I hauled ass to @matchayasg once I saw the latest “mystery flavour” revealed on their IG Story. You have to admit, there is something very appealing about the sound of a “Japanese Maple” soft serve, right? 😋 Anyway, this is one of the #AutumnInMatchaya flavours that’s being rolled out during this season 🍂🍁
I am convinced I made the best decision when I chose to have the mostly sweet, slightly savoury soft serve, in a parfait ($9.90). Reminiscent of sea-salt caramel ice-cream, albeit a subtler version, I found it tasted especially good with the soft warabi mochi, chewy shiratama, crunchy rice puffs, not-too-sweet but rich azuki and crisp langues de chat cookie. Each one seemed to bring out slightly different nuances in the Japanese Maple. And just to clarify, this isn’t a ready-made flavouring but one that’s concocted in-house from mirin, shoyu, water and sugar.