i've been wanting to show janet cafe lysée on 21st street; so today we walked over and had coffee and matcha and shared two pastries . .
my "signature" lysée latte (made with their toasted brown rice milk) and their classic pastry: korean toasted brown rice mousse with pecans, hazelnuts and caramel.
on the bottom right is their matcha white chocolate chip cookie with strawberry jam, and on the top left is their summer "floating island" - matcha espresso with yuzu sorbet. the cafe is the creation of chef eunji lee who combines korean ingredients with a french touch. she explains her inspiration on the cafe's website which you can read here.
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we walked home through washington square . . when we first left the cafe, the breeze out on the street felt so cool that i waved my arms in the air and exclaimed that i had goose bumps. a person in new york city can go through three months of summer and never feel cold - not once! there have been times in the past when i have packed to visit my sister or for a trip upstate or to the berkshires in massachusetts that i did not even consider bringing a sweat shirt or sweater or a long sleeved shirt only to face a cool day or cold night and have to borrow something or actually buy something. so now i know fall is definitely on the way because i was actually cold for a moment when leaving the cafe. of course we warmed up quickly after turning left onto broadway and walking in the sunshine.
i also stopped at the union square green market and found prune plums! they were quite expensive . . but i bought two pounds worth and hope to make a delicious plum cake.
That café does look fancy. I somewhere read that there is a matcha shortage because it is touted as a superfood. And that the demand has led to bad farming practices. I do not remember where I read that. Have you heard anything like that? It is cold here, some flowers outside have already died because it gets so cold, but at lunch time it also warmed up again.
ReplyDeleteOh, that does sound cold by you! It seems earlier this year than prior years? Do you think so? I haven't heard that about the matcha, but then I haven't been having it as much as I used to when it first became popular. There was a cafe nearby that prepared it well, but they closed and I haven't enjoyed it as much at other places.
DeleteI read that our trees have already had their peak colors; hard to believe because so far, there has not been much color. Too many places close, don't you think so?
DeleteWhen I was out running errands today, I was thinking about how my favorite cafes have closed. Their common attribute was that they were some of the few that were quiet and not over-crowded with people on tablets or laptops. I do have a coffee shop that I really enjoy going to in the East Village, but it's not a quiet one - so i guess I'll have to keep looking . . Our trees are only starting to get a touch of color. I have a pretty photo of my sister's town with the trees lining the lake . .and their color is really lovely. I think you must still have some weeks left!
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