Hojicha + Tea Jelly & Red Bean + Green Tea x Frappuccino

As I rarely drink coffee I was excited when these two drinks were launched.
It was Red Bean and Green Tea Frappuccino and the other was Hojicha and Tea Jelly Frappuccino.

I ordered both because I wanted to try both even though I do not like red beans, but I felt that the Red Bean and Green Tea Frappuccino would just taste the same as the usual green tea Frappuccino with red beans added.

Apart from the drinks I found some other interesting snacks such as the edamame beans and lemon aloe jelly yoghurt cup.

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Red Bean and Green Tea Frappuccino

The green tea frappuccino was nice and creamy and there was no grassy or bitter taste.
As I left it for a while the slushed ice floated on top so I ended up drinking the milky part at the bottom.
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Hojicha and Tea Jelly Frappuccino

Earl grey itself is such an aromatic tea but it is usually served hot so the taste is slighty different when served hot. I feel that when earl grey is used in puddings and cold drinks the flavour comes out more.
The drink was really nice especially because the earl grey was strong and the milk they used was not too milky and powdery.
At the bottom there was some tea jelly which I had last and it was really nice.
However the jelly was really hard to draw with the straw they provided even though the diameter was bigger and it was embarassing because the jelly would make an embarassing noise.

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Korean Walnut shaped Taiyakis filled with red bean

韓國皇帝胡桃紅豆餅 Korean Walnut Cookie

I am not a fan of red bean paste but I decided to give it a try.

 

The owner was really friendly and there were other items as well to try but since I am allergic to the Kimchi I just tried this.

The outer layer of this walnut snack was similar to the Taiyaki, so I expected it to taste soft and slighty tough on the skin with sweet red bean paste in the middle with the occaisional pieces of walnut.
For red bean lovers this would be a great snack because they are bite sized and if they are freshly done they taste nice warm as well.

Green tea and red bean waffles @ Yamazaki

I attempted to buy them previously but when I used the bakery tongs to pick them up they were rock hard so I left them.

However on this visit they were fresh and much softer so I bought the Green tea with red beans waffle and the original waffle.

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Original waffle:
This one was not as sweet as the green tea one but still quite sweet.
It was firm on the outside and soft in the inside.
The waffle had a very buttery smell and taste too.
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Green tea and red beans waffle:
The buttery smell and taste for this waffle was not as strong as the original however it was much sweeter that you could not really taste the green tea.
There were quite a few red beans in the waffle.
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Sweetness inconsistencies @ Gung Cha

Tried drinks from this branch and the one in Causeway and found that asking 50% strength in sweetness from both places, the taste is inconsistent in both branches.
The strength of sweetness at Wan Chai is not as sweet as Causeway Bay, I felt that Wan Chai’s 75% strength was equivalent to causeway bay’s 50% strength.

Drinks bought from this place: Green tea with red beans and toasted rice, Earl Grey milk tea with brown sugar jelly, Lemon with Wintermelon tea.
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Green tea with red beans and toasted rice:
The toasted rice was really nice, similar to eating rice crispie’s breakfast but not sweet, and the toasted aroma balanced out the green tea’s grassyness.

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Earl Grey: This was the most disappointing, because there was no earl grey flavour at all, it just tasted like the tea you would get in any Chinese café, basically hongkie styled tea!
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Lemon with Wintermelon tea: This was overly sweet, and it was made from concentrated lemon jam, so the drink tasted stronger than I would have liked. I was expecting a delicate light tea with wintermelon taste and slight hints of lemon.

doraeman's food! @ Maxim's bakery

Felt like having some american pancakes, so tried the maxims version.
There are two flavours either filled with red bean or peanut butter.

Frankly it is cartoon food!

The pancakes were not soft, also the peanut butter was hard and dry inside.
I was surprised the butter didnt go runny in this heat.

Indonesian fried rice and red bean tofu @ Fairwood

Got the Indonesian fried rice with chicken because it looked delicious on the product shot.

The real dish turned out as good as the product shot, however it was tasteless and the chicken was dry.

The tofu which I thought was some special tofu, was actually tofu from those plastic boxes.
You can see the imprint of the box on the totu.

box imprint on the tofu

 

The red beans and condensed milk made it too sweet.