Opera Green Tea Cake

Hi everyone! 

Our first review so go easy on us. (:

It has been long since we've walked the olden day routes from Tangs to Far East Plaza, but ever since, we found a newly erected food and beverage kiosk on the way!

Situated outside the entrance of Marriott Hotel (where the valet is and where you can also hear Ferrarri drivers revving their engines off into congested roads of Orchard road), Coffee At The Marriott is a simple takeaway counter selling simply pastry, cakes and beverages.

Coffee At The Marriott

What caught our eyes were the very unconventional flavors such as lychee mousse, raspberry earl grey, etc. We settled for the Opera Green Tea slice cake for $5.50.

Opera Green Tea Cake

Discounting the fact that we had this at approximately 8pm, the cake was pretty stale. The outer layer of the cake was evidently more dull with a yellowish tint (compared to the fresh green on the inside) as it has already lost its orginal moisture.

Scorning at the layers

Somehow the colors inside look so much more vibrant than the colors of the layers outside! It has probably been out on display for a number of days no?


The cake was also too sweet and all we could taste were the milk and white chocolate layers which very sadly, overpowered the taste of green tea.


To be more particular, the cake is unlike the classic 7 layered Opera consisting of 3 layers of almond sponge (also know as Joconde) brushed and soaked with espresso; 2 layers of coffee buttercream; 1 layer of ganache; and another of chocolate to finish off. Despite having so many layers, a good opera is only about 4cm in height. After all, this is a dessert and not some Mega BigMac that you have to stretch your jaws to enjoy all the layers at one go. 


We really felt that the cake failed to deliver in terms of its taste, freshness and texture. The only good thing is that the kiosk is non-GST chargeable. We think this cake is a no-no, a 

1 out of 5