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scolek · 1 month ago
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every week i get my bread and right next to them is the croissants. so today i got some. and im hoping the grocery store bakery croissants are not an accurate representation of croissants because if so i am very disappointed in shu.
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funnyfooddatabase · 1 year ago
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TOUS les JOURS Among Us Cake
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Type of Funny Food: Tie-In Product
Introduced: March 2022
Location: TOUS les JOURS
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A South Korean bakery with locations in the United States, TOUS les JOURS partnered with game studio Innersloth to offer a cake themed to the latter’s incredibly popular game, Among Us.
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The cake was a domed, chocolate cake covered with red glaze meant to look like one of the impostors from the game popping out of a vent. Inside the cake were layers of ganache-infused whipped cream and crunchy chocolate balls.
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This was not the first collaboration for TOUS les JOURS and Innersloth- they had previously offered another Among Us cake in 2021.
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ammg-old2 · 2 years ago
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At the Park Hyatt hotel in Paris, Narae Kim combines the Nashi pear she grew up eating in Dangjin, South Korea, and the Williams pear often used in eau de vie into an eye-catching dessert: a fan of Williams wedges, some marinated in jasmine tea and others cooked in bergamot oil, alongside quenelles of pear-and-cassava sorbet, all topped with tiny orbs of Nashi pear liqueur.
Ms. Kim had wanted to study pastry in France since she was young, taking pastry and baking classes in middle school and participating in grueling pastry competitions in college in South Korea.
When Ms. Kim brainstorms desserts, she always begins with fruits like apricots, melons and cherries, which she would pluck from her family’s yard as a child, and builds on her ideas using the French pastry skills she has developed throughout her career.
“I don’t think about creating something with a Korean touch,” she said. “It comes naturally.”
Ms. Kim, 33, is just one of several chefs born in South Korea who sought out French culinary training but, in the process, have created a distinct genre of pastry. While their paths differ, their work is defining a growing category of pastry art that is confined neither to South Korea nor to France. It is generating long lines, earning Michelin stars and wielding influence across the pastry world.
These chefs shape barely sweet, pillowy corn mousse into cartoonish cobs, and layer pine-nut praline into minimalist Mont Blanc. They season madeleines with soy sauce and chubby financiers with sweet potato.
Their pastries are unlike what customers can find at Tous Les Jours or Paris Baguette, the two beloved South Korean bakery chains that introduced locals to hot-dog-filled rolls, airy cream buns and other uniquely French-Asian creations. Still, those bakeries were the entry point to the world of French pastry for some of the chefs taking that fusion further.
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koreaguides · 2 years ago
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Unique Collaboration Snacks In Korea
1. Samlip Hoppang & Hershey’s Mint Chocolate Bread 
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This snack is a mixture of refreshing mint chocolate and hoppang which is actually steamed buns. This awesome snack combination sold 400,000 units within 10 days after its release. It was very popular among Koreans as many Korean love mint-chocolate and also because it was such a creative and new idea. 
2. Buldak Mango Ale - Samyang Puldak Stir-Fried Noddles & The Satellite Brewing 
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This product is a collaboration of Samyang Buldak Stir-fried noddles and The Satellite Brewing Company. It’s a drink made to pair with the Buldak Stir-Friend Noddles. Although it says Buldak on the packaging, it’s not spicy. The Buldak Mango Ale has a sweet refreshing sweet scent and is not as bitter compared to other ales that’s why it’s said to go well with spicy food. 
3. Ediya Coffee & Nongshim Post sick Milkshake 
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This Posticks stands for potato sticks. The Posticks is a snack combination of Ediya Coffee’s origin milkshake topped with cheese sauce and Nongshim’s potato stick snack. It is suitable for those “danjjan” taste lovers which means sweet and salty combination. 
4. Paris Baguette x Paldo Bibim Bread 
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Paris Baguette is one of the most popular bakery in Korea. Paldo is a famous F&B Company which is best known for their Bibimmyeon. Paris Baguette released a sausage salad bread, croquette and triangle bulgogi gimbap which contained the Paldo Bibimmyeon spicy sauce. Many Koreans actually enjoyed these sweet and spicy pastries. 
