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Pokemon Cafe London Fog

It's been so long since I posted! I am doing super well and have moved from home delivery tea sets to having anime themed pop up cafes every month :')

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Sailor Moon 30th Anniversary Set

I got these amazing tea sets from Shirayukinikki

And and i got a custom made Reisin Tier Stand from my favorite Etsy Person

They were so perfect together!

I was so excited. I finally have a pop up dine in option for customers. And every one was super impressed with my new babies. ���(⸝⸝⸝´꒳`⸝⸝⸝)╯

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Sailor Moon 30th Anniversary Set Customer Edition #1

This is finally my dream come true after 1 year! I have a physical location to do Afternoon Tea for dine in! I don't own the space but I have a nice arrangement that customers pay an extra $10 for the dine-in experience. No more worries about how to reheat food, make tea and clean up after yourself. I think $10 is reasonable for a service fee.

I love how these shots came out! Such nice natural lighting. I wish I had a good camera 🤔 Sailor Moon has waaaay too many different items to represent her. I think I would need to make 5 different tea sets to get every I want to capture for her.

🦋Super Sailor Moon Transformation - Truffle Mushroom Crostini

🪄 Crescent Moon Wand - Beef Pot Pie

💫Crystal Star Compact - Ham & Cheddar Sandwich

🌝Sailor Moon - Cream Cheese & Smoked Salmon Choux

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🌕 Transformation Brooch - Lemon Elderflower Macaron

🏆Holy Grail - Red Velvet Cheese Cake Trifle

🏰Princess Serenity - Vanilla Cupcake

🐇 Usagi's Blanket - Honey Panna Cotta with Lavender Syrup

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Pokemon’s “pinkan fruit” cream cheese tarts made with sakura tea by foodietales!

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Childe's Whale Constellation Cheese Cake!

🐋 White Chocolate Cheese Cake

🍪 Graham Cracker Crumb

��� Blueberry Wine Jelly

I didn't do the impact because it wasn't working with my icing sugar :')

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FF7 Anniversary Set.

I totally forgot to post my own photos 😅😅

Honestly I suck at decorating cakes but this Midgar Cake is 🥺😘👌 despite my still terrible icing job 😆

I love how my Sephiroth Eclair came out. It's so simple but it seems classy to me 🤔

Maki & Buster Sword Close up

:D

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FF7 Anniversary Set.

I totally forgot to post my own photos 😅😅

Honestly I suck at decorating cakes but this Midgar Cake is 🥺😘👌 despite my still terrible icing job 😆

I love how my Sephiroth Eclair came out. It's so simple but it seems classy to me 🤔

Maki & Buster Sword Close up

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Final Fantasy 7 Customer Edition #2

I love to see how other people set up their to go boxes \(๑╹◡╹๑)ﾉ

Buster Sword - Meatloaf Sandwich

Aerith Garden - Cottage Pie

Characters - Bulgogi Maki

Moogle - Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese Gougere

Midgar - Matcha White Chocolate Bento Cake

Sephiroth - Dark Chocolate Strawberry Eclair

Cactaur & Chocobo - Sugar Cookies

Potion & Ether - Blue Hawaii & Melon Jelly

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Final Fantasy VII 25th Anniversary Set for 2 - Customer Edition #1

Savoury flavours inspired by the Wall Market in the FF7 Remake. (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡

Savouries:

Buster Sword - Meatloaf Sandwich

Aerith Garden - Cottage Pie

Characters - Bulgogi Maki

Moogle - Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese Gougere.

I've been really into piping cream cheese lately. If you would eat a coloured cheese cake why wouldn't you eat it savoury? ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ Wings are made from rice paper \(๑╹◡╹๑)ﾉ♬

Sweets:

Midgar - Matcha White Chocolate Bento Cake

I chose Matcha for this cake to represent the Mako /Mako. I got this 3D printed locally and then made a silicone mold to make it all edible!

Sephiroth, One Winged Angel - Dark Chocolate Strawberry Eclair

Chocobo & Cactar - Sugar Cookies

Potion & Ether - Blue Hawaii & Melon Jelly

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Sailor Uranus Afterternoon Tea for 2

It's Haruka's Birthday on the 23rd! Who else had a crazy crush on Sailor Uranus??

Uranus Star Symbol - Bacon + Veg Quiche

Motorcycle & Car - Prosciutto & Cheddar Finger Sandwich

Sailor Uranus - Duck Breast, Cherry Port Wine Jelly & Lettuce on Brioche

Sailor Uranus Art - Beef Wellington

Lip Rod Macaron -Lady Earl Grey Buttercream

Space sword - Nutella Wagashi

World Shaking - Lemon Meringue Tart

Bowtie - Chocolate Cupcake

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Sailor Uranus Customer Edition.

