Bingsoo Hotspot 11: V Lounge, Canley Heights

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Mountain of Matcha ⛰🍵

Do you want a tea-pical Bingsoo flavour that also tastes tea-licious? Try out the Matcha and Mochi Bingsoo at V-Lounge! 😝

Bingsoo Hotspot 11 🍧:
V Lounge, Canley Heights

V Lounge is a popular café at Canley Heights with a diverse menu. They are consistent in updating their menu to feature more trendy desserts and food 🤩. 

Location and Ambience 

V Lounge is located on Canley Vale Rd of Canley Heights. It is located near the end of the road, opposite of the petrol station 🧐. 

 

V Lounge is a medium sized cafe with a few seating inside the store and more seating available outside. It is usually pretty busy and popular among the younger audience. The café has a relaxing ambience with turquoise booth seating available inside. There are also more spacious seating outside the café 😊. 

How to Order, Setup of the Café and Price

Due to COVID, there are safety precautions that cafés must abide by. Thus, upon entering V Lounge, you must scan the QR code outside the café and check-in. Once you check-in, the staff will guide you to your seating or you may choose to sit in any available seating. As mentioned in the earlier paragraph, there are seating available inside and a few outside seating with couches. 

 

There is also a potential risk of transmission by handing out the menu to every customer visiting the café. Hence, V Lounge has another QR code on the table that customers can scan to view the menu 😲. Once you finish viewing the menu, you can order at the counter and pay after you finish your meal or dessert 😄. I decided to order the Matcha and Mochi Bingsoo which cost $16 🍵🍡. 

 

As mentioned earlier, V Lounge also has a wide range of aesthetic food and drinks on their menu. They also have other Bingsoo flavours including taro Oreo and watermelon strawberry 😊.

 

 

Matcha and Mochi Bingsoo with whipped cream,
Matcha Kit Kat and mini mochi 🍵🍡😝

Matcha and Mochi Bingsoo (Angle 2) 😂

Bingsoo Presentation 

The Matcha and Mochi Bingsoo at V Lounge was very tall (hence the title ‘mountain of matcha’ 😄). The mountain of matcha was placed in a hollow glass bowl on top of a pretty marbled blue plate. A dollop of whipped cream was then positioned on top of the Bingsoo (it was not very aesthetically appealing 😅). The Bingsoo was also surrounded by an equal proportion of broken Matcha Kit Kat and a combination of pink and white mini mochi pieces 🤤. 

 

Bingsoo Taste

After viewing so many pictures of the Matcha and Mochi Bingsoo on Instagram, I somehow had a high expectation that it would have a strong matcha flavour 😕. Expectations aside, let’s explore the actual Bingsoo taste! 😝

 

The Matcha and Mochi Bingsoo definitely had a very subtle and light matcha flavour to it. The Bingsoo was so finely desiccated that made it easily melt in your mouth on the first bite. The Matcha Bingsoo had a slight milky flavour that seemingly overpowered the matcha flavour. Thankfully, the generous serving of Matcha Kit Kat intensified the matcha flavour in this dessert! 😌 I never actually realised how strong the matcha flavour was in a Kit Kat until eating it along with the Matcha Bingsoo 😂 (No offense intended! Some ingredients compliment others 😉). 

 

The Matcha Kit Kat added the crunch factor, and it had the perfect balance of sweet and bitter. Along with this, the mini mochi was chewy and had a delicate sweetness to it 🍡😊. Now to the whipped cream…😅 Although the placement of the whipped cream was not very appealing; the whipped cream itself had a subtle sweetness and creaminess to it! 

 

Overall, the combination of the Matcha Kit Kat and the Matcha Bingsoo created a burst of the matcha flavour that I would not have gotten with the Matcha Bingsoo itself 😔. There was plenty of mini mochi that gave a nice chew to the dessert 😋. 

 

So, if you want a generous tall serving of Matcha and Mochi Bingsoo that may have a very light matcha flavour (according to my palate 😅), visit V Lounge 😃.

 

Bingsoo Rating 

This Bingsoo rating will be out of 5 stars based on my personal preferences and experience 😏. I will outline the common attributes and quality that I look for in Bingsoo and rate it.

Bingsoo Flavour:⭐️⭐️.75/ 5
I expected the Matcha Bingsoo to have a more prominent matcha flavour but it did not 😕.

Bingsoo Presentation: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.75 /5
The height of the Bingsoo was very appealing 🤩. The Kit Kat and mini mochi were also well proportioned. However, the whipped cream could have been more centered and nicely presented 🤔. 

Bingsoo Ingredients: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐.25 /5
There was a very generous serving of the Matcha Bingsoo, Matcha Kit Kat and mini mochi 😌.

Bingsoo Melting Point: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ /5
The Matcha and Mochi Bingsoo did not melt too fast 😊.

 

V Lounge:
Address: 239 Canley Vale Rd, Canley Heights NSW 2166

Opening Hours: 9am - 11pm (hours may differ; please double-check before visiting)

- Bingsoo Enthusiast - 😊