Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Green tea Macarons and TWG

So i've been into macarons again...mostly cos i just crave the taste of green tea macarons and pistachios as well hehe.

So talking about all things green i ask my fren Joline (a fellow macaron enthusiast) how about did she do her green tea filling and also in the pursuit of good macarons. We concluded that Canele and Bakerzin didn't do justice to really good macarons. However, she did reccommend me to TWG's macs. (Later in the post)


 Green tea brown rice macarons

I use french style macaron shell recipe and i basically added 3 teaspoons of green tea powder into the shell mixture. 
As for the filling its white chocolate + alittle milk + 2 teaspoon of green tea powder. Of course you should add accordingly to how much you like the taste of green tea. Mine is rather mild.

The outcome is surprisingly good because everyone loved it, including my sister WHO almost NEVER eats anything i BAKE. HA!

Now TWG macarons:

You can get them at ION 2nd floor (i think) and these babies are $2 a pop! and comes in boxes of 6 and 12.
Theres limited flavors but whats great about TWG macarons is that they are tea-infused flavors with is different from the typical flavors available and amazingly good to eat.



 I'd say their texture is almost as good as laduree. A light light crisp and soft slight chewiness and a filling thats soft but holds well. I cant say much for the rest of the macs i've tried in singapore (except felicia's macs!)




So i bought 6 and i've eaten 2 before i could take a picture hahaha! so these are the flavors i've tried:
1) Grand wedding tea, passionfruit and coconut (purple)
2) Earl grey with chocolate ganache macaron (brown)
3) Bain de rose Macaron (Pink)
4) Lemon bush Macaron (yellow)
5) Black tea and currant (dark pink) not seen in pic

Other available flavors but i've not tried:

1) Napoleon tea and caramel (black)
2) Camelot and parline (dark brown)
3) Morroccan Mint tea (white)

In any case its so worth the try... my favorite were the purple and pink!!!

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Eating in Beijing!!

Yum Yum this early march i was in Beijing!! I love the food in beijing! Extremely good and cheap chinese cuisine!!