5. Lotte Chilsung Beverage Milkis Milk Bread Flavor & Tous Les Jours 
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Tous Les Jours is another popular bakery loved by many Koreans. They had a collaboration with Lotte’s popular milk soda., Milkis. They released products with the Milkis taste and Milkis also released a bread-flavored carbonated beverage. Although it may sound strange, but it actually captivated the hearts of those who tried it. 
6. Coffee Gold Ale - Jeju Beer x Blue Bottle 
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Jeju Beer is a handmade beer brewery company. They are collaborating with Blue Bottle Coffee Company and introduced a coffee flavored beer. It features aromatic coffee and citrus flavors. Through the collaboration with luxury coffee brand Blue Bottle, Jeju Beer is seen to draw more attention among the Korean beer industry. 
7. Jin Lager - Ottogi Jin Ramen & Amazing Brewing Company 
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Jin Lager is a pure and dark handmade beer well-known for not using artificial scent or sweeteners. It contains German malt that gives off a savory scent to the beer. This specialty of this beer is their deep and strong flavor just like all the other Jin products. 
8. Melona’s Dew - Hite Jinro Chamiseul & Binggrae Melona 
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This product is created by Hite Jinro a popular Soju brand along with Binggrae a famous F&B corporation well-known for their ice cream and milk products. It is a melon flavored Melona Soju that has a lower alcohol content that many people can drink without worrying about their alcohol tolerance. 
9. Guksoondang Rice Jollypongdang 
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This is a makgeolli drink with combination of caramel-coated wheat puff snack by Jollypong Snacks. The taste of the makgeolli and snack went great together, attracting lots of positive response from consumers. It was planned to only develop 100,000 cans but was increased to 300,000 as it loved by so may people. 
10. Guksoondang Rice Babambabam 
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This another collaboration by Guksoon Makgeolli. They combined their makgeolli with Babam Bar Ice Cream. This wasn’t an easy product as it took the researcher two years to finalize. However, they developed nine different versions of the drink with this Guksoondang Babambabam being the amplified version after a long time of researching
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lilykong · 4 years ago
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Latte Art
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I’ve gone through two huge cartons of milk and one bag of espresso to finally get something that resembles latte art. We only got the machine a couple days ago, but I’ve made about 15 lattes. My impulsive, obsessive personality isn’t always helpful (or resourceful), but it does promote progress at times. 
I’ve wanted an espresso machine since I was 18. A fun fact about me is that my first job was at a Korean bakery (Tous Les Jours). We were 0% trained on how to make proper coffee drinks, but I definitely developed a love for espresso at a younger age because of this exposure.
I’ve always imagined that in an alternate universe and life, I would have lived as an artist, side-gigging as a barista at some hip coffee shop (while being able to afford an amazing loft somehow in a big city). I think it’s hilarious that this has always been my alter-ego, because I definitely don’t have the guts to actualize this life. Maybe it’s one of those things that is way more comfortable and fun in the imagination than actually lived out.
Instead, I find myself an almost 33-year-old attorney, married, and living in a nice (though characterless) apartment building, theoretically able to afford this machine that felt so beyond my means (this one was actually a gift from my brother and sister). Somehow in the last couple years, we’ve stumbled into this place of independent security that felt so other to me before.
It makes me really wonder what our life together will look like in 5, 10 years. Hopefully it is full of abundant giving, eternal perspective, genuine joy, reasons to be thankful over and over again, and growth. Not hoarding, futile semblance of progress, self-preservation, and narrow perspective.
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missguomeiyun · 6 years ago
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goods @ Jun’s Bakery
Who knew. ..  who knew... As of April 2nd, 2018, Edmonton has our own little version of Paris Baguette ( x Tous Les Jours)!!! 
First off, Paris Baguette & Tous Les Jours are (2 of the many) South Korean bakery/café franchises- there’s locations across the globe now but unfortunately, none in Edmonton. A few weeks ago, I was gifted some goods from Christina for my birthday: a box of customized bakery products from this place, Jun’s Bakery. & immediately, I was like. .. this looks so Korean! I don’t know how to explain it; the packaging style is unlike western bakeries. For those who have been to bakery/café franchises in Korea or just cafes &/or bakeries in Korea, you can relate, right? 
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Anyway, here we are~ Jun’s Bakery. It’s inconveniently located in a south side development area, where there’s literally nothing around it. It’s situated in a small/short strip mall that doesn’t have all the spaces occupied yet =/
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Inside. There’s a small bench seating table facing the window, where you get a lovely view of the strip mal parking lot haha there’s like 5 chairs, so relly, no place for dine-in. 
