Welcome to another rainy afternoon in Takayama my son liven things up today we've
decided to go to a little dessert / teahouse yeah randomly found the state
by chance and really cute
we're gonna go stay dry, have some sweets and drink some tea. It's going to be good. Let's go.
this place is a little oasis also we're the only ones here so we snagged the
best seat in the house like our this massive table on tatami floors yep we've
kind of got like this is bench with pillows feels like a daybed I feel you
can fit six people and just the two of us and it is beautiful
they've got like yeah or to ceiling windows with like a little garden
outside I know it's beautiful watch the rain let's stay dry warm so yeah we're
super excited um the menu is pretty cool like you can get set menus yep with
a different type of tea and like a traditional Japanese sweet or you can
order things individually mm-hmm um so we got a little adventurous and got four
different things so we've got two different types of teas yeah
then we got a little plate that comes with four Japanese assorted sweets
mm-hmm and we ordered something called Matcha warabimochi much what a be mochi Bracken rice cake
with powdered green tea sweet red beans and ice cream so sounds good to me dirt
on a real good day and yeah they gave us like little towels so like wash our
hands and they're nice and hot so this is just like any better doesn't it I
mean like this is making the best of a rainy day here in Takayama yeah it's
like what else could we be doing instead just sitting around pouring it's hard no
this is no it's all about the food and yeah food and drinking experiences on a
day like today
alright guys so we are going to start with the most time-sensitive dessert
ice cream and it's likely going to melt it is nothing just dig in it grab a
little bit of everything here whoa what is that oh no what what when I read the
menu and it said Bracken rice cake I was like the bracket I don't even know what
that means so I was expecting like kind of like crispy rice cakes mhm
this is like mochi oh it's like wookie yeah but like more jelly like jelly like
I can't remember where but we have like a very light
jiggly mochi mm-hmm this is that okay but it's my charlie
can't you sleep oh wow is it strongly flavored I'm very gentle ojq subtle it's
got some beans oh it been sweet okay oh nice the uzuki
red beans right yes no probably like really weird to any North Americans
watching this is random sir what are you people thinking but it works it's super
popular in Asia and it really works yeah and it's growing on you over the
years it has it took a while but it happen and the powder used to here I
believe that is soybean powder because we've also had that before with more
team yeah and how about the ice cream is it sweet vanilla flavor than just a
light vanilla ice cream this is a surprising combination can you try the
drink that's with it I think that might be a syrupy drink that's nice
that's like it's dark in color mm-hmm it tastes like a roasted team oh wow it's
not sweet know for a second there like my first sight I was like who is that
syrup that we just drizzle all over meant to be sipped some turn time for me
to try it and it is melting quick guys yeah
get on in look I'm getting a bite with everything that I've got the beans I've
got the kind of the mochi like whatever that is squares you think that and then
the yeah soybean powder in the wall a little bit of everything almost talked
on the sleeping powder and my gosh yeah that is a bit of a tripping hazard I
can't believe how smooth that mochi is like it's just you don't have to chew it
mm-hmm this integrates and I like how it's it is a dessert it is sweet but
it's not overpoweringly sugary like it yes not excessively fat is very true I
feel like with Japanese dessert you can enjoy larger portions because it's not
like a super sugary exactly this less sugar there's more healthy ingredients
there's being yeah there's more quality ingredients yeah so you can enjoy a bit
more and you don't feel that like intense sugar high you're just kidding
you're just getting a little bit of sweetness which is nice yeah be honest
it goes perfectly with tea I love this this is so good Oh smells so good I'm
having the matcha green tea which is in powdered form look how big this cup is
it's foamy as well I've never seen so much former individual little bubbles
yes oh it's a break being close oh just that smell I could just hear smell it
all day sit here and smell tea all day foodie dreams right here you're so right
has a lot of foam and it has such a rich matcha taste but yet it's like
surprisingly not as bitter as some of the matchup products I've had before
it's a lot more smoother it's wonderful you just it's it's kind of reset my
palate a bit it's kind of washed down the bit of sugar that I had left
lingering in my mouth but I have a bit more yeah and all the t's here you can
order them hot or cold yes I got my heart yeah it's been sitting here a
little while so it's a bit more like a room temperature now but it's just
perfect time for my team and I love the presentation of mine it came in a lovely
pod the teapot I also got the cute cup little cup it's got like like the
