Hadn’t really visited 108 Matcha Saro for quite a while — still recalled that there was a period of time which we were quite into their parfaits and Obanyaki when they had first opened their doors in the basement of Suntec City Mall. The concept had since expanded its operations — its no longer news that they now do operate another outlet that is situated in the basement of ION Orchard; that being said, what drew us to make a return to 108 Matcha Saro was their Mont Blanc Parfait which they had announced and on their social media pages fairly recently. It does seem to be quite a while since we have heard of a new creation that is being served up at 108 Matcha Saro, and the fact that it is a Mont Blanc-inspired item was all the more why we wanted to make the visit to 108 Matcha Saro to check it out.

Based on the marketing collaterals that 108 Matcha Saro had released about the Mont Blanc Parfait comes with elements such as Matcha Chestnut that is drizzled atop Matcha Soft Serve, which in turn sits atop Brown Sugar Jelly cubes. An item with quite a simple composition, one would usually start by digging into the Matcha Chestnut layer — this is pretty much a chestnut paste layer that one would usually expect out of a typical Mont Blanc; the only difference would be how the chestnut paste here comes infused with matcha for that green hue. Taste-wise, the Matcha Chestnut comes a little bit on the sweet side, though does come with a hint of earthiness typical or the chestnut paste. As one goes further into the Mont Blanc Parfait, the bitter undertones of matcha is especially prominent from the Matcha Soft Serve itself without any distracting notes from other additives — something which we loved and remained consistently so even after all these while; the texture still being smooth and creamy as ever as well. The addition of the Brown Sugar Jelly provided a variance of textures; soft, wobbly chunks of jelly that are easy to chew through that comes with a very slight earthiness and sweetness from the molasses to round everything off nicely. Needless to say, a dessert that is well worth the $9.90 price tag that it demands for.