I was passing by Dulcet & Studio at Ngee Ann City sometime back, and chanced upon this beautiful sight... It's Sakura Tiramisu. Isn't it just a wonderful piece of art?
But it didn't really taste like the traditional Japanese salty sakura.
It was more like a cherry or raspberry shortcake with a dash of savoury flavour. As mentioned in an earlier post on sakura flavour,
I know in English, the word "cherry" is in the name "cherry blossom", but that describes the general family of trees (Prunus genus). So while sakura is related to the actual cherry tree (the sweet Prunus avium and the sour Prunus cerasus), 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. For a better idea of what authentic sakura fare from Japan tastes like, check out this post on Authentic Sakura Mochi, Manju, Soba and Crepe.
Nonetheless, it had a nice piece of preserved sakura on top though, as you can see from the image, so that provided some of the traditional salty sour plum taste of Japanese preserved sakura flowers. There was also a ball of what seemed like sakura flavoured bean paste in the middle, as you might see from the image below, so that was awesome.
So overall, I think it's worth trying! Not sure if they still sell it, but it's probably seasonal, so you'd have to check around April.
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