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The store is quite small, consisting of a middle display table, & 2 shelving units on either side of the store. The smell of the shop is . .. I don’t know how to explain it once again. It’s not the Asian bakery smell, nor is it the western bakery smell. It’s just unique! 
Let’s take a look at some of their products :)
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Pre-packaged gift boxes. You can also pick your items & ask for a gift box (at no extra charge). They do an excellent job at fitting your order in (into a box of suitable size) bcos their products are already in plastic boxes of the same size already. 
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They have some teas & honey, as well as candies. On this shelf, there’s tea, meringues, & 6inch diameter cookies.
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Not truly an open kitchen concept but you can clearly see all the action that places in their kitchen. Things are very neat & clean. 
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They have an assortment of cakes as well. They are pricey though; sitting at $40/cake. 
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Their middle display table has all sorts of breads/buns & a handful of tarts. Just to name a few, they have mocha cake, organic green tea tart, brownie bar, onion bread, almond squares, almond & sesame snaps. .. mung bean bread, etc. The variety is unlike other bakeries I’ve been to in Edmonton. What I can say (as a general statement) is that it’s very similar to the types of items you see in Korean franchises. I don’t like to use the word “fusion” & apply it to baked goods; & I feel like it’s not very appropriate here either. But it’s what you’d find in Korea, locally. 
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On the other shelving unit, cookies are the main type of product (there’s 1 type of scone in bottom left & 2-3 buns). 
*Note: I’ve tried several items from here, & so far, my fav has been the German vanilla crescent cookie (located at top left corner of photo). A box of those is $10. 
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A small selection of loaves of breads are available too. 
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You have nooooooo idea how happy I was to visit this place. I really miss the coffeeshop scene in Seoul. .. 
Tbh, I do find they are overpriced, but you’re paying for uniqueness of their goods. Their flavours are very mild, not too sweet, & doesn’t have that buttery or yeast-iness which I really don’t prefer. I’m not much as of a sweet-tooth so I find their stuff very suited to my personal taste.
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shirtrose7-blog · 6 years ago
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Go to Allston and Eat Too Many Asian Desserts
Welcome back to Food Crawls, a series in which Eater Boston staffers guide you (virtually) on various food (and booze) crawls in the Boston area.
When we go out, we often find ourselves wanting to try more than one restaurant or bar at a time — a drink and a snack here, another drink and perhaps a dessert there — and want to share our favorite multi-stop combinations with you. These crawls are meant to be relatively walkable, and the amount of food and drink is meant to correspond roughly to a couple of average appetites (so bring a friend), although your mileage may vary. Email us if there’s a particular theme, specific dish or drink, or neighborhood you’d like to see covered in a future installment.
There is a glut of excellent Asian food in Allston, highlighting cuisines from a number of different countries and regions. Craving dumplings of all kinds? Allston’s got dumplings. What about Korean food? Allston’s got a lot of Korean food, especially fried chicken. The drunken noodles dish at S&I Thai is one of the tastiest things in the city; the paradise mountain chicken at Shanghai Gate is worthy of its name; it’s hard to go wrong with the mapo tofu at Mala. In short: You get the point.
And yet, it’s not just the savory side of Asian cuisines that’s covered in Allston. After scarfing a dozen dumplings at Dumpling Kingdom or some fried chicken at Coreanos, an eater might be craving something sweet. That’s where these bakeries and dessert spots come into play. This crawl doesn’t cover the entirety of Allston’s large Asian dessert scene, but these five spots should be enough to get you started.
Stats for this food crawl:
Total stops: Five
Distance travelled: About half a mile
Number of desserts consumed: At least five
Number of durian desserts consumed: One, if you’d like
Mochi Ice Cream at Beard Papa’s
145 Brighton Ave., Allston, Boston
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This Japanese chain is known for its cream puffs
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This Japanese chain is known for its cream puffs — which, the story goes, are meant to resemble the beard of the old baker in Osaka who developed the recipe — but it’s the mochi ice cream you’re after here. For the uninitiated: These treats are like sweet dumplings, where the ice cream acts as the filling and a sweet rice confection acts as the outer skin.
