Sup guys, we are in Ningyocho
at Morinoen. It's a cafe that sells
sweets and they specialize in "houjicha"
which is roasted green tea.
so we're gonna go in here and check it out. Maybe order some sweets.
Let's go.
Got some delicious houjicha
which is basically roasted green tea.
This stuff's delicious. I actually prefer this to regular green tea.
So good!!!!
The smell is amazing, too.
Couple famous restaurants for houjicha in Ningyocho.
We're waiting on our sets to get here.
We got a bunch of houjicha...
based items coming.
So yea, pretty excited for that.
Got my houjicha right now.
I think we ordered a houjicha parfait.
A roasted green tea parfait.
Oh that's soo good.
Yummy.
When we were in Kyoto,
we went to a place called Tsujiri.
Which is kind of similar.
A lot of their items are based off of tea.
Tsujiri was mostly green tea.
Just plain ole green tea and matcha.
Which is a little bit different.
It's a type of green yea.
This is a place like that only with houjicha.
which is the roasted green tea.
Pretty excited to get me parfait.
Anyways, my parfait set just got here.
Looks like I got...
the houjicha parfait.
some kinako on top of some mochi.
Some soup with mochi inside as well.
Looks really really good!
All of it is basically houjicha based.
I'm gonna destroy this.
I'm gonna go from the things I might not like to the things I know I'm gonna like.
I'm usually not a big fan of these things, but I'm gonna try it.
"Hard to pick up"
Really really good.
Japanese sweets are not as sweet as American sweets usually.
It go wells with the tea.
Because the tea isn't sweet. So eating this with the tea is recommended.
This is basically a red bean paste soup kind of thing
with mochi in it as well as some
houjicha...
Little balls of mochi.
Really, really good.
Whenever I see cafes like this in Japan,
I wonder how Japanese people stay so skinny.
Because nothing about this is healthy.
I mean it's made from tea, but it's sweet and has sugar in it.
It might be because there isn't as much high fructose corn syrup. More natural sweeteners.
Now, we have the big bad boy.
So rich.
red bean paste inside of a cookie.
Different types of fruit.
I think that's ice cream at the bottom.
Then you have your .....
animitsu kind of thing at the bottom.
Not anmitsu, but it's this jelly that's made of algae.
Technically an anmitsu because their is the jelly and the red bean paste around it.
Super excited to get to the bottom.
Oh what is this?!
It's like a not very sweet chocolate mousse.
Going deep. Going so deep.
That's ice cream at the bottom.
Soooo good.
Wow!
That's amazing.
If you come here, definitely try this out.
This is really really good.
We've been walking around Ningyocho for awhile eating
little snacks here and there.
Kinda wanted to spoil myself and get a little dessert.
Really good place to pick up dessert and get you some houjicha.
So we also have
a zensai set
which is kind of like matcha
with little balls of mochi in it and...
adzuki or red bean paste.
This is a little bit of a cheaper option.
This is a very traditional Japanese sweets.
It even comes with some "tsukemono" or pickles.
I'm gonna take a bite of this.
If you don't really have a sweet tooth, this is probably better.
Because that was hella sweet.
This is a little bit more Japanese style.
It's sweet, but it's not overpowering.
The tsukemono is to kind of help cleanse your palate.
These things are kind of salty and vinegary.
Eat this, and it kind of cleanses the taste in your mouth.
That way each time, you are getting the sweetness again.
Another cool thing you can order at this cafe.
Really really good.
So we just finished at Morinoen
in Ningyocho.
And we had a parfait
and some tea set.
Really really good.
It's actually similar to one of the videos we shot in Tokyo.
The Tsujiri video, so
if you haven't seen that, please go check that out.
If you are in Ningyocho, and you wanna try some wagashi or some sweet things,
definitely worth coming here.
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