This cake with a simple name, Matcha is a delicate green tea mousse with chestnut cremeux layered with green tea biscuit and almond crumble.
Another perspective of the cake... Taken from Canelé Pâtisserie Chocolaterie's website
As a whole...
_______________________________________________________________Fen's comments
When I sink my teeth to savour my bite on Matcha, it was a refreshing green tea mousse. In fact, this is my first encounter with Matcha mousse and I have to admit it is really smooth. As seen from the picture, it is make up of a 2 layers of green tea mousse, a green tea cake, chestnut cream and a shortbread like pastry at the bottom. The entire combination was lovely as each layer as a unique characteristic taste on its own.
However, when I attempt to finish this entire cake on my own, it falls into my category of haunting serving, it is so rich that I had some difficulty finishing it. The mousse is just too rich and I would appreciate this creation with a higher proportion of the Matcha cake. In fact, I missed the Matcha Chiffon from Tampopo Deli in which the cream content is not too high.
Oh, between the choice of chestnut and azuki (red bean), I think the latter will be a better bet due to its texture.
I would say it is worthwhile to try but do consider sharing it with others.
_______________________________________________________________Yuan's comments
When i took my first bite of this cake, it was like wow. Lovely. This was the first time i ate Matcha mousse. Typically, it would be matcha chiffon, or matcha azuki but this is truely unique. However as i took more bites of this cake, i find that too much matcha mousse can be quite gross. Overall i would say it is worth a try but do try this with a friend as eating this whole mousse can be quite taunting.
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Canelé Pâtisserie Chocolaterie (Paragon)
290 Orchard Road,
#B1-25 Paragon,
Singapore 238859
Tel: 6733 8893
Operating hours: 11am to 10pm daily
http://www.canele.com.sg/
2 comments:
that looks lovely. darn..i should have tried that upon my visit to canele. instead i had the cafe caramel which i liked a whole lot. Then again. i might be biased. must be cravings for caramel taking over. hah.
It does impress but you must be a fan of matcha and chestnut... If not, cafe caramel is actually a better bet. Ultimately, chocolate and caramel fit most occassions :)
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