152 Harvard Ave., Allston, Boston
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Tous les Jours on Harvard Avenue in Allston
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Tous les Jours is a chain of bakeries that started in South Korea over 20 years ago and now exists in eight countries, including China and the United States. Its products are a fusion of Korean and continental European stylings. The Danish pan bread is compulsory. (The croissants are also quite good.)
145 Harvard Ave., Allston, Boston
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Sweet Kingdom is a wonderland for eaters with a sweet tooth
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Sweet Kingdom’s menu is immense, and the fruit-covered waffles are worth trying. But the real order here is the mango kingdom — fresh mango, mango ice cream, mango puree, lait de coco, sago, and grapefruit. You might try the durian kingdom, too, showcasing a fruit that many find has an objectionable smell but a pleasant taste.
112 Brighton Ave., Allston, Boston
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It’s hard to choose from Yi Soon’s vast menu of baked goods
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These delicate little pastry balls are filled with sweet red bean paste and brushed with egg yolk. They are criminally good. Also worth trying: Yi Soon’s red bean buns. Also criminally good.
171 Brighton Ave., Allston, Boston
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C Fruit Life is known for its shaved ice desserts
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C Fruit Life is best known for something it calls a snowdae: Fruit-flavored shaved ice, served with fresh fruit. Try the strawberry snowdae, which is adorned with slices of various mixed fruit.
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145 Harvard Ave, Boston, MA 02134 (617) 787-1262
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Source: https://boston.eater.com/2019/5/6/18516298/asian-dessert-crawl-allston-boston
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formeryelpers · 5 years ago
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Café Mak Bakery, 5410 Beach Blvd., Buena Park, CA 90621
Café Mak is like an independent version of Paris Baguette or Tous Les Jours. It’s a Korean bakery with beverages. Grab a tray and tongs and select your buns, cookies, croissants, cakes, bread, etc. They had coffee, tea, cider, and mallow milk drinks.
* Squid ink tapioca bread with sesame: I get something similar at Paris Baguette. It’s a light, chewy baked bun. Café Mak’s buns weren’t as pretty as PB’s but they had the right texture.
* Grape & blueberry drink: This was a test item that hasn’t been named yet. They make their own syrups for their drinks. The drink was tangy and light, like an Italian soda.
The place is modern looking and clean looking. Free wi-fi. It’s in a shopping center with other Korean businesses.
4 out of 5 stars
By Lolia S.
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riskcause9-blog · 6 years ago
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Giant Korean Red Bean Donut Holes
Do you think 3 dollars is too much for a doughnut hole at a Korean bakery? 😆😅 Today, I will teach you how to make irresistibly delicious Korean homemade sweet rice donuts called “chapssal donuts” in Korean. One day one of my Korean friends told me that she loves these a lot, but they are too expensive to buy at the Tous Les Jours Bakery inside H-Mart. I normally don’t buy stuff at the bakery there, but when I heard that it’s 3 dollars per piece, it was a jaw dropping experience for me. 😱 It shouldn’t be that expensive to make, considering the ingredients. You can buy a whole American donut for less than a dollar. I thought I definitely should make a recipe for this to share with my viewers, because I know there are many out there who love this kind of Asian dessert. Unlike normal donuts, these use sweet rice flour instead of wheat flour, so the texture is a little crunchy on the outside, but soft and chewy on the inside. Also, it has a sweet red bean paste filling, which makes this donut unique, and it will make you fall in love with it. Even though I called it a Korean donut, actually other Asian countries have similar types of donuts with different fillings and coatings. Try this popular Asian sweet rice donuts at home someday. 🙂
Yield: 16 Donuts
Short Korean Lesson
CheonJae (천재) = Genius
BaBo (바보) = Fool
Video Instructions
Main Ingredients:
1 Generous Cup Sweet Red Bean Paste
Cooking Oil for Deep Frying
¼ Cup White Sugar for Coating (Optional)
Dough Ingredients:
1½ Cups Sweet Rice Flour
¼ Cup All Purpose Flour
1 Cup Boiling Water
¼ Cup Sugar
1 Tbsp Salted Butter (Optional)
1 tsp Baking Powder
½ tsp Salt
¼ tsp Baking Soda
Directions
Most of the ingredients are very common, so you probably already have them in your kitchen, except maybe the sweet red bean paste and sweet rice flour.
