Jo's Chicken Inato restaurant was among my favorite hang outs in college. Aside from being conveniently located near our school, they serve very delicious chicken barbecue and among other, a halo halo that makes "half" of my memories of this cold dessert. Called Buko-halo, this all time favorite Pinoy dessert comes in a coconut bowl with the halo halo ingredients almost overflowing on its sides.
The coconut shows how big the serving of halo halo you get since it is much bigger than most bowls or cups. Though it may just contain more ice, milk and other less expensive ingredients, you still get the best bargain compared with other restos.
Though these photos show otherwise, I remember before that buko-halo comes i nthis coconut shell bowl with the coconut meat still "intact". It adds "something more" at the end when you personally scrape off the coconut meat yourself using your spoon. Based on the photos, now they've been scraped for the customers to easily enjoy them. Now I'm thinking of ordering buko-halo requesting not to scrape off the meat. Hmmm....
Photos courtesy of WeekendPastime