Independent Parfait 2 + Guest Blogger

Location: TEA Cool, 天文館、Kagoshima
Members present: Kelly R., guest blogger Wayne
Parfaits tried:
Chocolate Parfait ¥550
Banana Parfait ¥600

Ingredients:
Chocolate Parfait--pear, chocolate pudding, mikan, 1 slice kiwi, vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup

Banana Parfait--bananas, mikan, whipped cream dollops, 1 slice kiwi, chocolate syrup, vanilla ice cream

Reviews:
Kelly R.--Chocolate Parfait. The fruit has a good flavor. The chocolate syrup is not very good. The dollops of chocolate pudding are tasty. The vanilla ice cream is very sweet--more like a pudding flavor than ice cream. After the layer of fruit, it is basically just vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup all over, and not very good.

Wayne--The kiwi is teeny and tart. The bananas are generous but the chocolate sauce does not combine well with them. There were ice crystals in the ice cream. It is too small a parfait for ¥600. After waiting for months for this guest parfait, it is a major disappointment. The chocolate sauce is just ordinary Hershey's, there is a lack of ingredients and surprises and layers, and just ordinary vanilla ice cream. This parfait was a dud. I wouldn't want it again even if it was free. By contrast, the display parfaits have bountiful fresh fruit in vibrant colors, bursting up and over the top and sides, layered in a festive display of joy.

Parfait Club Sixth Meeting

[Photo coming soon]
Location: Anonymous cafe near Makino station
Members present: Kelly O., Owen, Kelly R., Kristin
Parfaits tried:
1 Banana Royal ¥530
1 Chocolate Parfait ¥530
2 Fruit Parfait ¥530

Ingredients:
Banana Royal--1 banana, 1 slice kiwi, 1 slice pear, 1 fig. Vanilla ice cream scoop. All topped with whipped cream.
Chocolate Parfait--Cherry, banana, pear, apple, whipped cream, and chocolate sauce on top. Vanilla ice cream more whipped cream in the middle. More pear, mandarin oranges, and something that may have been melon syrup at the bottom.
Fruit Parfait--Cherry, banana, bear, apple, whipped cream on top. Vanilla ice cream scoop with fruit sauce and pear in the middle. Mandarin oranges on bottom.

Reviews:
Kelly O.--Chocolate parfait: I liked that there3 were a lot of different kinds of fruit, and the melon syrup was interesting, but it definitely needed some crunch. Also, it wasn't very chocolatey--the only real differece between this and thr fruit parfait was a tiny amount of chocolate sauce. Still, iw was a quaint littls place, close to home, very cozy. I would like to go back and thry their other tasties. <3

Owen--Fruit Parfait: This was by far the best usage of fruit in a parfait I have come across.

Kelly R.--Banana was yummy. Pear was more yummy. Kiwi was most yummy. Ice cream pretty good too. Not quite worth the price.

Kristin--The pear was new and tasty, but it did not taste fresh--it was sugary from canned syrup, which tastes too candy-like for me. It was a good price, however, so I would get it again. I just wish it had some crunch.