Vegetable Ice Cream???

We spent Saturday evening driving the streets of Okinawa. We were really looking for a shopping area Lyle thought he saw. I know he saw something, but we couldn't find it again. But touring the side streets of Okinawa was a nice way to spend an evening. I know the group of men that were on one corner saw us enough to be able to pick us out of a line up (passed by at least 4 times!) After an hour or so of that we stopped for dinner. Since it was getting late we decided Ice Cream was an acceptable dinner.

Blue Seal is Okinawan Ice Cream at its finest. I tried Mango Madness this time (it was good and VERY mango-y), Lyle tried Goya. At the time we had no idea what Goya was, but it tasted pretty good. I have since located it on-line and found the following:

"Various prefectures (like a state) come to the Expo to promote food and crafts from their part of Japan. At the booth from Okinawa, a local vegetable called goya or bitter melon is used to make different products like tea and noodles."

The kids got the standard Chocolate Cookie and Mint Chocolate Chip. While standing in line to order our ice cream Lyle looked through the dinner menu. Intrigued by "Curry Fries" and "Spicy Fries" he ordered a side of each to go with our dessert. The curry fries were really good, spicy fries were like regular fries. Sorry no pics, I forgot to take the camera along for this journey.