Tafu, the midtown tea and dessert spot where I sought salvation during those crazy tax season hours, closes this Friday forever. And this is just after Amai closed yesterday!
Tafu and Amai are both very similar spots: tea-focused with Japanese inspired sweets. It is sad to see both go in a time period so close to one another. What is happening??? :[
How much did I love Tafu? A lot. I even have a Flickr Set devoted to it!
Here's what I'll miss:
Hot matcha lattes topped with chocolate or...
...kuromitsu syrup...
...hojicha roll cakes...the matcha one too!
Daifukus with a smidgen of cream tucked in the very middle. See an innards shot here...
...along with delicate cheesecakes in similar tea flavours. The genmaicha was my favourite.
I'll miss afternoon tea break with co-workers...
...when you "eat-in", they arrange your order on little trays. Grab a seat along the count and munch away! :) I love doing this on super rainy days.
The tea infused chocolates were always a great pick-me-up late in the night.
But the biggest bummer of all is that we can no longer get Mitzy's macarons there :[
That was the real highlight of Tafu.
I'll be swinging by a few times this week...Kyotofu supplies many of the bakeds good and one could easily head to Hells Kitchen to get it straight from the source...but you won't be able to find those hot matcha lattes anywhere else.
Tafu New York
Double Tree Metropolitan Hotel
569 Lexington Ave
New York, NY 10079
(212) 980-1310
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