Showing posts with label Green Tea Treats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Green Tea Treats. Show all posts
8 May 2014
Lady M - Deeply in love with the green tea mille crepe!
Having high tea is always such a blissful affair, especially when something 'green tea' is on the menu. Yes! I finally tried the signature green tea mille crepe after eyeing it for quite a long time. It was love at first taste and my friend couldn't agree more. Layers of thin crepe spread with green tea flavored cream, stacked vertically upwards and forming the lovely structure of the 'cake'. Soft, creamy and yet not overpowered by the bitterness of the green tea, many people would easily be seduced by a single slice. I would go crazy with joy if I had the whole cake by myself!
The red velvet cake took me by surprise and I did not expect it to taste so yummy! The chocolate sponge was coarse, not exactly dense but not dry while the sour cream cheese frosting was extremely rich! The sourness balanced the sweetness and the combination was simple yet super filling.
Last but not least, we tried the strawberry shortcake. The overwhelming amount of cream and its collapsing state did not impress us at all. The plain sponge was not exactly fluffy and the cream kept forcing itself out every time our fork poked into the cake. It still tasted decent but just too messy.
I seriously don't get one point - Why other people can place their cake in front of them for over half an hour while ours disappeared into our stomach within minutes? #gluttons
26 Jan 2014
Gelateria Italia - 8 Flavors at a time!
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| Guys DO enjoy ice cream with waffles too! 6 guys, 8 flavors and 4 waffles! Don't ask me what flavors they were since I was not the one picking them and I could not recall anyway. Thanks to one of my friend who bought the groupon voucher to share the deal with the rest of us. I was once an addicted fan of groupon deals too and the deals I bought were food related ones. I stopped myself from buying as some of these deals were not worth it. Anyway, this outlet at Jem shopping mall only have 1 waffle machine. Prepare to wait like us since they could only prepare your waffle one at a time LOL! |
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| Another day which I had the green tea and baileys! Too bad the green tea tasted flat and disappointing and I was easily pleased with the mildly alcoholic and creamy baileys. I would be back blogging since I have 2 weeks of holiday again! |
9 Jan 2014
Creamier - Totally packed
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| A super late post which had been stranded in my draft section for quite a long time. Finally it could be free from being a draft! I guessed it was my 3rd time patronising Creamier which was located about 15 minutes walking distance from Tao Payoh MRT station. I raved about how much I enjoyed my ice cream previously (when it was less cramped) but not this time due to the place being overcrowded. All I wanted was to rush finish my ice cream and get the hell out of that noisily cramped place. I picked the Thai Milk Tea ice cream (cone) that day and I loved the way it kept melting constantly and I had to keep licking while turning the cone around. The milky tea flavor was intense, and tasted exactly how the actual Thai milk tea was. |
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| After I did a tasting for the green tea flavor, I did not order because it tasted diluted and not intense enough. O well, my friend got the green tea flavor anyway. It was more towards the refreshing light taste instead of the usual intense matcha which I always loved. Maybe some people would prefer green tea without the bitter aftertaste. (Click to view my 1st and and 2nd visit.) |
*Update* (29/04/14)
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| Another time which I went to have waffle and ice cream with my friend. The crowd was still quite crazy....I guess they would be expanding sooner or later. |
16 Dec 2013
Maccha House 抹茶館 - Back to the House
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| After my first round of 'house visit' to Maccha House 抹茶館 with my friend, I went back again for some drinks to chill with mum! I just ordered an ordinary glass of matcha with a really tiny scoop of green tea ice cream. I kept hoping the staff would be more generous with the ice cream though. The drink itself was nothing special, only to satisfy my craving for ice cold bitter matcha! |
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| My mum wanted something with azuki red beans and I got for her this drink. The first thing she commented was why the cream looked like that?? (Looking split and ugly) Click the 'first round' link above to have a clearer view of the cream. The drink was topped with 2 plain chewy Japanese dumplings and a pile of sweet azuki beans that definitely did not impress her, not one bit. My mum did not really enjoy her drink as she felt that it was too bitter and not sweet enough for her liking. Furthermore, she was no fan of matcha products. This shows that non-matcha fans would have a high chance of not liking this outlet due to the bitter intensity. |
29 Sept 2013
Maccha House 抹茶館 - If there is such a house, I would want to live in it
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| Being a hard core Matcha fan myself, needless to say, Maccha House naturally attracted my attention and automatically registered in my 'must try' list. The name Maccha House made me fantasize a house of entirely green/brown furnishing, scented with the aroma of matcha, decorated zen style with tons of matcha food products! Before my imagination could get any wilder, here's a picture of my friend's Matcha and Vanilla soft serve cone. (He already started licking his bi-coloured tower before I could snap a decent shot.) Although the matcha taste was intense, the price was a bit unfriendly to his wallet. |
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| As for me, I decided to try something unique and ended up picking Ice Matcha with brown sugar syrup. I was quite shocked upon receiving my tall glass with a mess of cream that has such a horrible texture and looking split. After stirring the cream for a brief moment, I took a sip and immediately fell in love with my drink! A strong intensity with bitterness not too unbearable for my taste buds. (My resistance to Matcha's bitterness could be a little high though.) The brown sugar syrup only helped to sweeten the drink a little and imparting a bit of malt candy flavor. I tried slowing down my drinking pace but to no avail and in no time, the glass was empty with me trying to suck every last drop of the drink with my straw. I would definitely be back for more in future! |
31 Jul 2013
Tonkutsu King Four Seasons - Artificial beauty blossoming
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| The moment I stepped into Tonkutsu King Four Seasons, I almost went OMG aloud. I was awed and impressed with the effort involved to furnish the restaurant into so Japanese-like. Artificially beautiful cherry blossom hanging along the walls, round lanterns, wall paintings as well as the open kitchen concept made me felt like I was entering a ramen outlet in Japan. |
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| An urge to risk, I ordered the Japanese green tea cola to try as it was a rare beverage option in Singapore and it was my first time coming across one. Upon reading the label, I realised that the brand was from Tonkutsu King itself. Fizzy and tasting like an ordinary can of cola, except that the colour was more towards the darker tone of olive green. |
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| My friend's bowl of 'Autumn' arrived with colour so vibrant that it reminded me of the season's departing leaves. The bright warning colour was a mix of spices and meat cuddled into an orb, slowing diffusing its fieriness across the umami broth. A mouthful of soup was already too much for me to handle and I was thankful that this bowl was not my choice! Not to forget, there were free flow of hard boiled egg and marinated beansprouts (just like Ramen Keisuke Tori King) to bring down the heat. |
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| My 'Summer' arrived shortly after my friend's 'Autumn' and the colour contrast reassured me that I would not have to sweat over my meal. Unlike Autumn, Summer's broth was intensified by a lovely load of mushroomy bits which emitted an unforgettable earthly taste. I felt like I was eating a high class 'bak chor mee' (minced meat noodles) with springy and relatively medium-hard noodles. As for the char shu, it was towards the leaner side with minimal fats, posing a slight challenge for a lazy person like me to chew. On the whole, I would definitely be back to try out the other seasons! |