Snow Ono Shave Ice

Despite the 60mph winds lately, the weather here in Vegas has been heating up a bit which has lead me to seek out a cool treat.  My latest craving had me tracking Snow Ono's food truck to North Vegas, and after reading some great reviews on the place I just couldn't resist.  I know, drive all the way up there for shaved ice?  This craving didn't just sprout up out of nowhere, this place has been on my mind since last summer when I went to Vegas Streats and realized the hour and a half wait really meant the cold relief of a frozen treat was just a pipe dream that night.  So here I found myself, in front of a food truck that's really a short bus, scouring over 35+ flavors trying to find the right combination.

On top of all the flavors you get to choose from, they also have extras like condensed milk, sour spray, lihing and chile powder.  For an extra dollar you can get mochi bits, red beans or even a scoop of ice cream.  If you get too stumped by the plethora of flavors you can always ask for a little help, they're more than happy to help you figure things out at the window.  Today I opted for cream combinations with dreamsicle and strawberry cheesecake adding ice cream then topping off with sweet condensed milk.

The first thing you'll notice about the shaved ice is actually...the shaved ice?  I've never had anything like it, whatever machine they're using gets the cold stuff shaved down to a soft uniform dust that's literally softer than actual snow.  No ice chunks, no fuss.  I think that in itself makes the shave ice at this place soo unique.  The creaminess of the sweet condensed milk was great with the dreamsicle and cheesecake flavoring, you can tell that the flavoring they use isn't cheap either, they have true to name taste without giving you that harsh artificial taste that the cheap stuff has.  I get through a bit of this thing and I'm surprised by a little scoop of ice cream hidden under the snow which was even better due to the fact it was no simple vanilla scoop, it was a vanilla bean ice cream.  Talk about creamy goodness with the flavors I chose!  Don't let the simple nature of this food truck fool ya, this is definitely a sweet treat experience and for $6 total you can't go wrong!  I'll be looking to get something off their black menu creations the next time I meet up with the short bus(you can find these on the website,) and hopefully it won't be soo long before I satisfy this next craving!

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