"Wow, I forgot to Yelp Hooshik after my visit last February, and now it appears to be closed, another victim of the pandemic. I hope it 's able to reopen in some form when things go back to normal, but if not, I 'm at least grateful I got to check it out once. I went with June K. after lunch at Chengdu Taste (a casually gluttonous day hang with a dear friend--what a wonderful thing that I 'm sure I took for granted at the time). We were in the mood for dessert, found Hooshik on Yelp, and decided bingsoo would hit the spot. We 're both Korean and grew up going out for bingsoo together in Koreatown, so this was an unexpected treat during our afternoon in Monterey Park. The cafe was clean and cute and entirely empty on a Tuesday after lunch. We ordered from a nice ajusshi at the register and took a seat at one of the many tables. We got our shaved ice, or falling snow, in big bowls on a cafeteria tray. We opted for the black sesame and fresh strawberry falling snows, with a side of mango to go with the strawberry. Both were delicious, cold and sweet and satisfying. I loved the soft, delicately creamy texture of the shaved ice, or milk snow, that formed the base, and the toppings were all superb. The black sesame came with black sesame, red bean, injeolmi rice cake, and sliced almonds, the strawberry with fresh strawberries, vanilla ice cream, and red bean. I haven 't had bingsoo since this outing and I would pay a lot of money for another bowl of this falling snow. If Hooshik ever opens up again, I promise I will be there."