violinist bunny or is it shooting an arrow its shooting an arrow bunnies
and it's got some writing here on this side and mighty the og charm is roast
tea yeah it's a little bit darker in color but it's not a very dark dark team
yep so let's try it I really like mine along so yeah I'm happy with my
selection Jenny let's try yours Sam C came in this like massive ball would be
any greater could be anything good a question it's like this deep green with
like almost a fluorescent to undertone yeah yeah I'm not really in the mood for
this tea I've gotta say this one's like a bit more bitter in comparison to the
one I'm drinking and also I just feel like I have this association in my brain
like any time I eat sushi yeah I'm usually drinking match up yes so I
automatically give it as a series goes every time he's savoury right so it's
just yeah it's funny how you can associate things yeah and I think next
we're gonna move on to the next set of desserts and we've got four beautiful
treats to utilizing us from the distance so let's do those next so we have cut
everything into little bite-sized portions so we can make sure to sample
everything no one misses out on anything let's start with the familiar one I feel
like we had this on a day trip to Nara and it's the pancake stuff with the red
adzuki bean yeah should be sweet looks fluffy on the outside huh yeah and some
very fluffy pancake it's like a pancake sandwich almost it's got two layers of
pancake to get describing it push together and filled with the red bean
paste you know next we'll move on to this pink a little flour purpley thing
good I'm going to guess and say it's that purple sweet potato mm-hmm that
we've seen they make chocolates with this is it I think the filling is a
purple sweet potato I can't tell what the exterior is it's almost like
marzipan okay but like smoother oh wow and softer well trusting it
sounds really interesting then got like this interesting little cake it look
took it's a bit of a sponge cake here mmm like some kind of jelly thing here
yeah sure what's going on there oh my gosh yeah that is wonderful
okay so this bottom part which kind of looks like Jolyon yeah it reminds me so
much to what we were eating in Argentina dude silly about that though oh yeah
yeah it's like that kind of texture it's kind of like it's kind of look at Jam
jelly or something yeah I wouldn't be surprised if this was also made with
sweet potato okay that is really good that may be my favorite so far then I've
got this little thing going on it's a bit like almonds this is wonderful
that's a such an interesting mix for different flavors the exterior it kind
of reminds me a bit of a like a ginger yeah cookie pie like a soft moist ginger
cookie layer okay and the inside it makes me think of almonds but I'm not
entirely sure it's the most wonderful them well this was probably the sweetest
of them all so far this has been amazing I'm like blown away by Japanese sweets
Taiwanese desserts why Japanese desserts and this this is like traditional
Japanese deserves to these aren't like contemporary thanks these very
traditional sweets we can in Japan awhile now yeah how is it that this is
like our first time it's not only that but it's our first time in like a
Japanese teos yeah so we're not knocking off a few boxes here taking off a few
bucket list items here yeah my turn so gonna try
actually I'm gonna pick this up it's way easier I'm gonna try whoo-hoo it looks
like it's got some like a thick amount of the beans in the middle oh yeah hola
scrumptious miss crunches Wow it's dominated by the by the beans yeah like
there's a nice fluffiness with the pancake but it's the beans that are the
star of my show my goodness that's good finish it a lot no no no you ain't fair
like that this one's interesting was as if I thought when we believe potato
hmm it's very smooth so this is the one that I'm really interested to try this
is the one that he said had kind of like them jelly like then over here
spongy what's nice is there's a big contrast difference between the jelly
and the sponginess yeah different yeah that's really those really interesting
you're like you said I really like these sweets like yeah delicious did you have
a favorite out of the four oh I like the moly
I think they'll my favorite and maybe this I'm a little bit more familiar with
this one I would go with this the pancake thank you for the red bean
that's just so good well guys that wonderful treat has come to an end and
once again we polished everything else oh yeah oh yeah oh god oh god oh god
so that brings us to price point so our total was two thousand three hundred and
eighty yen yep which at the current exchange is twenty one u.s. dollars and
53 cents so just over $10 per person basically yeah yeah but I mean this was
like an experience like you've been sitting here I feel like for an hour
maybe an hour and a half yeah just enjoying the setting beyond beyond like
watching the brain it was really cool I'm glad we got to
try Japanese sweets in a traditional setting it's been a really fun
experience so yeah that is another video from rainy Takayama I'm sure it won't be
our last rainy day so we'll see you soon with more food videos from the city yeah
bye guys