Ube is often used to flavor the ice cream for halo-halo, a Filipino shaved ice dessert.
Ube is in the Inception stage. It’s considered a premium ingredient that can be found on mostly fine-dining menus and at ethnic independents.
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Maharlika in New York City pairs batterless fried chicken with an ube waffle. The dish also comes with anchovy-bagoong compound butter and a young coconut-caramel syrup.
