Snowy Village has their second location on Robson Street right beside Ramen Santouka. When they first opened in Richmond, people were lining up like mad trying to get a taste of their milky shaved ice and the croissant taiyaki.
You will see a line up outside the store, but it’s for Ramen Santouka. After being here twice, it’s not too busy compared to the Richmond location.
Ordering
We put in our order and started to wait for a table to open up. We noticed there were a lot of people getting bingsoo or the taiyaki for takeout. It’s pretty easy to get it to go and eat it at English Bay or Coal Harbour.
They also do cash, credit or debt.
Sizes
One major difference in what they serve is the size of the bingsoo. Even if you are eating the dessert in the store, they don’t use their nice metal bowls. It looks smaller, but because of the shape difference, I can’t be certain if the volume of shaved ice is different.
Bingsoo
Mango Bingoo is the most popular item that customers order, There is layers of mango chunks, mango puree and the milky shaved ice.
I like the fruity bingsoo as it is more refreshing.
Oreo Bingoo has the layer of oreo then the milky shaved ice. I like it but I always fear of smiling after since the oreo bits would hide between my teeth.
Injeolmi Bingsoo has red bean with it too. Injeolmi is a Korean rice cake snack. This smaller size also has the layers, but I found that as we kept digging into it, we wanted more of the injeolmi.
Green Tea Bingsoo has a sprinkling of green tea, red bean and some spongey cake. There definitely need to have more green tea in it.
Croissant Taiyaki
Each Croissant Taiyaki is made to order. You can watch the guy make it at the front of the store and smell the delicious aroma of the taiyaki.
They come in 5 flavours:
- red bean
- injeolmi red bean
- custard cream
- sweet potato
- nutella
It did take a little while for them to be cook it, so the bingsoo came out before these.
We bought 3 for $10 and of all the flavours, I still prefer the nutella taiyaki.
Each order, we also got a wet nap to clean our hands. A nice touch, but we weren’t that messy.
Overall, it’s still good bingsoo and there’s no other shop to get it in the area of Robson. It would be nice if they had more fruit options on their menu. During peak hours it can be hard to get a table, but I find the turnover to be quite quick.
We Rate Snowy Village: 
Address:
1696 Robson Street, Vancouver
