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Obanyaki-style Pistachio Pancakes by Mr Bean - Nutty Pistachio Pancake and Pistachio Kaya Pancake Review

coconut milk kaya nut pancake pandan pistachio Singapore Singaporean

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I am quite fond of the trending pistachio flavour, and Mr Bean recently featured 2 seasonal obanyaki-style pancakes with pistachio fillings - the Nutty Pistachio Pancake and the Pistachio Kaya Pancake. I naturally gravitated to the more nut-forward Nutty version, but the Kaya version further expounds on a pistachio-pandan theme I have been exploring, so I got both.

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Lapsang Souchong Tea Latte (or Teapresso Latte) by Chagee

Chinese drink iced latte milk Singapore teapresso

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Grandma's Fried Perilla Leaf by Gwanghwamun Mijin

buckwheat deep fried Korean leaf noodle perilla shiso Singapore soba South Korea traditional

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Yuzu Hojicha by Tsujiri Premium at Tanjong Pagar

ambience drink hojicha iced Japanese Singapore tea yuzu

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Ube Latte or Purple Sweet Potato Latte (iced and hot) and Kinako Cloud Cold Brew by Cafe Yasuragi - Reviews

art cinnamon coffee cold brew drink Festive foam hot iced Japanese style kinako kokutou latte milk orange peel purple sweet potato salt season Singapore ube

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Ultra Wagyu Ramen (Wagyu Beef Broth Ramen) by Mashi no Mashi

beef broth edamame Japanese Kobe Kyushu noodle Ozaki ramen Singapore Singaporean soup tallow wagyu

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Japanese-style Cardamom Roll by Kamome Bakery

bread butter cardamom Japanese Singapore spices sugar

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Sea Salt Matcha (Latte) by Offsite

drink iced latte matcha milk sea salt Singapore

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Greek Sarikopita Pie with Feta Cheese Filling by Alani at Kada, Singapore

cheese deep fried feta fried dough Greek honey oregano pastry pie sesame Singapore

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Rose Matcha Latte by KOKO Cafe and Patisserie, Singapore

drink flower foam iced Japanese style latte matcha milk rose Singapore tea

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Authentic Sakura Fare Part 2: Sakura Warabimochi, Sakura Daifuku, Sakura Bean Cake, Sakura Manju and Pickled Sakura Flowers from Japan

bean bean paste cake Daifuku Festive flower Japan Japanese jelly kinako leaf manju mochi pickle red bean sakura season shiroan warabi mochi white bean

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Authentic and Traditional Sakura VIA Castella Cake by Quolofune

cake castella egg Festive flower Japan Japanese leaf mizuame preserved sakura season

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Butter Tteok (Crispy Butter Mochi), Maldon Chocolate Financier and Orange Financier by Noci Bakehouse

almond powder brown butter butter cake chocolate dark chocolate financier glutinous rice Korean mochi orange orange peel rice cake salt sea salt Singapore tteok

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I pay for all my food, am not sponsored and do not collect any fees for any of my posts. I'm just a hobbyist who loves to explore new taste concepts and food ideas, archive my experiences and make pretty photos.

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Little Butter Latte vs Butter Americano by Luckin Coffee

The title of this latte had me curious so I had to try. Butter and coffee is a combination I tried as ice cream once, and wished there was more of. But the name of Little Butter Latte is apparently a branding collaboration between Luckin Coffee (瑞幸咖啡 ruì xìng kā fēi) and the Butterbear Cafe in Thailand which has as a mascot called Butterbear ( Nong Mee Noei in Thai). The mascot went viral sometime back in Thailand and the region, getting turned into Line stickers and so on. As you can see from the shop signboard, it's super cute. And recently, they also released a Butter Americano, 1 year after the latte, which I also just tried. (Scroll down for the updated section on the Americano version.)

Glutinous Green Milk Tea by Chagee, and a bonus Cocoa Oolong Milk Tea sample

I didn't recognise this "Glutinous Green Milk Tea" on Chagee's menu, so I ordered it to see what it was about, and was pleasantly surprised by the experience. First, what is glutinous green tea? It is apparently a normal green tea brewed with what Chagee calls a "plant native to Yunnan" in its in-app description (see image below). After further research, it seems that there are two separate plants used - one is the normal tea plant for the green tea, and the other is the Yunnan-native herb which goes by the name of Semnostachya menglaensis or nuo mi xiang (糯米香) in Chinese. Both the tea and the nuo mi xiang seem to be sourced from Yunnan. Besides green tea, nuo mi xiang is also often paired with puer tea. Besides its use to flavour foods such as tea, it is apparently also used in traditional Chinese medicines to aid digestion, detoxify and reduce internal "heat", but I don't know how validated by research it is. It literally means "glutin...

What is a dry beer or sake? Asahi Super Dry Beer vs non-dry beer, sake, and dry sake

I went for a S$6 beer tasting workshop that answered this question with side-by-side samples to compare. It was organised by Asahi Beer in July 2023 for the launch of their updated Superdry Beer taste. They not only let us try different types of beer, but also sake , because the concept of dry and not dry started from sake.

