I love matcha (green tea) ice cream, but it's been an arduous, if not impossible, task to find a brand that sells really good matcha ice cream. More often than not, there is not enough taste of matcha in it, i.e. somewhat bitter that leaves this aftertaste on your palate. Many I've tried only have a trace of matcha taste in them - someone ought to tell the producers that having it green in colour just isn't good enough when there isn't robust enough a taste to supplement the colour.
The closest brand that has come to satisfying - somewhat anyway - me when I need a matcha ice cream fix is Haato, the gelato company from Japan. The matcha gelato is smooth and has a stronger taste of matcha than other brands I've tried.
Uzumaki, the soft serve ice cream brand that has booths in Orchard Cineleisure and Bugis Junction is overrated. The ice cream has barely a hint of matcha taste and isn't creamy enough. I'm not wasting another $4 on another one of their ice creams.
Haagen Daaz isn't too bad, but it's a little too sweet for my liking.
I guess the best is if one could make ice cream one's own ice cream. Alas, I don't have an ice cream maker - probably a good thing, otherwise I'll start ballooning up.
If anyone knows of a good place or brand for matcha ice cream, please let me know!
Posted by DSD at September 21, 2008 11:58 AM