with fruits and their homemade ube ice cream.

Halo-halo means "mix-mix" in Tagalog, so the idea is to stir, as Atlas Obscura puts it, "until the rainbow of ingredients comes together in a delicious hodgepodge parfait."

Yum!

Halo-Halo from Cuisine de Manille

Price: 💸

Cuisine: Filipino

Address: 5781, avenue Victoria, Montreal, QC

Why You Need To Go: A sweet treat that's also visually stunning to brighten up your life. You'll feel like you're travelling on a warm summer day!

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      Ilana Belfer (she/her) was an editor for MTL Blog. She's obsessed with great storytelling in all its forms having worked in print, radio, television, theatre, and digital media over the past decade. A graduate of Carleton University’s journalism program, her words have appeared in The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, The Kit, VICE, Salon, Foodism TO & more — covering everything from cam girls to COVID-19. Ilana can usually be found with her dog André, tracking down Montreal’s prettiest ruelles vertes and tastiest treats.

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