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It’s springtime in Tokyo, which means it’s the season for all things sakura, aka cherry blossoms. These beautiful flowering trees mark the beginning of many things in Japan- the start of the school year, new jobs, and warmer weather. It also mean’s plenty of seasonal foods featuring this iconic flower!
Shizuka takes a trip to Haute Couture Cafe, a photogenic cafe overlooking the sakura trees next to the river in Naka-Meguro. They specialize in seasonal tea sets, and the cafe is transformed into an explosion of fluffy pink sakura for spring. Shizuka enjoys an afternoon tea featuring sakura-inspired sweets and savories. From a table-side fresh Mont Blanc to sakura-infused tea, she tries each meticulously detailed food to see if it tastes as good as it looks. Watch and find out if this aesthetically pleasing cafe is worth the hype!
FEATURED FOODS:
The following are all items in the “Strawberry Cherry Blossom Lover Afternoon Ten” priced at 5,100 yen
Vichyssoise: a potato-based soup orginaly from France
Salmon avocado tartar: a savory mix toped with ikura (salmon roe)
Sakura Mont Blanc: a sakura twist on the classic montblanc, a dessert made with chestnut puree and whipped cream.
Spring green tea pudding: a matcha flavored pudding.
Cherry blossom tea: sakura steeped in hot water.
Croquette with tomato sauce: a deep-fried potato dumpling with tomato sauce.
Sakura macaron: the classic French cookie made from almond meal with a sakura filling.
Sakura Oshiruko: a sweet bean paste soup with strawberries and shiratama mochi
Sakura mochi crepe: a French crepe filled with Japanese ingredients.
Spring hamburger: a mini hamburger featuring seasonal vegetables.
Sakura gelèe and panna cotta: a dessert featuring the creamy Italian dessert of panna cotta (sweet cream and gelatin) with jelly and bits of strawberry on top.
Komachi parfait: a layered dessert of strawberries, mousse, and cheesecake.
Spring Mont Blanc: another twist on a montblanc, this one features hazelnut puree instead of chestnut.
TIMELINE
0:00 Intro
1:06 Haute Couture Cafe
3:36 Table-side Mont Blanc
4:19 Tea time!
8:20 Sakura Oshiruko
12:13 Komachi parfait
13:02 Spring Mont Blanc
14:20 Outro
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🎬 CREDITS:
HOST » Shizuka Anderson
DIRECTOR » Joji Kurosawa
VIDEO EDITOR » Esteban Haga
PRODUCER » Eliska Sikulova