Early Birthday Set for Haruka! The customer asked to upgrade their savouries to a bigger size so this will differ from my original set. She also came to pick up earlier than expected so I had to improvise some of the savouries 😅

Uranus Star Symbol - Bacon + Veg Quiche

Mugen Academy + Scout Uniform - Prosciutto & Cheddar Finger Sandwich

Motorcycle & Car- Duck Breast, Cherry Port Wine Jelly & Arugula on Mochi Bun

Sailor Uranus Symbols - Beef Wellington

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Lip Rod Macaron - Earl Grey Buttercream

World Shaking - Lemon Meringue Tart

Bowtie - chocolate Cupcake

Space sword - Nutella Wagashi

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Kiki's Delivery Service Afternoon Tea Custom Order

I'm not entirely sure if these food flavour profiles really tie into each other 🤔

Savouries:

Tomboy - Chicken Gau Bao by

Kiki - Veggie Spring Roll

Grandma's Herring Pie - Basa, corn, taro, peas, carrots, buerre blanc

Kiki's Delivery Service Sign - Roast Beef, Cheddar, Horseradish Mayo, Maple Mustard

Sweets:

Kiki & Jiji - Ube and Pandan Macarons

Kiki's Cake - Chocolate Fudge Bento cake for 2

Broom - Mont Blanc

Bow - Ube Macapuno Cake with White Chocolate Ube Mousse

To go box :D

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Spirited Away Afternoon Tea for 2

I tried to do a fancy picnic and make it look like I was at a bath house while at the park 😂

Yubaba - Butterfly Pea Cheesecake

Soot Sprites - Nutella Choux Pastry

Kashira - Matcha Mochi Cookies

Super soft and soooooo gooey! I loved them so much! Having the heads on the cookie was also super hilarious 🤭

No Face - Black Sesame Cakesicle

Ootori-Sama - Avocado Puff Pastry with pickled quail egg, red onion, furikake

One day I was walking through the supermarket and saw a bag of pickled Quail Eggs. I thought these would be so good on an avocado toast 🤔 Then, I immediately thought these would be so cute as Ootori-sama from Spirited Away!

Thankfully it worked out 😂 Who is your favorite side character in Spirited Away? I love how derpy Ootori-sama is they're super up there with Soot Sprites 🥰

Haku - 3 PC Green Dragon Roll

Haku Dragon Roll! Or it was supposed to be 😅 I had to make a last minute decision when I found out that the Avocados I bought a week prior wasn't ripe (ﾉ´･ω･)ﾉ ﾐ ┻━┻

The few that were ripe was prioritized for Ootori-sama instead <(￣︶￣)>

Boh - Mozzarella Mochi Hot Dog

Sen - Teriyaki Beef Sandwich

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Howl's Moving Castle Afternoon Dim Sum

Sweets:

Heen & Turnip Head - Matcha Macarons

Markl - Earl Grey Flan

Sophie & Howl - Sugar Cookies

Sophie's Hat - Strawberry Pavlova

Savouries:

Howl's Cape - Beef Rice Rolls with Sweet Soy

Calcifer - Shrimp Har Gao

Turnip Head - Lo Bak Go (Turnip Cakes)

Howl's Moving Castle - Duck and Crispy Leek Bao

I saw the cute Turnip Head Turnip Cake (Lo Bak Go) on a Subtle Asian page (Facebook Group) last year! I thought was wayyyy too perfect of a savoury and I had to do it sometime 😂

I had been set on doing this for a year so I decided to make savouries to pair with Turnip Head for this set :D I was browsing around Oomomo (Japanese dollar store) and saw these cute frying pan sauce dipper for bento boxes. It was then I immediately knew what I would do for calcifer (≧▽≦)

I love this image transfer technique I saw commonly used for condensed milk jelly cakes. I also discovered that images transfer really well on eggs. So I decided to try it on flan! And it came out amazing. The image manages to stay under the caramel for at least 6 hours before it started to fade from moisture.

Love this set up as well 😭

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Puella Magi Madoka Magica Afternoon Tea

I did Magia Record so of course I had to do Madoka too!! I love most magical girl series but, as I became older and angsty I really appreciated the approach of Madoka. The younger me wants to hold onto the hope of the friendship and love is magic bullshit but I've come to know how trash some people really are. Watching Madoka just made everything seem more realistic in a magical girl setting. It really reflected the greed and selfishness of human nature.

Madoka was everything I was secretly hoping would be in a magical girl series. Not everyone became friends, they were territorial, lack of optimism in their choices and death. Sailor Moon will still be my all time favorite but PMMM is a definite second favorite. I feel people are able to emotionally connect better with Madoka.

