HALO-HALO ESPESYAL: ICE, ICE, BABY!

Is there really a Kuya J? We find out as we go milky, yammy and cheesy.

- CHING M. ALANO

What could be more tempting on a blazing summer day than a most refreshing, tall glass of halo-halo with its perfectly shaved, melt-in-your-mouth ice laced with a delicious mix of well-loved Filipino ingredients?

Go ahead and indulge your taste buds! This sweltering Friday noon, all roads seem to lead to Kuya J at Venice Grand Canal, Upper McKinley Town Center, Fort Bonifacio, where a halo-halo espesyal tasting session is happening.

After polishing off the last morsels on my loaded plate, overflowing glasses of halo-halo are gingerly laid down in front of us, one by one. I thought I had died and gone to dessert heaven! I can't help but succumb to the dreamy, sinful temptation and just promise myself I'll do penance later.

UBER TREATS WITH UBE

First, we dive into the Kuya J Halo-Halo Espesyal that refreshingly combines milky-smooth ice and delightful ingredients, topped with homemade leche flan and a generous sprinkling of cornflakes. Then we let our taste buds feel more special with the Kuya J Ube Halo-Halo Espesyal, which infuses the beloved ube (yam) into Kuya J's signature ice to create a vibrant ube-flavored shaved ice. Simply yammy! Finally, ube gets the recognition it deserves because here, it's the star and not just a topper.