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noun
- a sweet dessert consisting of pieces of aiyu jelly in a syrup of shaved ice and lime, sometimes also flavoured with other ingredients such as honey or fruit.
- a clear, very soft, pectin-based jelly used in Taiwanese, Singaporean, and Malaysian desserts. It is made from the awkeotsang creeping fig (Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang), a plant found in Taiwan and other areas of East Asia with a similar climate and latitude.
One of the draws here is its new unlimited self-service ice jelly bar, which means you can gorge yourself silly on the refreshing dessert.
— 2023 August 13, Foo Jia-En. hungrygowhere, "Tanyu Exclusive: New late-night supper spot with 15% off, unlimited ice jelly". https://hungrygowhere.com/food-news/tanyu-exclusive-changi-jewel/
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But what’s more enticing is the slurpy, large chunks of konjac ice jelly that the store specialises in. It is a lot thicker than traditional aiyu jelly, but still silky and smooth.
— 2913 November 1, Kaye Yeo. ConfirmGood, "Jinbobo Bingfen in Chinatown has aesthetic ice jelly desserts in unique flavours like alcoholic osmanthus, sea coconut, popping pearls & more", https://confirmgood.com/post/jinbobo-bingfen-chinatown/
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usage notes
May be used to refer to the dessert or the jelly which is its main ingredient. Also known as aiyu jelly, (the Mandarin term in Taiwan, where it was discovered; see the article for further details), a term which is displacing "ice jelly" in Singapore.