Day 15: Ice Cream Sandwich

If I were having a conversation with my husband, we could be talking about an operating system (see how techy I can be?), but today I am talking about a delectable treat to be found on the streets of Jakarta. A friend and I went out shopping today, and I saw two ladies pass by with what looked like ice cream on white bread. Walking further, we spotted an ice cream sandwich stand and had one made right up to test out.

Yes, that is a slab of strawberry ice cream on the Indonesian equivalent of Wonderbread. After a few giggles about the literal interpretation of ice cream sandwich, we dove in to the strange culinary experience. I'm not sure that I'll be a regular consumer, but I now have an entirely new frame of reference for ice cream sandwich.

(For those in the unknowing, an American ice cream sandwich is usually a much more caloric treat, traditionally vanilla ice cream between two chocolate cookies.)