New limited-edition “meow parfait” captures the look and texture of a kitten paw for Cat Day.
Stepping by the doorways of a Japanese comfort retailer is like stepping right into a treasure trove, the place lovely gadgets gleam like treasured gems from retailer cabinets, tempting you to fill your basket with all kinds of intriguing curios.
One particularly intriguing discover we found on a recent go to to 7-Eleven took us completely without warning, catching our consideration with its lovely pink hue and curious title, “肉球のにゃんパフェいちご＆みるく” (“Nikukyu no Nyan Parfait Ichigo & Milk“), which interprets to “Paw Meow Parfait Strawberry & Milk“.
▼ The English translation on the pack doesn’t do justice to the cuteness of the Japanese title.
Released on 16 February, this can be a model new dessert that cat lovers gained’t be capable of move up, not just for the lovely cat paw inside, however the cute feline particulars on the packaging.
The plastic movie on the aspect of the pack, which particulars the contents of every layer, is adorned with a picture of a cat and a set of paw prints.
Lifting the lid made us smile in delight, as a result of what instantly jumped out at us was…a pale pink paw!!!
The cat paw is fantastically delivered to life with 4 pink dango (candy rice muffins) and a big strawberry cream daifuku (a mochi rice cake candy that historically incorporates a pink bean filling).
Beneath the lovely paw are three dessert layers, which, from prime to backside, include: white whipped cream, strawberry mousse, and milk jelly.
One of essentially the most universally adored features of a cat’s paw is its delightfully squidgy really feel, and although we desperately needed to press our fingers into the lovely paw in entrance of us, we resisted, daintily selecting it aside with a spoon as an alternative.
Popping one of many paw pads into our mouth was a weird however great expertise, because the chewy texture and powerful elasticity of the dango fooled us into pondering we’d simply be consuming a cat’s paw.
The strawberry cream daifuku additional enhanced the fantasy because it was pillowy tender, and solely barely chewy by comparability, with its candy and milky cream filling conjuring up photos of a cat licking milk off its paw.
The three-layered parfait portion beneath all of it added much more pleasure to each mouthful, with the fluffy strawberry mousse making a tart bittersweetness, and the milk jelly offering textural distinction to the combination.
It was an extremely scrumptious and enjoyable dessert, and notably acceptable for Japan’s Cat Day on 22 February, so-called as the 2 two two (“ni ni ni”) of the twenty second day of the second month of the yr sound just like the phrases nyan nyan nyan (“meow meow meow“).
Like the cat sweets we tried at Family Mart round this time final yr, the brand new cat paw parfait will solely be round for a restricted time, so that you’ll wish to get in fast to strive it. And for those who’re trying to go all out along with your Cat Day celebrations, you may at all times go to this distinctive Ghibli-esque village run by felines in a citadel in Tokyo!
Related: Seven-Eleven
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