New York Street Food

Wooly's Ice wins Best Dessert (credit: NYSF)

Update - Just heard from Danny, and they hit a snag with their opening.  They will be back out very soon, and we will keep you updated on exactly when.

Last year’s Vendy Award Winner for Best Dessert, Wooly’s Ice, will be coming out of hibernation and kicking off their season on Tuesday, May 1st.

Danny (middle of photo) from Wooly’s Ice told us about some changes in store for this season, including their location and a new menu item.

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Wooly's Ice with Maker's Mark sauce at the 2011 Vendy's (credit: NYSF)

Friday marks the reappearance of Wooly’s Ice, Winner of Best Dessert at the 2011 Vendy Awards.

Wooly’s will be one of the vendors at the TAP-NY Taiwanese Night Market on Friday night.  Tickets are sold out, but our friends at Google Places are giving away 10 tickets.  Click through to find out how you can win tickets to this event. (more…)

Wooly's Ice wins Best Dessert

The Best Dessert category at the 2011 Vendy Awards was another very strong one, which could have been won by any of the finalists and I wouldn’t have blinked an eye.

In the end, Wooly’s Ice, a fairly new stand in Chinatown inspired by Hawaiian and Taiwanese shaved ice stands, got the nod from the crowd.  It didn’t hurt that it was a warm and very humid day, but Wooly’s certainly deserved the honor.  I have no idea what the guy in the green suit was about, but he added a touch of surrealism to their stand!

People loved their delicious shaved ice with brownies, strawberries and leche sauce, which was made from a combination of condensed milk, evaporated milk and a touch of sea salt.  They also fielded a strong entry in the Maker’s Mark bourbon challenge, with a sauce using Maker’s Mark over their signature shaved ice.

Wooly's Ice with Maker's Mark sauce

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This is how it all starts out

Yesterday Wooly’s Ice was nominated for a 2011 Vendy Award in the Best Dessert category, and I hadn’t had a chance to try them yet.  That was resolved last night at Fashion Night Out, when I stopped by TopShop in Soho, where they were giving away free samples in the store.

Danny and Kenneth also showed me how they put together their Vendy Award-nominated dessert of Hawaiian and Taiwanese-inspired shaved ice.

First you start with a big block of flavored ice. Tonight they had 2 flavors – strawberry and original, which is flavored with condensed milk.  The block of ice then goes through an ice shaver little by little, which turns it into extremely fine shavings of ice.

After the ice is shaved into a cup, Danny put a few pieces of crumbled brownie and strawberries on the ice, then squirted on some leche sauce.  Their leche sauce is condensed milk, evaporated milk and just a touch of sea salt.

Click through for a beautiful shot of the finished product, which was delicious.

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