"The essential Filipino restaurant in Mount Pleasant offers ube (purple yam) bread pudding like the one then-Vice President Kamala Harris enjoyed in her own backyard last spring. Other colorful desserts include cupcakes served with ube ice cream, frozen mango floats, and halo-halo loaded with red mung beans and jackfruit over shaved ice. Chef-owner Patrice Cleary also serves a vibrant ube soft serve at her Joia Burger down the street." - Tierney Plumb