Well, even if you aren't you should anyway because it's pretty darn good!

The shaved ice dessert is covered in melted minty chocolate with a thick spread of matcha espuma and some Hokkaido milk espuma at the very top with a cherry and shaved chocolate to finish, along with more melted chocolate and cocoa nibs on the side to add on your own accord. The flavours of matcha and chocolate mint actually go very well together, with a semi-sweet and mildly bitter balance. The shaved chocolate and cocoa nibs give the kakigori a textural contrast, and can be really addictive. I do wish the melted chocolate would be doused all over as the ice under the espuma is bare and ultimately tasteless. I get that the extra cup of melted chocolate would be for pouring over that but with the espuma covering it that can be a bit of a...challenge? The kakigori does melt quite quickly though so I ended up pouring the melted chocolate ice over the plain ice. 😂

On a whole, the marriage of matcha and chocolate mint works like a charm and does not disappoint. Go try this with some friends (because it's a really big portion) before it ends its run!

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