Supersupergirl's restaurant reviews

Saturday, April 07, 2012

McCafe's asiaroma of tea -series - Himalayan Tea

The new asiaroma teas were quite attractive especially the poster.

It is quite good that there are new teas on the menu for non coffee drinkers.

The two new drinks in this series are Himalayan Tea and Soy Green tea which is available hot or cold.
The Himalayan tea is Himalayan tea with fresh milk topped with whipped cream and a dusting of cinnamon and the Soy green tea is sweet green tea with soy milk with whipped cream and green tea powder on top.

Anyway wanted to try both, but tried the Himalayan tea first because I have never heard of it.

I was not sure what it was going to taste like, but any taste that is not Hong Kong style tea is good for me!
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Himalayan tea - Cold
When I got the drink I was quite surprised with the colour, it was vivid peach.

The taste was nothing like tea or Hong Kong style milk tea and there was no tea taste.
However it was very milky.
It reminded me of the milkshakes at school which consists of plain milk with added syrups.
(If your a Brit or attended secondary school there your'll know what I mean, but the syrups at different schools may differ)
The cinnamon which was at the top could not be tasted.
Although there was no tea taste, I really liked it because it was exactly the same as the milkshakes at school.
The taste is hard to explain, but it tastes like milk with a faint bitter butterscotch taste.
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McCafe: Cookies and cream cheesecake

The Cookies and cream cheesecake immediately stood out from the cake selection.

It is different from the usual cheesecakes because half of the base is cake and the above is cookies and cream cheesecake filling.
Usually there is more proportion of the cheesecake filling and the bottom is just a biscuit base tart.

I rarely eat cheesecakes because I find them quite heavy and I do not like the biscuit base.

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Cookies and cream cheesecake
The cake looked visually nice, there was a distinct dark brown cake base in contrast to the light yellow cheesecake filling on top embedded with oreo cookies and topped with big white chocolate drops and oreo pieces.
The cheesecake filling at the top was amazingly light, it was similar to thick mousse and the oreo cookie pieces in it were nice and soft as well.
It was a good match with the chocolate cake base at the bottom which was not too sweet, but the cake base was a little too dry and hard.
Although there was oreo pieces in it, there was still a lemon taste in the cheesecake filling!
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Tempura Whopper series @ Burger King

When I saw the poster for this, it just reminded me of Freshness burger and MOS because the tempura was so Japanese.

Anyway there are three options: Tempura Whopper 和風天婦羅華堡, Tempura Whopper Junior and Veggie Tempura whopper.

Tried the Tempura Whopper Junior and the Veggie Tempura whopper but since I do not like beef the Veggie Tempura Whopper tastes better.

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Veggie Tempura whopper
This is same as the beef tempura whopper except that there is no beef and there is a slice of processed cheese in it.
I ate the tomato first because I do not like tomatoes in my burgers.
Anyway, it was really good because they put endive lettuce and not the usual iceburg lettuce.
The endive lettuce is not as juicy as the iceburg lettuce so the tempura can still be tasted and the sauce that was put in the burger matched it well because it was not too sweet.
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Tempura Whopper Junior
As the taste of the beef was quite strong, the taste of the tempura couldnt be tasted so it was just like eating their usual burgers with some crunch in it.
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