Ito En O-cha // Tea time! (*^▽^*)

Now we've all heard of the amazing benefits that green tea has on our health and how it has made its way through to the food and beauty world. Numerous studies show that green tea is able to lower cancer risks, improve brain function, reduce blood glucose and cholesterol, aid in weight loss and fat loss, anti-ageing, etc. 

Lovers of Matcha : Café Cre Asion // Green Tea Tart & Dried Flowers ໒( ♥ ◡ ♥ )७

Last Friday, I headed out to congratulate my lionbro, Tony, at his graduation, but I needed to get some flowers. I remembered seeing some beautiful dried flower bouquets at Café CreAsion, so I decided to pop by for some coffee too.

I purchased a bouquet of dried flowers first, but I did have a tough time picking which one to get, as they are all so lovely. Plus, there is still a sweet floral scent that lingers around these dried flowers too. The bouquets are made by Ohana Flowers Sydney. 

I ordered a soy Chai latté(AUD$4.50), which was served warm. However, I must say their matcha drinks are much better as their Chai latté smells wonderful, there wasn't enough spice flavours in the drink itself. 

I also ordered a Green Tea tart(AUD$4.50) which was absolutely divine! I loved this tart from my top to bottom! It had a supper smooth, rich and creamy texture and that authentic matcha bitterness with a hint of sweetness to mellow it out. It is so far my favourite matcha dish at Café CreAsion.

Café Cre Asion

21 Alberta St, CBD, Sydney

Opening Hours: Mon-Fri: 8am - 4pm,
Sat: 9am - 4pm, Sun: CLOSED

Ph: (02) 8021 1629

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I realised I haven't blogged about my other experience at Café CreAsion, so I will be getting them up soon! However, I have been coming to this café for quite some time now and they have come a long way. 

As for today I would say is my most relaxing day yet, I had an interview in the morning, then a gym session after before coming home to relax. I also got a call, informing that I got one of the position that I had applied for! Super excited about this, but I am waiting for one more interview on Friday (which I hopefully get too!) as I do want this job a little bit more. Regardless, I am happy I at least have one position secured and ready for me to begin my adult life! 

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Matcha Crossiant // Top Impression Bakery (•ө•)♡

Here's some matcha news for your Monday blues! Over the weekend I met up with my girlie's, Stephy and Virginia, as we hadn't met up in a while due to our busy working and studying schedules! We decided to go try the instafamous Matcha croissants at the Top Impression Bakery in Wolli Creek. 

There was quite a queue when we arrived, as people were either buying takeaway or eating in, it was busy! We decided to grab lunch, since we got there around 12:30 in the afternoon. We all ordered our own meals and had to pre-order our matcha croissants as they just sold out, but were in the process of making a fresh batch.

I ordered their Bruschetta ($11.50), which came with tomato, red onion salsa, basil pesto and a poached egg on sourdough. The salsa was very refreshing and seasoned well and the egg was perfectly poached.

Virginia ordered their TOP IMPRESSION Mixed Platter ($14.50), which came with smoked salmon, scrambled eggs, chorizo sausage, feta salad, tomato, avocado salsa and sourdough. 

Stephy ordered their Smoke Salmon Florentine on sourdough ($10.80), which came with a poached egg, mixed salad and mayonnaise. 

After finishing our meal, the croissants were finally ready after 1.5 hours!! They had the best freshly baked buttery aroma when they were placed in front of us and we couldn't wait to try them out, but first...PHOTOS! Matcha Croissants ($5/each)

  

When I cut opened the croissants, the matcha filling was just sitting nicely in the centre without any of it falling out. The croissant itself was very crispy on the outer surface and the matcha filling was quite nice. However, I wouldn't say I was crazy in love with this matcha product. I guess the main reason was, yes it had heaps of matcha filling and all, but I feel there wasn't enough of that matcha intensity. I couldn't taste the matcha in the croissant bread itself as the buttery-ness was more overpowering that you start to get a tad bored of the flavours. 

Overall their lunch dishes were nothing special in flavour or appearance. You can definitely give those a miss unless you are really hungry because you have to wait for a new batch of matcha croissants to be made.
As for these #instafamous matcha croissant, is it worth the hype? To me, NO! I know it is a tough comparison, but in Japan I had the BEST ever tasting Hoji-cha (roasted tea) flavoured croissant which had the perfect balance of buttery-ness and hoji-cha! The croissant itself was soft and fluffy on the inside and crunchy on the outer layers, but still bringing forth the aromatic and flavourful tastes of hoji-cha. These matcha croissant just don't do the same, sorry! 
However, I can understand why it would be popular, it is after all, the first and currently, only bakery, that are doing matcha croissants with matcha filling. In the future, I hope they do a black sesame flavoured one, as that will be the time I will be back.

