Peak cherry blossom season听is here and restaurants all over the city are celebrating with delicious snacks and drinks.
“Sakura” means cherry blossom in Japanese, and in Japan, the blossoms represent spring and renewal. On the palate, they have a floral, slightly sweet taste, with a hint of bitterness: light, fresh and delicate.
Here are five treats that pay homage to the bubblegum-pink blooms this sakura season.
Tsuchi’s “Meatball” Sakura Bento
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Tsuchi, a plant-based Japanese caf茅 is serving a 鈥淢eatball鈥 Sakura Bento, which contains Sakura Edamame Rice, plant-based demi-glace meatballs, rapini gomaae (broccoli rabe) and corn potato salad. 688 College St.听
NEO Coffee Bar’s Sakura-inspired cake and sakura latte
NEO’s sakura latte
NEO Coffee Bar, which has locations around the city, is serving a pink-swirl-topped sakura latte with white chocolate and essence of cherry leaf and a sakura-inspired cake with morello cherry, tonka bean and vanilla mousse, which the caf茅 calls 鈥渁 bite of blooming elegance.鈥澨
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Multiple locations, including 61 Spadina Ave.听
Shu Cake Boutique’s Sakura Collections听
Shu Cake Boutique’s Kyoto cake.
SuppliedShu Cake Boutique is offering a number of delicate, pretty cakes this cherry blossom season, including the Kyoto, a听mascarpone cheese mousse cake with an uji matcha mousse layer and a听salt-pickled sakura jelly top. Or try the Nara with pastry cream and peach. Two locations, including 50 Weybright Ct. #11, Scarborough.听
Miku’s Sakura Kaiseki Tasting Menu听
Miku鈥檚 seven-course Sakura tasting menu is available from April 1-30. The sakura-themed dishes are “a way for us to celebrate the fleeing cherry blossom season and offer our guests something truly special 鈥 to capture the essence of springtime in Japan, right here in Toronto,” said Huy Tran, national director of marketing for Aburi Restaurants Canada, which owns Miku, Minami and others. 10 Bay St. #105.听
Sasaki Fine Pastry’s Sakura Daifuku
Sasaki Fine Pastry鈥檚 sakura mochi.
SuppliedSasaki Fine Pastry’s sakura mochi is a 鈥渟weet embodiment of spring” with cherry blossoms, cream and white bean paste. “I really wanted to share some of my Japanese culture to 海角社区官网and what better time to share it (than) during spring?” said owner Yukiko Sasaki. 3160 Steeles Ave. E.听
Minami’s Sakura Features
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Minami鈥檚 Sakura Features lineup includes a Hokkaido Scallop Crudo in a savoury clam broth, garnished with cured sakura flowers, Japanese plum, strawberry, orange and wasabi. The restaurant will also have a special lineup of cocktails for cherry blossom season.听225 King St. W., Suite 100. 听
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