You can can make the sweet red bean paste (Pat AngGeum) at home using my recipe, or you can buy it in a Korean grocery store. I like both of them but, sometimes the store bought versions are too sweet for my tastes, and in that case, it’s better to make it at home so that I can adjust the sweetness.
Anyway, we need about 1 generous cup of sweet red bean paste. Take about 1 Tbsp worth of it and make a small round ball. You need about 16 pieces.
Add all the dry ingredients for the dough in a large mixing bowl: 1½ cups sweet rice flour, ¼ cup all-purpose flour, 1 cup boiling water, ¼ cup sugar, 1 tsp baking powder, ½ tsp salt, and ¼ tsp baking soda. This is the Korean brand of sweet rice flour that I normally use, but you can also use this sweet rice flour that I see a lot in American supermarkets. These are both good, so I will add the links for the ingredients in the description box.
We will mix all the dry ingredients for the dough first. So add the sweet rice flour, all-purpose flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Mix everything well.
A key point for the dough is that we have to use boiling water to get the perfect texture. Pour 1 cup of boiling water into the dry ingredients. Then add 1 tablespoon of butter and stir it gently with a spatula.
After it has cooled down a little, knead the dough with your hands or a silicone spatula. You do not have to knead the dough for very long – just knead it until all the ingredients are mixed well enough that you can form the dough into a ball.
Flatten the top of the dough in the mixing bowl. Then divide it like you are cutting a pie into 16 portions with a spatula.
Take out a piece of the dough and form it into a ball.
Flattened the dough in your hand into about a 3-inch diameter.
Place a bean paste ball in the center and wrap the dough around the bean paste. Since the dough is soft, it can be stretched out easily while you are wrapping the bean paste.
Seal the top tightly and then roll the rice ball around in your hands to form it into a nice shape and smooth the surface. It’s ready to deep fry now. Do the same thing for the rest of the dough. When half of the donut holes are made, start preheating the cooking oil on medium.
After the oil has been heated, put each donut hole in the oil one by one. Be careful not to burn yourself.
Deep fry the donuts for about 8 minutes on medium. Every now and then, stir them around so that they will cook evenly.
After 8 minutes, the donuts should be nicely golden brown. Take them out of the oil and put them on a plate with some paper towels. Let them cool down a little.
You can optionally coat them with granular sugar to make them look more appetizing.
It was a guilty pleasure in Aeri’s kitchen this week. I don’t recommend eating these often, but I think it is forgivable to enjoy these amazingly delicious donuts sometimes as a special occasion. They are delicious both warm and cool, so you can take these to a party or event. Enjoy them!
Source: http://aeriskitchen.com/2019/03/giant-korean-red-bean-doughnut-holes/
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houstonlocalus-blog · 8 years ago
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Top 8 Matcha Desserts in Austin
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I’m obsessed with green tea desserts and was determined to hunt them down in Austin. The biggest challenge I faced curating a green tea and matcha dessert list was that matcha desserts hasn’t fully caught on yet in Austin. When I go to Houston, green tea desserts are a dime a dozen! While Austin lacks in quantity, we luckily have eight eateries in town who are available for sweet matcha hankerings. Here are my top eight!
1. Matcha Parfait from Komé
Komé Sushi Kitchen 4917 Airport Blvd, Austin, TX 78751
The Matcha Parfait from Komé is my favorite of all the matcha desserts I’ve had in Austin. The layers of the parfait include matcha panna cotta, rice krispies, red bean paste, rainbow mochi balls, and green tea ice cream. It’s a delightful combination of textures and flavors.
2. White Chocolate Matcha Mousse at Peached Tortilla
Peached Tortilla 5520 Burnet Rd #100, Austin, TX 78756
I’ve been a long time fan of Peached Tortilla. When I learned they had a green tea dessert, it was a happy excuse for a return visit. Their white chocolate matcha mousse was such a unique treat. It had more the texture of a pudding instead of a mousse and the tapioca pearls gave it a whimsical touch. We ordered this as our appetizer! I encourage you to start with dessert!
3. Matcha Snow Ice from Snow Monster
Snow Monster 11220 N Lamar Blvd., Ste 275B, Austin, TX 78753
I’m so happy Austin finally has a decent snow ice place! If you haven’t had snow ice, I like to tell people to imagine gelato and snow cones had a baby. Their baby’s texture is snow ice! Snow Monster has an wide menu of both snow ice flavors and fun toppings you can dress your snow monster. Pictured is the matcha snow ice, with taro pudding, strawberries, strawberry bubbles, and marshmallow.
