This is a really delicious Japanese treat, called Azukisofuto (あずきソフト)! Like many things in Japan this was an unexpected surprise.
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It is a combination of sweetened azuki beans with green tea (matcha) flavored soft ice cream. This time at a place in Nagoya Higashi-ku called Kanmidokoro Aioi (甘味処 相生 The rough equivalent of kanmidokoro (甘味処- かんみどころ) in English is dessert place or sweet shop. This is a fairly common dessert in Japan but this place has been doing something right since they opened in 1954 (昭和二十九年）! I happened to be there on a weekday afternoon and the place was full.
While particularly nice on a hot day, this combo is delicious anytime. Mildly sweet balanced with matcha flavor.
Part way through dessert and the matcha tea arrived (in the orange bowl).
This combined with the matcha sofuto is like a bit of Heaven on Earth if you like the flavor. Not only that, there are a lot of healthy disease preventing qualities in the matcha too. So it is easy to justify having this treat.
Here is a good video of how to prepare matcha from YouTube user KoyuMatcha:
It's amazing how delicious this aromatic tea (matcha 抹茶）and soft ice cream can be. I recommend it highly. What do you think, have you tried matcha?
Here is another video that covers processing green tea from YouTube user Kevangogh:
Is there any thing like this where you live?
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