{"id":15736,"date":"2021-10-24T12:45:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T16:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=15736"},"modified":"2021-10-24T12:45:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T16:45:44","slug":"tiger-sugar-rice-balls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=15736","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Sugar Rice Balls"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThese days, Tiger Sugar and their wildly popular brown sugar boba milk drink along with ancillary products like ice cream pops, milk egg rolls, and even popcorn are a common sight in Chinatowns (and elsewhere!) along with a multitude of wannabe competitors. Two of their more intriguing creations include their innovative take on classic filled rice balls, in this case Black Sugar Salted Egg Custard and Black Sugar Sesame.<\/p>\n

Filled rice balls have been around forever, long before there was a Tiger Sugar, and are readily available in the freezer case at Asian markets. Tiger Sugar\u2019s interpretation capitalizes on their signature flavor: since the outer enclosing layer is made from glutinous rice, it\u2019s a little chewy like boba and tastes like their famous drink, but less intense.<\/p>\n

There are ten 1\u00bc-inch spheres to a package; all you need to do is boil them for a few minutes (they expand a bit), drain them, and as the instructions direct, \u201cput them into iced fresh milk or sweet soup\u201d. When you see the phrase \u201cfresh milk\u201d in Chinatown, it simply refers to standard whole milk; \u201csweet soup\u201d comprises any of the many varieties of Cantonese tong sui:<\/em> sweet, warm dessert soups.<\/p>\n

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\nBlack Sugar Salted Egg Custard Rice Ball. You might recognize the distinct flavor profile of salted egg yolk from visits to your favorite dim sum parlor or Chinese bakery \u2013 so many buns and balls filled with creamy salted egg! Unlike a moon cake, you won\u2019t find a whole egg yolk in there; this filling is made from palm oil, powdered sugar, bean paste, milk powder, egg yolk powder and then, finally, salted egg yolk powder \u2013 but it\u2019s rather tasty nonetheless. <\/p>\n

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\nBlack Sugar Sesame Rice Ball. The filling is sweet and unquestionably black sesame, its texture is a little crunchy and gritty in a good way. Again, most enjoyable.<\/p>\n

IMO, they\u2019re both good with a bit of milk poured over, but not tossed into a whole glass of fresh milk. Also IMO, they don’t play well with ice cream \u2013 trust me, I tried. But I keep looking for more ideas because I really do like them; I\u2019m convinced there\u2019s an ultimate way to use these in addition to sweet soup. Any thoughts?
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