Simply Amazing Tynes: Dirty Ice Cream in the Philippines

Whats with this dirty ice cream and why everybody loves it especially children. I really love this also especially the mango and cheese flavor. Every time I hear the sound of the bell cling! cling! and see a man pushing a typical, yellow, dilapidated ice cream carts (which usually come with a sunburned sorbetero wearing a straw hat, ringing his little, rusty bell) pass by our house I hurriedly ran towards him and buy this famous dirty ice cream. I'm always tempted to buy one of those 10 scooper's: the sugar sweetened cone topped with 10 little scoops of either chocolate, ube, macapuno, or cheese ice cream.

Why is it very addictive one is never enough, really. You just have to have at least two of those delicious little suckers to really have your fill. Interestingly, every time I eat dirty ice cream, I always remember a certain era when cell phones were non-existent, when drinking water from the faucet was acceptable, and when women had less than two brands of cream for their faces. Somehow, dirty ice cream reminds me of the time when life was a lot simpler.

So why they call it dirty ? it is called dirty because it is peddled on the streets. the dust gets into the ice cream bins when the cart is open. It is called dirty because mamang sorbetero (ice cream man) is perceived to be unhygienic. observe his nails and how he handles the cones with bare hands.

Hmmm... Dirty Ice cream isn't really "dirty", maybe they called it that because of its dirt-cheap price...Honestly, there are times that I think the ice cream that "mamang sorbetero" sells tastes better than those commercialized ones... because mamang sorbetero's ice cream are made from natural ingredients...

Anyways, I can't resist. dirty or clean .......... i still love it .

i think it's just a given name ........... slurphhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Dirty Ice Cream in the Philippines

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