Instead of standing and eating street food at Nishiki Market, we went to this cafe at the end of the street, just few doors away from BAKE Kyoto.

I thought their Matcha Latte to be pretty awesome - smooth and not very creamy. Just that warm drink I needed after walking in the cold...

Likes: Simple and convenient, not as mainstream as Starbucks.

Dislikes: I thought my latte was great so nothing that I dislike.

Just to see a comparison, I've decided to buy some cheese tarts from PABLO.

PABLO vs BAKE. Which is your favourite?

It's very sweet of PABLO to decorate their tarts with hearts - it's Valentines week!

I tried both Cheese Original & Matcha - both did not melt. I've tried both immediately after paying. I completely forgot to take a picture of the inner tart but basically it's just cake-like texture. 

I think I prefer BAKE over PABLO. Just take a look at how BAKE's cheese oozes out: 

Sorry PABLO fans, BAKE is definitely better than PABLO. #BakeFan

The waffle shop that has many varieties of waffles, but it just didn't seem right to receive one which was lukewarm cold. They claim to be selling good grade, freshly baked waffles using the finest ingredients but it's quite questionable. I felt as though it has been prepared ahead, hence, lukewarm cold. Thus, not too sure baout the  It wasn't as fresh as expected. Not sure if I will try it again.. Possibly another time - do not want to penalise a shop just because of one try :-)

Just another cafe in Uptown, focusing on Japanese products. But just scroll down for some of their specialties, it's more than just another cafe. 

They serve various types of tea - quite a few choices which I've then decided to go for their popular pick. We tried both the basic Hoji Tea (RM10) and Green Tea (RM10).

For those who loves Japanese sweets, they have a few items which are great to go with the tea.

Sakura Mochi (RM5)

Warabi Mochi (RM7)

Ichigo Daifuku (RM5)

There is also a range of hot tea, cold tea, milk tea and smoothie.As for savoury food, they did not look quite appealing to me.

Look at the sweets we've ordered - these look exactly the same with the models!

Tea is refillable. The hot water's temperature is probably controlled in the kettle sitting right on the electric stove. They have special tea equipment to prepare the tea and to refill it. It's really not your regular afternoon tea.

We were offered some cold tea to try. It was not in the menu at the point of visit.

Menu is absolutely limited, would be a pleasure for more choices - could work a little on savoury and bring in more sweets. All in all, it's a great place for Japanese tea and sweets for an afternoon break!

I would have never expected the menu to be so extensive! In my head it's either Matcha or Hojicha.

To keep it simple I picked a Parfait and a Soft Ice Cream selection. Instead of RM6.50, I paid only RM4.80 which is the promotion price if you buy a Parfait.

Shiratama Parfait with Hojicha Ice Cream (RM16.50)

Oh my gosh, those Mochi Balls are really so good - especially with the soybean powder. I would rather have Ice Cream and Mochi separately (yes the do serve it separately). I didn't like the combination of hojicha, red beans and the mochi balls. It was rather odd because I feel it's nicer to have them all separately. Next time I will order the plain ice cream & shiratama-kinako kuromitsu!!

As for the flavour - green tea is super thick! Too thick I actually prefer the Hojicha over Matcha. It's personal preference, but no doubts both are flavourful and texture is super smooth!

Tsujiri Malaysia

58, Jalan SS/58

Damansara Utama

Petaling Jaya

47400 Selangor

Malaysia

03.77335541

Opening Hours

Mon-Thurs 1pm - 11pm

Fri & Sat 1pm - 1am

Sun 12pm - 11pm

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 Mino Japanese Restaurant, the one and only decent Japanese cuisine in town.. Apart from sushi and sashimis they do serve desserts as well. They have different promotions from time to time, currently they serve free green tea ice cream for every check-in with a photo. 

 Just show it to them and you'll get it. Easy? Someone taught me how to make green tea ice cream, perhaps I'll write up about it one day, it's really simple but I'm not sure if it works. ^_^

 Coconut ice cream in a coconut shell. Interesting? I mean, having the idea of the ice cream in the fruit itself. Creative! The ice cream is very rich in coconut taste, and it has little bits and pieces of the coconut in it. Someone even mentioned to me that it totally reminds her of the ice cream she had in Bangkok. I've never been to Bangkok, maybe when I do I'll definitely say something about it.

Tiramisu ice cream!! Initially I thought it was going to be "just another tiramisu cake". It does look like a cake, but it's actually the ice cream. It's just like a frozen tiramisu cake, instead of the soft and fluffy cream it's ice cream. I like the idea of it actually, the ice cream is very strong in coffee taste. Yummm

To add on, they are currently doing a 15% off promotion for students so long as you flash your student ID. :)