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| - I first tried Tsujiri at the Singapore outlet, and was excited to relive it in Toronto, 2 years later. I visited on a Sunday at around 3pm, and the line wasn't very long (~10min wait).
The menu is extensive - with almost every kind of matcha food, drink, or dessert you could fathom. Most seem to get the sundae (like myself), because it might be the most "instagrammable" - but hey, I'm a sucker for good soft serve.
I got the Tsujiri sundae - which is a blend of rice crisps at the bottom, layered with red bean and matcha soft serve, then topped with a rice ball, chestnut, and pink flower cookie. I loved the almost bitter taste of the matcha, mixed with the red bean.
What I love about Tsujiri is, once you've ordered and paid, you can stand and watch the matcha experts prepare your order. I'm not sure if everyone that works there operates the same, but the lady preparing the desserts on the day I visited worked like a professional artist, and it was an enthralling sight.
Although it seems like most reviewers believe they could 'get better' matcha elsewhere, I'm not really sure where that would be. It's certainly no secret that Toronto isn't overflowing with matcha cafes much like Tsujiri, moreover one so close to the Downtown Core.
If you fancy yourself a matcha connoisseur or purist of sorts, I'd recommend trying the drinks at Tsujiri.
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