Comparing Gourmet Tomato Varieties (Japanese-Grown) - Amela, Rubins, Bijin, Rosso Napolitan and more

In summer 2022, I noticed that Don Don Donki was selling a whole lot of different types of tomatoes, so I got curious and bought one of each to try: 1) the Amela tomato, 2) Amela Rubins mini tomato, 3) Japanese three-coloured tomatoes (green tomatoes, yellow tomatoes and the usual red ones), 4) Kumamoto mini tomatoes, 5) Bijin premium Japanese tomato variety grown in Thailand, 6) Rosso Napolitan Italian tomato of the Mauro variety grown in Japan's Nagano Prefecture, and 7) the Momotaro tomato grown in Oita Prefecture. I also tried them both raw and baked. There were some especially sweet ones, such as the Amela and Amela Rubins, where the write-up said that it should be appreciated raw as it would be a waste to cook it because the flavours would be lost. But I was just curious so I also baked a small quantity of these - just one piece each.

Popular Curry Cheese Bread by Giraffa Curry Bread Specialist from Japan

Another specialty Japanese brand recently opened its doors in Singapore - Giraffa Curry Bread Specialist . Its signature item is the Curry Cheese Bread. Unlike other breads, this one is deep fried. Furthermore, as if a layer of bread wasn't enough, it is also breaded... which makes it a breaded bread, incidentally. Apart from that, its curry and cheese are reportedly quite special too, so I was curious to see if it lived up to the hype.

Blue-ming Coconut Latte and (Basque) Cheesecake by Luckin Coffee

The name of this drink was a head-scratcher, but in essence, it seems to be a normal coconut latte, except that it has whipped cheese cream with it. It was the combination of coconut milk and cheese cream that I found interesting enough to try. Other than that, as you can see in the picture, it does come in a very beautiful pastel blue colour, which is apparently completely naturally derived from spirulina. It is this colour that the drink is named after, although I don't understand the "ming" reference. Some official marketing material refers to blue-ming as a homonym or pun of "blooming", which could be referring to the algae "bloom" which does happen for spirulina, although that results in the typical green algae colour, so it's a bit of a weird and potentially disgusting reference. It could also refer to the Chinese New Year or spring season where flowers are thought of as blooming, but it's a bit of a tenuous link.

Buttercrème Latté by Zus Coffee, Malaysia

Zus Coffee, a modern tech-based cafe from Malaysia with a wide range of flavours, just opened in Singapore. It got me excited to try, as I had a good experience with similar China chains but had not yet come across a good Southeast Asian one. I tried the hot "Buttercrème Latté" first. Although no such word as "buttercrème" exists, I assume it means "buttercream", in which case it would be a combination of butter and sugar whipped into a creamy texture. And I assume that they then add this to a caffe latte. As I had ordered takeaway (there were very few seats), most of the creme had melted, but you could still see a thin layer floating on top that was slightly lighter in colour than the latte under it. And under certain lighting and reflection (second image below, click to enlarge), you can actually see the oil droplets from the melted cream floating on the drink's surface. Normally, such visible grease might be off-putting, but since it is a type of b...

Mascarpone Latte by Luckin Coffee (both hot and iced versions reviewed), and a short comment on the Vanilla Soufflé Latte

Another eyebrow-raising flavour was launched by Luckin recently, as a collaboration with Tom & Jerry. It's called the Mascarpone Latte. I tried the iced version first, then updated on the hot version after, further below. (I also tried both the hot and iced Vanilla Soufflé Latte and wasn't impressed, so I have short comments right below.) Iced Mascarpone Latte My first impression is that it tasted nothing like mascarpone cheese. As you would know, probably from trying tiramisus, mascarpone cheese is rather unlike other cheeses in that it is closer to a cream, and it is sweet rather than salty.

Authentic and Traditional Sakura VIA Castella Cake by Quolofune

During a visit to Japan, we were on a hunt for more authentic sakura-flavoured fare and so were delighted to stumble upon this Sakura Castella cake by Quolofune, a boutique castella specialist in Japan that has branches at upmarket department stores. (I had previously posted about their original, matcha and brown sugar castella rusks , way back in Nov 2014.) We got this one at the Kansai Airport.

Upgraded Kewpie Smoked Mayonnaise - the secret gourmet ingredient to make savoury food pop

I absolutely loved Kewpie's original smoked mayonnaise and was practically addicted to using it for most anything savoury - egg mayonnaise, sandwiches, pasta, cheese and crackers and hard boiled eggs. So when I saw this new version that claimed "smoked flavour upped", I had to try it. It was launched in February last year. Kewpie does not smoke the mayonnaise itself, but instead flavours its house-made vinegar with hickory chips to give it a robust smoky fragrance before using it in its normal mayonnaise recipe. In response to feedback asking for a stronger smoked flavour, Kewpie increased the amount of smoked vinegar used to enhance the smoky flavour. I first tried this in egg mayonnaise, and indeed the smoked flavour was a lot stronger.

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