Our pat-bing-soo: soft shaved ice (hidden at the bottom), sweetened red 
beans, diced melons, ground peanuts (I think), mochi (the few white 
things), green tea ice cream, and a bit of condensed milk.  Very good.  
There was a nice texture contrast among all the ingredients.  The flavor 
mostly came from the red beans, which were of good quality ("sweet and 
glutinous," Di Yin said).  The mochi, by the way, I wouldn't have 
noticed if Di Yin hadn't pointed them out.  Di Yin said the mochi wasn't 
as good as the mochi at Charmant (a place in Shanghai that serves a 
vaguely similar dessert; see <a target=_blank 
href="/2009_11_17_onward-shanghai/2009_12/IMG_5724.html">this visit</a> 
for example), but the red bean was better.

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<i>E</i> approved of the dessert, saying, "I'll put this in my regular 
rotation."