Saturday Tetsu and I took his mother out to lunch. She really balks at going out. She doesn't feel well, she will be too slow eating, she doesn't want people to see her. The excuses are endless. But it was a nice day and Tetsu finally convinced her. We had a quiet lunch which she really seemed to enjoy and afterwards we had dessert. Hmmm! Yummm!Tetsu and I had matcha paraits and Tetsu's mom had matcha anmitsu. Matcha, for anyone who doesn't know (but I think Starbucks serves matcha nowadays) is powdered green tea and it has a very strong GREEN flavor. Traditionally it is served hot and frothy (whisked with a brush) in a deep bowl and Japan's tea culture is rooted in matcha. It used to be unthinkable to add sweeteners but nowadays matcha ice cream is a favorite in Japan (Hagen Daz, 31 flavors, Cold Stone) and the specialty shops such as the one we visited, have matcha cake, matcha jello, matcha sherbet, matcha whipped cream and matcha sauce.
I ordered the very tame matcha parfait but I could have had a scoop of sweet bean paste added to this or some cubes of cake. You can see the scoop of bean paste, some rice balls (made of rice flour) and some cubes of gelatin made of seaweed, in the anmitsu that Tetsu's mother enjoyed.
DROOL, Leiya!
8 comments:
I had green tea ice cream when I lived in CA. Your deserts look like they were delicious.
So nice to take your mother in law out to eat! I wished I still could do that! Enjoy while you can!
oh, it all looks so good!
My mother and aunt don't like to eat out either. I've had green tea ice cream before, and it was delicious! Matcha whipped cream sounds good too.
Cold, sweet mitsumame was a summertime treat served up by my mom when I was a small child. Your desserts look almost too good to eat.
I'm glad your dinner was good - and that you got Tetsu's mum to go. But Tanya, I don't see any chocolate in your dessert - ......
The deserts look delicious! Glad to hear that Tetsu talked his Mother into going out for lunch. I agree with Allie... is there chocolate matcha?
These look so yummmyyy!!!
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