Chapter 280: Completing The Commission (1)
Just because the word ice is in the name of ice tanghulu doesn’t mean it’s a cold snack.
However, at first glance, it did seem like it might be made of ice.
That’s because it’s a snack made by coating bright red hawthorn berries with syrup until they harden.
Its glistening appearance seemed enough to captivate the hearts of many children.
A blind woman named Yeong-yeong seemed to make and sell this tanghulu herself.
“Tanghulu was originally a food from the imperial palace.”
“Oh, really?”
“Yes. It is said that an emperor of the Song dynasty had it made for his cherished concubine, the Empress Huang.”
Yeong-yeong likely didn’t know that Yi-gang, not too long ago, had been in the imperial palace and had even confronted the Heavenly Demon, a descendant of the Song imperial family.