Top Impression Bakery Cafe
5/6 Discovery Point Pl, Wolli Creek, 2205

Opening Hours: Mon-Fri: 6am - 7pm, Sat: 6am - 5pm, Sun: 8am - 4pm

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Good morning guys!! I cannot believe I only have 3 weeks of uni left! Well the next few weeks I will be super busy with a quiz, 1 major essay and 1 major report to do by the end of semester! I will try to get some more photos and videos edited, so I can still have some content to share with you guys on my blog and youtube channel! Anyway I am off to the gym for a quick session, BYE!!!

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Tea Journal Chatswood // Tea lover galore! (♥ω♥ )

Literally after breakfast at Flower Child Café and a quick gym session right after that, I was on my way to my car when I decided to try the cakes at Tea Journal (TJ). I remember seeing this café open earlier this year and it was a really quiet and cute tea shop. Anyway, I decided to get two cakes and a bag of tea to take home with me because I love drinking tea and what goes better with it than cake! 

This is there Rose and Black Tea chiffon cake, and I remember seeing this cake when their store just opened. The chiffon is infused with Tea Journal's own tea and rose, and the cake is super spongy and fluffy to eat. I could really taste and smell the aromas from the tea and rose, as it came across strong yet light on the palette. 

The second cake I got, was their Japanese cheesecake! It was really delicious and moist as the cake would wobble when you moved the plate. It had a light cheese taste and was also very fluffy in texture too.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed both cakes and it went so well with the matcha that I purchased in Japan. The tea I purchased from TJ was their Goji & Jujube tea, which helps to restore the kidney and liver and aid with insomnia and anxiety. I have yet to try it, but I know this will be a sweet tea. I cannot wait to come here again and try other flavoured cakes, I did see a new flavour "Hoji" chiffon cake on the menu so I will definitely try that next time because I love hoji cha!!

Tea Journal
Shop 44, Level 436, Victoria Ave, Chatswood, 2067, NSW

Opening Hours:
Mon-Sat: 10am - 9pm // Sun: 10am - 6pm

Ph: (02) 8386 5648

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Two blog post in one day, because both entries are about cafés which I went to try out today, for the first time!! 

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Visiting Nara // Deer Park (*´∀`*)

Our first official day in Osaka and we started off bright and early with breakfast in the station. I ordered a meat sauce with cheese doria along with lemon tea. It was simple yet good! 

To start our adventure off we went to Nara which is about an hour away from Osaka via. the JR train. We knew we wanted to go see the deer's and feed them. When we got off the station the first deer-related thing was in sight! 

While walking through the streets of Nara towards the Deer Park, we noticed this exciting and bustling shop which sold Yomogi Mochi which is a seasonal mochi for spring. 

These mochi's are freshly made daily and how could I resist some deliciously made mochi! We bought some before finding the Deer Park. 

Look how perfect this mochi looks! Just holding the mochi in my hands I could tell it was incredibly soft and bouncy!!!

After taking a bite, I instantly fell in love with the texture and taste of this mochi! Super good stuff! I mean look at how far I can stretch this mochi!! It was absolutely amazing! If you're ever in Nara I highly recommend getting a few of these babies while you're on the way to the park. 

We knew we had arrived at our destination when we say this sign pretty much everywhere. You can also find some grannies sitting around with a tin box filled with crackers which you can purchase to feed to the deer's. The crackers cost about ¥250. 

As soon as I approached the granny to buy some crackers, the deer's knew it was feeding time and the quickly gathered. I slowly fed them until...

I was getting attacked by their little greedy mouths!! Some even tried to put their mouths down my jackets' pockets (that's where I hid most of my crackers) or even nib on the end of my jacket. These guys are just too smart!! 

Tried to find a lazy or disengaging deer to take a selfie with. These guys don't smell as bad as you think! 

Look at how cute these greedy buggers are~ How could we ever blame you for nibbing onto our clothing's!

Give me a kiss kiss little one! 

Bye little cuties!!! No more crackers for you!! 

Whilst walking back towards the station we saw some really big deer's sitting near a rock and these guys smelt so bad, compared to the ones at the park...No idea why~

It was a really sunny and warm morning so we decided to go for a snack break at this Matcha cafe. We ordered one of their matcha pudding parfaits! 

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They of course have to incorporate a deer-shaped cookie into this parfait too. Can I just say that this parfait is simply amazing, everything is matcha flavored from pudding to whipped cream. The pudding was so soft and melts in your mouth, while the jelly bits were smooth and super flavorsome! The whipped cream on the top was not too heavy and was packed with the flavors of matcha. Matcha lovers this is for you!! You have to try the amazing parfaits here in Nara!!   

You can also find these cute deer souvenirs to purchase too! Their super cute but you have to be careful as they are made of glass. We left Nara and went back towards Osaka, Shinsaibashi where we shopped till we dropped!!  

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Been studying everyday that I;m not working and almost finished with my notes. I did squeeze in some procrastination with movie times with the boyfriend and friends. On Saturday I went to watch "Inside Out" with the boyfriend and I really enjoyed the movie, it was cute and I loved how deep it actually is. Monday I watched the Minion movie and all I can say it's cute but not really worth paying I suppose.

Anyways leave your comments of what you'd love to see in the prizes from Japan, for the Japan giveaway!!

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