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| Symphony Torte |
I am never a fan of green tea, even
now. However, one fateful incident happened which drove me to try green tea
based sweets, cookies and cakes. It all turned around when my boyfriend and I
decided to eat at Lachi’s. The
waiting list for the next vacant table was long but there are only two of us so
our chances are bigger compared to larger groups. After 10-15 minutes of
waiting, we got a chance to land a table for two. We ordered our meals; he
ordered Beef Salpicado while I chose
Grilled Pork Chop. Affordable meals
for thrifty persons like us (haha!).
We pored over the menu on which
cake we will try. I opted for Symphony
Torte since it boasted “Layers of
mocha buttercream and chocolate ganache separate thin layers of soft sponge
cake. This elegant composition has seven layers and a fabulous taste.” Who
wouldn’t be enticed to try it out? Since my boyfriend is not a sweet tooth, he
opted for Greentea Cheesecake. I
was suspicious since I am not a fan so I kept my reservations and proceeded to
devour my meal.
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| Greentea Cheesecake |
As the
desserts were served, I happily dug into my sumptuous Symphony Torte while he
enjoyed his Greetea Cheesecake. “Try it, it’s yummy.” Please, nag bisaya mi ato pero for the sake na masabtan sa tanan,
i-translate nako ang thought into English. Haha. “You sure? You know I
don’t like green tea flavours but I trust your judgement.” I was hesitant since I’m not a fan of green tea and even Kit Kat
didn’t win me over their matcha variant. I carefully took a small sample...only
to be shocked at how creamy, mildly sweet and yummy it was! I wanted more and
it changed my perspective on green tea sweets. Of course, it’s still not my
favourite flavour, however, I am giving green tea sweets a chance. Hahaha.
I noticed
how he likes green tea based sweets and pastries (he never likes sweets!) so I
decided to bake green tea based cookies. I kept crossing my fingers that it
would turn out good. I asked my baker friends where they buy their green tea
powder and told me I can buy it at Rafski. They close at 5:00 PM which
is a pity since my time out at the office is 5:00 PM onwards so my boyfriend
offered to go undertime and buy the ingredients for me. HOORAY! So I finally
whipped Matcha Green Tea Cookies last weekend. It turned out alright! My mother
even bought another pack of white chocolate for the recipe so I can bake
another batch next weekend!
Here are
the Matcha Green Tea Cookies! Thank you Fortune Goodies for your
easy and yummy recipe! Even someone with a sweet tooth like me enjoyed this
matcha gren tea recipe! I hope to try your other recipes in the future! I will
also try other green tea sweets like crinkles or brownies. Wish me luck!
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| My prototype! |