Sweets:

Soul gems - Butter Cookies

Soul Gem Accessories - Oreo cupcakes

Grief seeds - Pistachio Mousse & Chiffon Petit Fours

Kyubey - Matcha Macarons

Savouries:

Witches - Chicken Samosas

Witche's kiss - Feta & Caramelized Onion Tart

Bebe/Witch form + Mami - Short Rib and Mushroom Bun

Magical Girls - Ham & Cheese Finger Sandwich

The soul gem cookies were waaaaay to gorgeous, I absolutely love them. You can't see it but they were sparkly AF

Horde of Kyubey Matcha Macarons, they were so cute.

These Soul Gem Accessory Cupcakes were everyone's favorite dessert for the weekend. Super moist and just the right amount of sweetness. A lot of people made comments that Madoka & Kyouko's Soul Gems look like something else 👀😂

The grief seeds were the second favorite

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I hated making these. It would be better if I did it again but with cocoa butter for the details. This concept was a bit too ambitious for my poor pastry skills but I am content with how they came out.

To go box for 2. I love having different designs for the same desserts. It really helps make each box unique! But I get confused sometimes trying to make sure that the box has an element of each chapter and no repeats 😂

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Revolutionary Girl Utena Afternoon Tea Set!

Edit: is it just me of is the photo quality terrible? 🤔 Click the pictures I guess for not grainy images? 😆😅

I can't believe I have never seen or heard of this show until now! It's so good and way ahead of it's time. One of the creators of Sailor Neptune & Sailor Uranus made this show so of course it was awesome! The sound track was also so good. You have to appreciate the music from the 1990's 👌🎶

I spend so long on all my streaming services trying to decide what to watch. Then 2 hours pass and I haven't chosen anything and I finished my dinner 😂 One of the reasons why I love custom orders is because you get such good anime recommendations.

This was my first custom order request made back in June and my last set for the year! After 6 months it came to life! This was definitely none of my favourite sets as I went out of my comfort zone to try new things! I am definitely not a baker, that's why I love to collab because I suck at decorating. It took me 10 tries to pipe a rosette on the cupcakes 🙉

I didn't want to tie any collabs down during December as I knew it was busy for everyone. So, I was super adventurous and made macarons for the first time! Not regular macarons but, Character Macarons 😱 I followed all the tip highlights by the ever so amazing @macaronart and other that they fact that I burnt a few, they all turned on amazing! I appreciate all the macaron makers out there because it was a really time consuming process and I honestly would rather pay you your prices 😂

This was a French and Japanese Fusion Menu! This is definitely my favorite Savory Selection to date! I'm glad that the birthday girl loved it 💞 I went with duck as it's commonly used in both cuisines. I feel as though a lot of Japanese cuisine is already French Fusion so it was easy to come up with the savouries and sweets. 😻

Sweets:

Rose - Hazelnut White Chocolate Cheesecake

Utena & Anthy - Matcha Macaron

Chu-Chu - Hojicha Cream Puff

Rose Seal Ring - Chocolate Castella, French Buttercream & Edible Chocolate Ring

Savouries:

Kashira Shadow Puppets - Duck Confit Millie Feuille with Shiso leaves & Yuzu Marmalade

Pink Rose - Creamy Crab Croquette with Smoked Salmon

Utena & Anthy - Chicken Chausser on Shokupan

Rose - Miso Duck Breast with Pomme Anna

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Christmas Pokemon Afternoon Tea Set

Pokemon Inspired Christmas Afternoon Tea!

I wanted to go with winter flavours and Christmas Classics for the theme (except for Matcha 😂😂 But I love matcha) So far the favourite Savoury has been the Pikachu Quiche! I love the design of it, it was just the right amount of parsnip puree 🤤

My personal favorites are the Pipulp Brioche Doughnut and the Alolan Vulpix. I love Meatballs and cranberry sauce 😻

Which Pokemon are Christmas themed for you?🤔

Menu:

Bulbasaur - Matcha & Vanilla Petite Four. Decorate the bulb with a variety of chocolate and edible paper ornaments.

Pipulp - Chocolate Candy Cane Donut

Jirachi - Eggnog Cheesecake

Snorlax - Chocolate Yule Log with German Butter Cookie

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Alolan Vulpix Peek-A-Boo Gougere - Meatballs & Cranberry Sauce with piped whipped ricotta

Rowlet Pot Pie - Turkey & Root Vegetables

Sleeping Pikachu Terrarium - Leek, Chestnut, mushroom & Bacon Quiche with parmesan, Parsnip Puree Pikachu

Eevee Pretzel Wreath - Roast Beef, Cheddar & Curry Mustard

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Bulbasaur collection! I can't believe I made 50 of these bulbasaurs. It was a lot of no sleep nights this week but I love them 😆