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title: A-Zhong Ice Shop (阿忠冰店)
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# A-Zhong Ice Shop (阿忠冰店)

Places we stopped along the way　/　Hsinchu, Taiwan

A shaved-ice shop beside the Hsinchu City God Temple. Its sign says it was founded in 1963, serving old-style shaved ice and handmade tofu pudding. It shaves milk-flavored ice, and the shaved ice with its special pineapple syrup came with red beans and taro balls.

No. 187, Dongmen St., Hsinchu City, Taiwan

## This moment in the journey: Shaved milk ice

Shaved ice is another Taiwanese classic. A-Zhong Ice Shop, near the City God Temple, has a sign saying it was founded in 1963. What makes it special is that besides plain ice, it shaves milk-flavored ice too.

Out front, a big ice shaver was at work while steam rose from the pots beside it. I ordered the popular shaved ice with the shop's special pineapple syrup. The richness of condensed milk went beautifully with the pineapple, and inside were sweet red beans and chewy taro balls. It exceeded my expectations: deeply satisfying.

![The signs of A-Zhong Ice Shop](https://karigurashijourney.com/img/hsinchu/s79-1200.jpg)
- Sources: https://4travel.jp/os_shisetsu/10473033
- Sources: https://supertaste.tvbs.com.tw/review/323316

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