So the sakura are in full bloom in Tokyo! And although we don't have sakura blossoms in Singapore because we're in a tropical region, even Singaporean stores welcome the season in small ways. Possibly because there is a large community of Japanese diaspora here, so the Japanese departmental stores like Isetan and Takashimaya have spring food fairs, which may feature sakura items.
This sakura steamed cake was from Four Leaves, which I think is local bakery.
These were petit-sized, so maybe about 3-4 inches in length each.
And although you probably can't see it clearly in the picture, those tiny dark spots on the cake are actually a part of the flower, which I presume to be sakura. They might have been the sepals, because they are yellowish green in colour. They were just for visual appeal and authenticity though, because I really didn't taste them, nor did they contribute to any chewing experience.
The cake basically tasted like a mildly cherry flavoured savoury bun. The savoury part is accurate, because the sakura items I'd tried in Japan (mochi and soft serve ice cream) were savoury. But I really don't think sakura flowers taste like cherry. At least, I don't remember that.
I know in English, the word "cherry" is in the name "cherry blossom", but I think that describes the general family of trees (Prunus genus). It's related to the actual cherry tree (the sweet Prunus avium and the sour Prunus cerasus), but I don't think the sakura trees (Prunus serrulata) bear fruit that we would eat, even if technically edible. And even if it did bear a kind of cherry fruit, I'm quite sure the fruit and the flower taste different.
Still, it was an interesting local product to try. Basically, a savoury cherry-flavoured fluffy bun. Which was tasty.
This sakura steamed cake was from Four Leaves, which I think is local bakery.
And although you probably can't see it clearly in the picture, those tiny dark spots on the cake are actually a part of the flower, which I presume to be sakura. They might have been the sepals, because they are yellowish green in colour. They were just for visual appeal and authenticity though, because I really didn't taste them, nor did they contribute to any chewing experience.
The cake basically tasted like a mildly cherry flavoured savoury bun. The savoury part is accurate, because the sakura items I'd tried in Japan (mochi and soft serve ice cream) were savoury. But I really don't think sakura flowers taste like cherry. At least, I don't remember that.
I know in English, the word "cherry" is in the name "cherry blossom", but I think that describes the general family of trees (Prunus genus). It's related to the actual cherry tree (the sweet Prunus avium and the sour Prunus cerasus), but I don't think the sakura trees (Prunus serrulata) bear fruit that we would eat, even if technically edible. And even if it did bear a kind of cherry fruit, I'm quite sure the fruit and the flower taste different.
Still, it was an interesting local product to try. Basically, a savoury cherry-flavoured fluffy bun. Which was tasty.
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