Because of its ingredients -- beans, garbanzos, palm fruit, coconut meat strands, and a whole host of fruits boiled sweet -- halu-halo is very filling and so is not normally taken as dessert after a heavy meal. Instead, it's taken more as an afternoon snack in the hot tropical climate.
Still, just for the ube-flavor ice cream on top which you won't find anywhere else be it Friendly's or Baskin Robbins, you owe it to yourself to sample Halu-halo because otherwise you won't know what you're missing. As far as I'm concerned, ube (purple yam) is the best ice cream flavor there ever is.
