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Summer’s over and the rainy season is just around the corner. Not so perfect a time to enjoy halo-halo, right? It’s seems that there’s more to the Pinoy love affairs with this concoction of shaved ice, sweetened fruits, and beans than meets the eye.

In fact, hot weather may not at all be a factor in the enjoyment of what some social scientists have referred to as a very good metaphor for the Pinoy Indeed, a well-known halo-halo stall owner has noted that sales seem to shoot up when the sun and the temperature go down.

But which halo-halo to choose?

Believe it or not there’s a lot to choose from, as the country’s various geographic regions have come up with their own variety of this sweet treat. Surprisingly, a halo-halo of no special note (in terms of ingredients) can be found out north and it is to the province of Central Luzon that the first distinct version come to mind.


Some makes use of carabao pastillas as one of its ingredients, while the others has three basic ingredients (omitting ice and milk, of course) that are basically of the same color and hue – which are light or white.