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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Heavy dessert afternoon @ BerryGood

I had a photo shoot in Kwai Hing, so I thought I’d try Best Berry after trying Berrygood last time.
Before going, I had an expectation the yoghurt would be similar to BerryGood.

When I got there, the choice of toppings was less than Berry good, but there were more cake and some lunch sets.
In busy Kwai Hing, this café on the isolated corner of the mall is a good place to chat or sit for a while.
However the tables are not big enough, a lot of people were combining tables to make the table space bigger for all the desserts and cakes.

We ordered 3 sets:
Set 1: cheesecake and coffee.
Set 2: Original yoghurt cake, Yoghurt with blueberry sauce, and Yoghurt shake (berry flavour)
Set 3: Strawberry yoghurt cake, Yoghurt with a choice of three toppings, and coffee.

The cheesecake is just an ordinary cheesecake, but the original yoghurt cake was good, a big piece square cake, a thin layer of yoghurt cream on top of the cake, if there was more yoghurt cream in proportion to cake it would taste better, as the cake was too sweet.
As for the strawberry yoghurt cake, it tasted ok, enough yoghurt in proportion to the cake, but the size was smaller compared to the original one. The yoghurt is slightly too sweet.

The drinks were a bit sweet, and I think the set was a bit too heavy, too sickly.
Overall I think I prefer Berry Good, a much lighter option.

Yoghurt prawn angel hair pasta @ Grove Sandwiches

Been wanting to try this for a long time, so ordered the Yoghurt prawn angel hair,
when it came, there were some slices of ham in it too, was not expecting that, but anyway, gave the pasta some flavour as prawn wasnt that strong.

The sauce was pretty pink, with lots of freshly cubed tomato pieces, nice tangy sauce, but not strong in yoghurt taste even though it is meant to be yoghurt.

Mochified snowy mooncake~! @ Mochi Cream

After reading the review by FoodieWil, I just had to try for myself.
Totally agree with FoodieWil’s comment that it is a Japanese version of ChineseGoGo.

ChineseGoGo is a high-end version of the glutinous sweets with various fillings, and now top class Mochi has appeared.

There are 19 flavours: Apple pie, Chocolate banana, White chocolate, Mango, Peach Yoghurt, Bluebery Yoghurt, Sweet Potato, Darjeeling tea, honey cranberry, Café Au lait, Rum n Raisin, Chocolate, Green Tea, Black Sesame, Green Soybean, Red Sweet Potato and Sakura.

I am not really into Adzuki beans, or the conventional Japanese flavours such as green tea, sweet potatoes etc, so I chose six flavours APPLE PIE, PEACH YOGHURT, DARJEELING TEA, HONEY CRANBERRY, CARAMEL PUDDING, and RUM RAISIN.

I tried the APPLE PIE first, the texture was interesting, just like eating eggshells, like the sugar shells on the mini easter eggs, then oozing with apple sauce with bits of apple in it, and exploding with fluffy light whipped cream.

Then I tried the honey cranberry, also oozing with sweet cranberry liquid, this one contained bean paste, same with the Darjeeling Tea, packed with strong Tea flavour.
The Rum raisin one also surprised me with a strong Rum infusion with the cream.
I didn’t like the Peach Yoghurt one, because the Peach was a bit perfume like, not natural giving an aftertaste, I would assume the same for the blueberry one too.

However the Caramel Pudding was the best along with the Apple pie, it was thick smooth custard filling inside, with a strong bitter caramel syrup in the centre. The brown syrup tasting and looking EXACTLY like the real caramel puddings.

Anyway if your not a fan of Adzuki beans, then Apple pie or Caramel pudding would be the choice, its sweetness is different to the sweetness of the bean paste. Although both are as sweet as each other.
To me the ones with bean paste inside remind me of the Snowy moon cakes during moon cake festival, both full of bean paste. Maybe one day, they will have cheesecake flavours!

 

Strawberry fool @ Pret A Manger

Everytime I get food from here, I have my favourites, the strawberry fool, a thick and light yoghurt with chunks of strawberry and rhubarb in it. Then the sandwiches are also good, but this time I had a wrap.

I had the California crayfish wrap, filled wasabi mayonnaise, lemon juice, rocket lettices and crayfish, and in between the wrap, there was a piece of laver too, so it made it a bit like sushi.

Lastly I had chili con carne soup, not very spicy, but tasted how it should be.

Yogurt ice-cream @ Appollo

My favourite item here is the yoghurt with fresh fruit, but I wanted to get the free Mars bar so I ended up buying 3 cups of sundaes.

ACTUALLY I BELIEVE IT CAN BE BOUGHT SEPARATELY because on the flyer it said $11.8 if you buy it on its own, but since the woman there firmly said you cant buy it on its own, I got other stuff too.

Anyway the sundae, was just three layers of ice-cream, vanilla, strawberry then chocolate, the strawberry tasted fake, and the other two layers were ok.

The Mars bar is not a product by Apollo, but imported, it tasted of sweet ice-cream with caramel.

Strawberry coffee @ Caffe Pascucci

Anyway ordered an expresso with coffee cream, and expresso with yoghurt and strawberry.
Basically the fruity coffee was like thick yoghurt ice-cream with tartness.
I really liked it as only 10% was coffee.

The face blushes with the rush of blood! @ ZOE

Zoe has been around for a while, but hasn’t really caught my attention much, the cakes are quite commonly offered everywhere, such as the chocolate mousse, mille feuille.
The price is rather expensive, but then if they tasted good, then that price would have been reasonable.

Anyway, when I got there, the shop assistant was a bit annoying, instead of standing behind the counter, she came out and stood by my side!
She tried to recommend me the typical flavours such as Rose, Mango, but unfortunately, these are my least favourites!

In the end, I got the Blood Orange, and Blush.

Blood Orange:It had a layer of jelly on top to look nice, and layered with mousse, and a crunchy layer at the bottom.
It had a yoghurt tone to it rather than a citrus flavour.

Blush:I was disappointed with this cake, the chocolate mousse was very faint, and the cherries were the bright red glacier type. I was expecting strong black cherries, or at least cherries that had been soaked in brandy.