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Ingredients

• 3 tbsp Melon syrup (shaved-ice syrup)
• 1 tsp lemon juice (optional)
• 1 handful ice cubes
• 200 ml chilled soda water
• 1 scoop of vanilla ice cream
• 1 maraschino cherry (optional)

Method

1. Pour the melon syrup and lemon juice into a tall glass and fill it with ice.
2. Slowly pour in the soda water down the side of the glass so it keeps its fizz, leaving about 3 cm of space at the top. Stir gently once.
3. Float a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top and finish with a cherry. Serve with a straw and a long spoon.

Tips

• Pour the soda slowly and add the ice cream last, or it fizzes up and over the glass.
• Swap melon syrup for strawberry or blue Hawaii shaved-ice syrup for other colours.

Sources

Written in our own words after cross-checking these recipes:

Just One Cookbook Japanese Cooking 101