Chinatown Ice Cream Factory

The temperature yesterday---a balmy 47 degrees---made it perfect for the first ice cream of 2007. We meandered our way through fruit sellers and fish mongers to the Chinatown Ice Cream Factory, one of the area's oldest businesses (according to the free brochure at the counter). The fat dragon is the store's logo.

As tempting as the red bean, Zen butter (peanut butter with sesame seeds), durian, wasabi, and lychee sorbet flavors were, I had to go with my old standby, coconut. I wasn't disappointed. Creamy, full of bits of coconut, gooey without being gelato-ish. We'll be there again before long, I'm sure.