"Panda Ice Cream House" 2

By: Jhelaica Maglente

Your visit to Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental won’t be complete without trying out of these food items in the city “Panda Ice cream House”. They may not be a native delicacies but these are definitely must a try. Me and my cousin Giesel Alfanta asked if where we could find the best ice cream here in Negros then I was shocked that almost everyone pointed us to “Panda Ice Cream Store”. We really actually had a hard time to finding it, but for those planning to try it out, I will led you first,  it is located at along Maria Christina Street just a few steps from Siliman University’s side gate. It is basically an ice cream on a crispy yummy breaded shell served immediately after frying.

We ate it with our hands as we munch on this delicious unique food experience. Price is only 55 pesos for the first piece, and just only 45 pesos on your succeeding pieces isn't it affordable?. But I got curious because how the hell would you combine hot and cold into a yummy dessert? Well indeed, yeah to see is to believe. The Panda Ice Cream Haus serves numerous different ice cream desserts, and beautifully designed at that. So without further ado, we ordered two Panda Fried Ice Cream a Pandan flavor and Ube. Panda actually has its own jingle this is so cutie.

Their fried ice cream is made of a crispy breaded shell like the Cordon Bleu. Size is about 2 inches height. The shell appeals like a plain breaded stuff to me. It is not sweet but it just a crispy. The ice cream is just ordinary, too. But the combine of the two is what made it really special. I don’t know but I just realized that I am a big fan of these “hot & cold” thingy like Choco Lava ala mode Lol. Well I can say it is really yummy. But don't forget that you need to eat it before it totally melts inside the fried dough, otherwise it gets messy to eat and yeah it so sticky. If you want to try it, lots of people recommend ordering the pandan and chocolate flavor.

Panda Ice Cream house is a local shop that has been serving and making ice cream and snacks both,
a hot and cold since 1995. Aside from regular flavors like strawberry and chocolate. The Panda Ice Cream House has more exotic ones like durian, blueberry and choco chili, isn't it amazing? All of their ice cream is made with a fresh fruit, something that manager and owner Royani Dy is proud of. Panda boasts that its ice cream has low fat and less sugar.

Based on Royani says that her family decided to go into the ice cream business in response to El Niño, and hasn’t turned away since. Their ice cream cake is a best seller, as their specially the rainbow cake. They also have a list of splits and sundaes. They also make their own soya milk, which they offer in a different flavors,mocha for the adults and a melon is being the most popular with kids. Panda mainly sells the usual ice cream that you scoop into a cone or cup. Panda’s Fried Ice Cream is something unusual and it’s really worth  trying. Never skip the fried ice cream! :)