A bar poof is also known as ice cream (gelato).

The Taiwanese term for it is bar poof

Meaning of bar poof ice:

Bar poof ice is a very special way of peddling ice cream in Taiwan in the early days of...

When Taiwanese were young, they used to hear the sound of "Ba-Pu-Ba-Pu" outside their houses. They would know that the owner was coming...

Nowadays, there are still Ba Pou Ice in Taiwan. But it's becoming more and more rare...

So it can be said that the bar poof is a childhood memory for us Taiwanese...

Origin of the word "bar poof"

There is an ancient way of selling ice cream in Taiwan...

The idea was to put a small freezer on the back of a motorcycle...

There are of course several flavors of ice cream inside... (The flavor is not quite the same as the usual ice cream... It's a bit fudgy ^^)

The owner rides his motorcycle down the street and sells...

Their specialty is a hand honking horn on the handlebars...

While riding their bikes... And they honk their horns. The horn will emit a "barpoof~barpoof~" sound. ....

That's why the Taiwanese just call this ice cream "bar poof" !!!!

All other Taiwanese pretty much call it ice cream....