ナガハマコーヒー本店 Nagahama Coffee Main Branch (near Sotoasahikawa, Akita) provided this exquisite taste delight... a light sponge roll, filled with a tangy cherry cream and real strawberries.
The slightly acidic (almost citrus) quality of the filling was a complete surprise, and ensured that this cake proved a perfect pairing to the bitterness of the freshly brewed dark Indonesian coffee you see below. (After an initial coffee had been purchased and drunk, this cup came free, as a complementary sample of some of the other imported blends Nagahama has to offer.)
Saving the finest portion of the cake till the end, it was as if part of an ethereal sakura blossom had gently floated down from some nearby branch, and come to rest on my plate. The petal, formed from a white chocolate base, had been tinted to echo the hues of the much-loved cherry blooms of this spring season, and provided a satisfying, small but firm bite, a crisp snap between the teeth, before dissolving in delicious textural sympathy with the softness of the cream and the sponge.
Spring never tasted so good...
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