4. Dirty Ice Cream
Sorbetes or dirty ice cream is essentially the only ice cream that’s readily available along the streets at very affordable prices depending on the amount of ice cream you buy. They are not really “dirty” but called as such because the ice cream doesn’t contain goat’s or cow’s milk but coconut milk, is street-peddled and doesn’t follow strict regulations. Case in point, the waffle cones aren’t wrapped in tissue for sanitary purposes, but held by the peddler’s bare hand as he dips his entire other arm into the deep, narrow container where the ice cream is kept frozen. If you analyze it too much, you might cringe at the thought of eating ice cream this way. But I’ve eaten a lot of sorbetes years back and I never recalled having upset stomach after. I’m just not too sure about the peddled sorbetes sold today. When in doubt, you can go for commercial ice cream in bars and cups sold by larger sari-sari stores along the streets.
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