4. Green Tea Cake from Tous Les Jours
Tous Les Jours 6808 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78752
Hailing first from South Korea, Tous Les Jours expanded to the states in 2004. It’s a fun Korean bakery where you can find individually wrapped fresh pastries to bring home and also order by the slice. Their Green Tea Cake is a pretty little thing. They also have green tea Swiss Rolls and green tea macarons!
5. Thai Ice Cream at Holla Mode
Holla Mode 1800 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TX 78704
Holla Mode, a Thai Ice Cream food trailer on Barton Springs makes your ice cream to order. You can see what goes into it and pick what mixings you’d like. They have a vegan option as well! Pictured is the green tea ice cream with strawberries and mango. Mmm. I know it’s January but ice cream weather is practically year round in Austin!
6. Matcha Azuki with a Red Bean Paste at Cream Whiskers
Cream Whiskers 2222 Rio Grande St, Bldg B,Unit 120, Austin, TX 78705
Located near the University of Texas campus, Cream Whiskers is a cozy nook serving cream puff desserts and teas and coffee. You can choose the traditional puff tops or a cookie top. The puffs are made to order and darling!
7. Soft Serve with Matcha Hot Chocolate Sauce at General Tso Boy
General Tso Boy 11501 Rock Rose, Suite 152, Austin, TX 78758
General Tso Boy, a Chinese-American fusion casual spot, has graced Austin with their creative soft serve flavors that go on rotation. Lucky us their Matcha Chocolate Hot Fudge sauce has been available for a while now. I tried their almond cookie soft serve with this amazing sauce. Would order it again and again.
8. Matcha Dusted Brownie at Steeping Room
Steeping Room multiple locations in Austin
This rich brownie dusted with matcha is such a treat. Known for their healthy eating options and expansive tea menus, Steeping Room also excel at desserts. The brownie above is pictured as part of their Zen Tea Service, which comes with Napa Spring Rolls and edamame, the decadent brownie, and your choice of tea. You can matcha your matcha dusted brownie with a matcha latte!
Over to you now. Did I miss any of your favorites? Tell me in the comments! Possibly Related Blog Posts (automatically generated)July 27, 2016 Cream WhiskersJanuary 26, 2015 Peached TortillaJanuary 29, 2014 Houston: The Banana Split at Cloud 10April 17, 2013 Wordless Wednesday: Sapporo Beer Bacon Miso Ramen February 3, 2014 Mul Kimchi with Oh Kimchi Austin
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formeryelpers · 7 years ago
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Hmart, 1101 W Huntington Dr., Arcadia, CA 91007
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Hmart replaced Ralph’s and opened recently. I went three weeks after it opened and it was a zoo inside – super crowded. The aisles aren’t narrow but it was difficult to shop because there were so many people. They were also stocking shelves, and taking up a lot of space doing so, even though it was super busy and crowded. There were plenty of free sample stations and lots and lots of groceries (mostly Korean, but some Chinese and Japanese). I sampled some of their BBQ meats and they were okay but I kept encountering gristle. I liked the pan fried dumplings better.
The produce selection was impressive in terms of the variety offered and there were some good prices too (e.g., package of white mushrooms for 99 cents, bag of garlic (5 ct) for 99 cents, 2 tubes of soft tofu for 99 cents). The seafood section features some live seafood and a sashimi maker. There’s a huge section with Korean side dishes (banchan) – for some reason you need to pay for those items in cash and not at the main registers.
The food court has multiple eateries and a large dine in area. There’s a Tous Les Jours (Korean/European bakery), Okii Okii (milk tea w/ typical teahouse snacks), Han’s Kitchen (Chinese beef noodle soup specialist, soon to add Taiwanese breakfast items), Cr8zy Buns (Korean fried chicken, filled steamed buns, steamed dumplings), Si Fusion (Korean-Chinese noodles and fried rice), soondubu/BBQ kiosk, and Mari Mari Japanese food. Order, pay and wait for your number to be called. Be sure to bus your own table too. The dishes looked huge.
A lot of the food court eateries are Chinese. It seems like many Chinese people shop and work there, but that’s not surprising since Arcadia has such a large Chinese population.
