Dirty Ice Cream

By Shalimar | Published April 5, 2006

Mamang Sorbetero

I took these series of shots on the day the Greeks celebrated the beginning of the Lent.

Remember your childhood days rushing to the streets upon hearing the ice cream bell of a Mamang Sorbetero. The Sorbetero is a vendor who sells sorbetes ice cream, the streets. He goes around pushing a cart with colorful designs that attract the attention of customers. Inside his cart are three cylinders designed to keep the three variations of ice cream fresh and cold.
“Dirty ice cream” its not only in the Philippines but in Athens too.

I am not here in France for holidays but for my work and I am using public internet at 3euro an hour. Hopefully we should get our wireless connection at work soon.

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21 Comments

  1. Posted April 6, 2006 at 12:18 am by charles ravndal | Permalink

    it looks tasty ate. Did you buy it ? How does it taste ate sha ?

  2. Posted April 6, 2006 at 5:08 am by K | Permalink

    Well at least the old pop is wearing his cap and a white Dr. No gown, eh kesa naka chinelas at naka sando at pinagpapawisan na tindero sa pinas? hehehehe.

    Uy now reminds me of Luneta Park.

  3. Posted April 6, 2006 at 10:04 am by ~~~ phamZzZ ~~~ | Permalink

    love that ice cream..hehehe!
    btw, just letting you know that i drop by..
    i love your blog and the pictures.they made me travel thru seeing the pics how’s on the other side of the world.

  4. Posted April 6, 2006 at 2:47 pm by duke | Permalink

    this reminds me of the dondurma(ice cream) over here. They sell their local ice cream by the kilo and it’s very thick and hard that you need a knife to cut them!

  5. Posted April 6, 2006 at 7:46 pm by roger | Permalink

    cool ice cream cart!

  6. Posted April 6, 2006 at 8:07 pm by Shalimar | Permalink

    CHARLES actually i was surprised it tasty really creamy i had strawberry and vanilla

  7. Posted April 6, 2006 at 8:08 pm by Shalimar | Permalink

    K email me yr addy again pls… you are sooo funny the sorbetero sweat adds flavour you know…. ahh Luneta

  8. Posted April 6, 2006 at 8:09 pm by Shalimar | Permalink

    hi pam thanks.. wish I have more time to post

  9. Posted April 6, 2006 at 8:10 pm by Shalimar | Permalink

    duke that turkish ice cream has MASTIC GUM

  10. Posted April 6, 2006 at 8:11 pm by Shalimar | Permalink

    thanks roger and welcome the cart says PAGOTA ICE CREAM PARADOSIAKA MEANS TRADITIONAL

  11. Posted April 6, 2006 at 9:11 pm by stef | Permalink

    hey sha, it may look like dirty ice cream, but is it really dirty? hehehe… just kidding.

    tell them you’d like some ube:D — how does it compare texture-wise to our DIC?

  12. Posted April 7, 2006 at 11:15 am by toni | Permalink

    Meron ba siyang queso? :D

    Yum!

  13. Posted April 7, 2006 at 12:11 pm by charles ravndal | Permalink

    wow I should try one of those…mmmmmmm

  14. Posted April 10, 2006 at 4:21 pm by iska | Permalink

    i can’t think of anything to say about the ice seam except that i will definitely buy one for cean dahil siguradong kukulitin ako nun pag nakita yan. what i really want to say is… i miss you sha!

  15. Posted April 11, 2006 at 6:59 am by Céline | Permalink

    Hi Sha,
    I hope your trip in France is not too awful because of the strikes and cold weather

    I’m looking forward to reading you soon.

  16. Posted April 11, 2006 at 2:59 pm by Pille | Permalink

    Hi Shalimar – I am soooooo longing for my trip to Greece in the summer, will surely have some ice cream then. It is so freezing cold here in Scotland, and I can’t wait to be somewhere hot and warm…
    Nice pictures!

  17. Posted April 13, 2006 at 10:03 pm by relly | Permalink

    bon courage sha,

  18. Posted April 14, 2006 at 6:56 am by midnitebara | Permalink

    Hi! I came upon your blog and its a instant fave right away. Im a pinay too,here in Japan. Love your food photos so much, I will be coming back for more.Hope you dont mind me adding you on my links!!

  19. Posted April 14, 2006 at 4:10 pm by eat matters | Permalink

    how do you call mamang sorbetero out there?

  20. Posted April 14, 2006 at 10:21 pm by Gerald | Permalink

    so why is it called dirty? Is it because its from a street cart? They have these carts all over my neighborhood, but theyre manned by elderly latin men and are full of tropical flavored ices.

  21. Posted April 17, 2006 at 3:13 pm by bayi | Permalink

    who can forget dirty ice cream? Slurpppp…

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