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.

Independent Parfait 1

Location: Tottori--Cafe in Covered Shopping Arcade
Members present: Kelly O.
Parfaits tried: Mocha Parfait ¥480
Ingredients: Whipped cream with cherry, wafer tube sticks, vanilla ice cream, mocha-flavored jelly cubes, pineapple, banana, kiwi, mandarin orange.

Review:
The parfait itself was only so-so, I thought. The big problem was just with the jelly-cubes, though. There were somewhat icy, and I'm not sure that I was crazy about that particular combination of textures. The fruit, however, was very good--fresh-tasting, not watery, and delicious. The did have a fruits parfait, too, so maybe that would be preferable.