The Westin Yokohama in Japan will hold a weekday-only “Matcha Garden Dessert Buffet” from May 11 through June 30, featuring a Japanese garden created with bonsai.
The approximately 1-meter-diameter signature bowl expresses a Japanese garden by placing a piece of recycled art called “dry bonsai” in the center and arranging matcha desserts around it. The desserts include matcha ganache, milk chocolate pops, matcha chocolate and baked doughnuts inspired by ladybugs, matcha and mango tiramisu, and chocolate tart combining matcha and sweet red bean paste (tsubuan). In addition, traditional Japanese sweets such as daifuku, shiratama shake, and warabi mochi are all prepared with a matcha twist. There is also a selection of sweets made with tea leaves other than matcha, such as banana financiers with roasted brown rice tea (genmaicha), almond milk pudding (annin milk pudding) with oolong tea and lychee, and an original jelly made with white tea. A separate-fee matcha chocolate fondue, enjoyed with marshmallows and dried mango, is available for 1,500 yen for 1 set or 2,500 yen for 2 sets (limited to 10 groups / 20 people per day).
The venue is Pacific Table on the 3rd floor. The buffet is served from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Prices are 6,650 yen for adults and 3,325 yen for children.
