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![1️⃣Houjicha cake roll [650¥~>$8.20]
2️⃣Matcha chocolate cake[625¥~> $7.90]
3️⃣ Matcha Daifuku[825¥/3 pieces~>$10.40]
Finally paid a visit to @tsujirihei_honten at its main outlet in Uji, Kyoto after trying it countless times at the @takashimayasg biannual pop-up fair!✨ Aside from the parfaits (which I have tried and will post a review separately), I also tried the confections which are exclusively available in Japan.](https://burpple.imgix.net/foods/4283e2bfc3581d49d241772674_original.?w=420&dpr=1&fit=crop&q=80&auto=format)
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Featured here is the Houjicha Swiss roll, comprising of houjicha cream embedded with azuki beans (fortunately, it was rather insignificant and easily removable here for the anti-azuki me🤭) encased within soft, fluffy layers of houjicha flavoured cake roll. Love how the houjicha cream came with a distinct, aromatic lingering roasted fragrance that was subtle yet pleasant to the palate. Cake roll was a little dry for my liking when eaten in silo, but the substantial amount of smooth houjicha cream was a good complement and compensation for that! 👍🏻 The matcha chocolate was served with 2 slices by default but the staff was really kind to offer a slice to me on the house as she mentioned that one of the slice wasn’t slice to perfection and hence she would not wish to serve it (kudos to such awesome service in Japan where presentation plays a significant role to customer satisfaction! 👍🏻💯). Comprising of a fluffy chocolate sponge beneath smooth, luscious matcha cream and a top layer of matcha chocolate ganache, the matcha flavour here is rather subtle, which might not be an ideal one for hardcore matchaholics. Fortunately it was not too sweet or milky and I am still impressed with how light & smooth the matcha cream is, couple with the soft, fluffy chocolate sponge that makes it a perfect, easy-on-the-waistline teatime treat! 💚 Also exclusive to the take-home confection here is the Matcha cream Daifuku (yasss to NO RED BEANS), comprising of a thin layer of chewy mochi skin enveloping a core of smooth, creamy and thick matcha paste fillings and fresh cream. Though the matcha flavour wasn’t really intense as I had expected it to be, there was no cloying factor (perhaps due to the absence of azuki as well 😉) which I certainly enjoyed! 😋
![We don't usually fork out 7 bucks for ice-cream, but when we do, it's probably gonna be for this virile, full-bodied [Uji Matcha Nama Soft Serve] from the visiting Tsujirihei-Honten - a regular at Takashimaya's Japanese food fairs.](https://burpple-1.imgix.net/foods/46dfa8ddeb5fa4db52c1670446_original.?w=420&dpr=1&fit=crop&q=80&auto=format)
We were miffed to have missed it the last time they were here, so we made no mistake this year. The soft serve is practically in a class of its own - the intensity of the matcha almost identical to the grainy depth of their potent Matcha tea. It's virtually unparalleled by anything matcha we have had so far in Singapore.
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