Tummy Prosperity: More than Just Matcha at Matchafuku

Located at Citra Garden area, Matcha Fuku is like a hard-to-reached treasure for me. Yeah, it’s far far far away from my place. Okay, apologize for being too exaggerating, but yes I just try to be honest. I’ve been looking at people’s postings on Matcha Fuku and I can only end up staring at those super tempting Japanese desserts pictures on my phone screen. Nevertheless, I finally manage to visit this dessert café, which has been my long-waiting place to go!

Inspired by their experience visiting Japan, the owners, who’re also a young couple, then decided to establish Matcha Fuku. The name itself is basically derived from Matcha, which means green tea, and Fuku, which means luck. So, if you’re wondering the same thing as me, whether this one is similar to Fuku Matcha Thailand or not, they’re actually different.

This quite petite dessert shop is located at the second floor of a 2-storey building, right above MeaterS. As Matchafuku actually doesn’t sell any main courses, so you might go for them at Meaters before enjoying your desserts time (I haven’t tried MeaterS though so I can’t give any suggestions yet :p ). The venue is separated into two areas, indoor and outdoor, and based on my wild guess it can accommodate up to 20 – 25 people. As always, lighting at outdoor is indeed better so my friends and I prefer to sit in this area. Since we were there at noon, so it’s quite hot but still at acceptable level for me. Anyway, you needn’t worry though it’s raining, because they do provide transparent plastic cover to protect the venue from getting wet.

Telling you in prior, what you’ll see real soon are their best-selling menus. Why a lot? Because yes, the customers indeed have various preference! So let’s check out which one might suit you.

Popcorn Chicken with Barbeque Flavor (IDR 25k)

Though heavy courses are unavailable, but Matcha Fuku do serve light bites for you to enjoy with their desserts or as kick-start before the desserts. First one we had was Popcorn Chicken. It’s actually available in 3 flavors; Barbeque, Seaweed, and Chicken; but this time we had the first one. It’s a nice opening as the chicken size was just right, the seasoning was precise, and the portion was generous enough.

Shaker Fries with Seaweed Flavor (IDR 20k)

Another snack was this Shaker Fries, which one of my friends really really loves. She even couldn’t hold herself from keep munching this one. I do love it as it’s not greasy, it’s well-seasoned, and the seaweed flavor was simply yummy.

Matcha Cake Parfait (IDR 29k)

Moving on to the desserts, the Matcha Cake Parfait perfectly opened the transition. If you’re into milky Matcha, just like me, I believe you surely would fall in love with their Matcha soft ice cream. It’d indeed slightly milkier compared to other Matcha soft ice cream offered by other happening Japanese dessert cafes. According to the owners, they’ve received some inputs mentioning that their ice cream needed to be made slightly sweeter. I guessed that’s the reason they came up with this version. Fortunately, it did suit my palate and I was in love with it. Combined with the toppings of matcha soft cake, shiratama balls, red bean, cornflakes, and matcha kanten; this parfait was surely a taste-bud pamperer for me. Just one input, I thought the green tea taste of the matcha kanten needed to be a little bit stronger to turn this into perfection.

Strawberry Parfait (IDR 29k)

If you’re not into matcha and you fancy something fresh a lot more, then you definitely don’t want to miss this Strawberry Parfait. However, it doesn’t mean that if you love their matcha then you will not get addicted to this one. The clear proof was me. I really enjoyed their Matcha, but then when I tried this one, I found that I also loved loved loved it, and even like too much! Combining vanilla soft cream with refreshing toppings like strawberry, fruit mochi, strawberry sauce, cornflakes, and matcha kanten; this dessert is surely a flawless one to have, especially to accompany you fighting against the super-hot weather.

Matcha Oreo Frappe (IDR 25k)

Not only desserts, Matcha Fuku do serve Matcha-based beverages. One of the signatures is this Matcha Oreo Frappe, whose name can definitely reflect what the contents of the drink are. It’s not as thick as common frappe and the taste was pretty refreshing. Different from the matcha soft ice cream, this one was less milky, so it might suit anyone who was not into too-milky beverages. If a little bit sugar could be added into this drink, I guessed it would be an awesome one for me.

Matcha Red Bean Float (IDR 27k)

Looking at the ingredients blended in the glass, I can just say one sentence “What can ever go wrong when matcha meets red bean?” These two are indeed similar to ebony and ivory, which by nature, are always suitable to be partner. This time, their combination even comes in unique version as they’re served as float by adding matcha soft ice cream. Though the texture is quite thick and therefore it becomes a quite fulfilling drink, I just can’t resist myself from sipping some more.

Matcha Anmitsu (IDR 39k)

If previously I mentioned that those who loved milky dessert should go for Matcha Cake Parfait, while those who loved something fresh should opt for Strawberry Parfait; then I could say this Matcha Anmitsu is the total solution to all preferences. You can get both the fresh and the milky elements right at the same time as the toppings are mostly refreshing since it uses fruits like banana, orange, and strawberry; but the base itself, which is the soft ice cream, as well as the additional extra happiness of condensed milk are milky.

Chocolate Explosion (IDR 40k)

As said by the name, EXPLOSION! So once a spoon of this dessert entered your mouth, BOOM! Explosions would certainly happen, both literally and in connotation. Literally as the choco bomb or more commonly known as Nutella bomb, which was basically Nutella-filled mochi (glutinous ball), would of course explode causing the Nutella to burst out once you bit it. While explosion in connotation showed how terrific this dessert was! Different from the common Chocolate Explosion you might have seen in some other “happening” dessert spots, this one provided you with far richer ingredients. It brought out the combination of quite many components; featuring vanilla soft ice cream, choco bomb, chocolate syrup, milo, oreo, and sliced almonds. Surprisingly, this one turned out to be my most favorite dessert from Matcha Fuku and I would doubtlessly go back here for this one! The owner did mention that many of the guests were also in the same boat with me, so I guessed even though you were not a chocolate-craze, there’s nothing wrong with giving this a try.

Based on my great experience, I highly recommended Matcha Fuku to any of you who’re in love with Japanese desserts. They’ve proven that they don’t only sell stunning presentation, but also impressive taste. So, you can enrich your gallery while having your tummy gets prosperous :).