Supervised by Mariko Oishi, a culinary researcher living in the UK. Traditional British tea sweets, recreated in a form that suits Japan today.
A taste born from life in Britain
Mariko moved to Britain when her husband was posted overseas. What she found there was teatime — a culture the British hold dear in everyday life. The plain, warm sweets eaten alongside a cup of tea left a deep impression on her.
She reconstructs the traditional tea sweets she came to know in Britain with Japanese ingredients and sensibility, and keeps making gentle sweets in which the nostalgic and the new live side by side.
recreated in a form that suits Japan today.
Plain, and warm.
Four British tea sweets
Bakewell tart is a traditional sweet from the village of Bakewell in Derbyshire. A moist tart where the scent of almond meets the sweet-sour of jam.
Carrot cake is a fixture of every British tearoom. The natural sweetness of carrot, the scent of spice, the mellowness of cream cheese. Simple, yet every ingredient is carefully brought into balance.
Flapjack is a traditional British tea sweet of oats pressed firmly together with nuts and fruit.
Lemon curd is a house-made lemon sauce of lemon, butter, egg and sugar — refreshing, and rich. With an arrangement all Mariko’s own, it is finished as a tea sweet.
A slice taken in a vintage chair, with the light coming through the window. Tea sweets that quietly color your time at Madoroom.