Today while visiting the Daibutsu (Giant Buddha) in Kamakura, Japan, we happened upon a shop that served some very interesting (and delicious) soft serve ice cream. One of our new favorite foods is the purple sweet potato and this shop had it as one of their flavors! Purple sweet potato, as an ice cream flavor, is much loved in the Kanagawa area. We knew we had to try it. We got it swirled with matcha green tea. It was a treat for the taste buds. We also tried a blue colored “soda” variety. It was sweet and reminiscient of cream soda. Chandra thought it tasted similar to bubble gum ice cream. I highly recommend any of these flavors if you visit this area of Japan.
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The Lowell Folk Festival: food edition
Part of combo plate 1 from St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church: Fatoosh, Falafel, Hummus, and Pita. The falafel is fresh cooked and the fatoosh is super good.
Fried Noodles
Samosa from the Seed – it’s got a kick.
Sweet sticky rice. The outside part is made of sticky rice flour, and it is almost impossibly sticky. The inside was super sweet and coconut flavored.
Shwe Kyi, an awesome semolina dessert with coconut.
The Lowell Folk Festival is a melting pot of street food. Here are our reviews, from the delicious to the meh.
Matt had one of the best gyros he’s had, from the booth by the Hellenic American Academy PTA. He ate it all before I could snap a photo!
I really liked the fried noodles from the
WAT LAO Mixayaram Temple. They had fresh cilantro and bean sprouts, strips of egg, and a tasty sauce. Amazing for $3!
We tried an ice cream from a food truck that you can buy from the grocery store. The brand is called batch. We tried the green tea and ginger flavors, which go well together, but the ginger was the one that really shined for me.
Shwe Kyi was a coconut based Burmese dessert that we tried and really enjoyed. We also got a sweet sticky rice from the Overseas Burmese Christian Fellowship, which requires skill to eat.
Don’t bother getting a raspberry lime rickey or lemonade that isn’t fresh squeezed; neither are worth it. I wish there were a booth selling horchata!
Kimball Farm
I am a big fan of ice cream. I’ve been going to Kimball Farm in Westford since I was young. It is a favorite of many from all over central Massachusetts – for good reason. They have been making home made ice cream since 1939. With over 40 flavors that are ever-changing, it is the perfect treat for a hot day or even a rainy one! Our most recent trip to Kimball Farm was on the 4th of July. We wanted two flavors, so we had to get a large. The sizes are bigger than big. They are huge! I usually am full with a kiddie for small size if I am hungry. I highly recommend stopping by Kimball Farm. They have 4 locations: Westford, MA, Lancaster, MA, Carlisle, MA, and Jaffrey, NH.
Kimball Farm in Westford is not just about heaping amounts of delicious ice cream. They have many fun attractions on site. You could spend an entire day there. They have a country store, mini golf, bumper boats, a driving range, pitch and putt, volleyball courts, lawn games, batting cages, animal adventures, an arcade, and yummy grilled food/seafood. Pictured below is a peacock from the Westford Location.
the mint tea drinkers society 