* Han’s Kitchen half beef/half tendon beef noodle soup ($9.99): This was surprisingly good for a food court restaurant. They make their own noodles on site, though they aren’t hand-pulled. The portion was generous though they were a bit skimpy on the meat. The tendon was actually tender, more so than the beef cubes. They cut the beef into small cubes. The noodles were round and soft, without much chew. The broth was light and beefy. I added housemade hot sauce to it. The cilantro stems were pretty hard. But, overall, it was a good value and not too shabby (3.5 out of 5 stars).
My main complaints are: (1) for the side dishes, it’s cash only, (2) stocking shelves when it’s super busy.
4 out of 5 stars
By Lolia S.
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formeryelpers · 7 years ago
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Galleria Market, Northridge Shopping Center, 10201 Reseda Blvd., Northridge, CA 91324
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This Galleria Market looks older and it has a lot more than a grocery store. It’s more like a mini mall. There’s the grocery store in the back, the food court with 6 food stalls (mostly Korean, plus poke), Tous Les Jours bakery, clothing boutique, post office, Korean beauty shops and a jewelry store. The food court was pretty busy. There are places to sit and eat.
The supermarket is large and has a meat department, kimchi bar, produce, frozen foods, snacks, canned goods, teas, etc. There were a lot of imported Korean foods and beauty items. The ice cream selection wasn’t great. There were a few sample stations. Prices seemed higher than average though some items were on sale.  
I was curious about the Happy Bath facial yogurt foam. They were selling it for $12.99; Amazon has it for $6.90.
They also had some prepared ready to eat hot foods, including kimbap ($5), Korean pancakes, etc.
3.5 out of 5 stars.
By Lolia S.
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formeryelpers · 7 years ago
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Super H Mart, 2825 S Diamond Bar Blvd., Diamond Bar, CA 91765
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I’ve been to plenty of H Mart locations but I think this was my first time at a Super H Mart. It is larger but I wasn’t that impressed because there are a lot of Korean supermarkets with food courts and shops in the same building but outside of the supermarket area, whereas this Super H Mart has a similar set up only the shops are all inside H Mart. There are several food stalls Delimanjoo (walnut pastries), noodles, dumplings, rice dishes and Awoolim (kimbap). There’s a smaller Tous Les Jours bakery. The non-food businesses include a jeweler, cosmetics, kids’ clothing and eyeglass store. The housewares department is definitely larger with pots, pans, rice cookers, etc.
Produce prices were good, not great but they had a wide variety of produce. Some of the specials are limited to H Mart members (membership is free and you earn points with each purchase) and others require you to buy at least $50 of groceries. I didn’t see anything new in the frozen desserts and snack sections. You can pick up kimchee, marinated meat and have your seafood cooked on the spot.
The market looks nice and new but I found the no photography signs rather unfriendly. They do have free samples like most Korean markets. I didn’t see many things on sale.
4 out of 5 stars
By Lolia S.
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formeryelpers · 8 years ago
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California Market, 450 S Western Ave., Los Angeles (Koreatown), CA 90020
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California Market opened about a year and a half ago. I think it replaced another Korean supermarket. The building looks new and the 2nd and 3rd floors still aren’t occupied, so they must have demolished what was there before. The building looks very nice from the outside. The supermarket is clean and nice too. There are multiple eateries inside, including Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, Tous Les Jours bakery, a kimbap stand, and a sushi/Japanese stall.
Tous Les Jours has all kinds of baked buns, pastries, donuts, cakes (full size and by the slice), gelato, warm croquettes, muffins, croffins (like cruffins/croissant muffins), macarons, etc. They had a blueberry yogurt cake that I have to try.
The produce section has a wide variety of produce. Prices are a little higher than other Korean markets but they have some organic produce. There’s a kimchee bar and marinated meat bar, with a section that’s MSG free. The frozen dessert selection was better than average. I found a few things on sale like frozen veggie buns (3 buns for 99 cents).
I went on a weekday and there were very few samples. Other Korean markets offer samples during weekdays.
They have their own indoor parking but I didn’t park there so I’m not sure how it works.
My picks:
* Matcha Choco Pie
* Ildong She’s Pro probiotic yogurt flavored drink
4 out of 5 stars.
By Lolia S.
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