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High Class Hello Kitty

 


Hello Kitty, sweets and buffet. These are three of my favourite things and combined is a dream. Because it’s Japan, this dream came true at the Hilton Osaka.



Every year, the Osaka branch of the hotel chain offers up a Hello Kitty Summer Sweets Festival and this year my favourite cartoon cat was partnered up with her Sanrio mate, My Melody. Designed to be both delicious and highly instagrammable, this feast didn’t disappoint! And Hilton knows full well people are coming to instagram - they allow a photo op ten minutes before the start time for people to snap away before the buffet is touched. So if you want good photos, get there a bit early!

Ice Cream Cup Cheesecake

While the first floor of the hotel offers a Hello Kitty high tea (which was tempting I’m not going to lie), it was the second floor buffet that drew me in. Boasting 25 (though I swear there were more) breathtakingly beautiful sweets, I had to make sure I arrived with an empty stomach. There was even an assortment of vegan sweets to make sure everyone's taste buds were satiated.

Vegan Peach Bellini

From pudding a la mode, adorned with a My Melody chocolate, to the vegan Melon Cream Soda Jelly there was a lot of buffet to make my way around. There were even savoury snacks like pasta salad and Japanese curry - but we all know I was there for the sweets.

Lollipop Mousse

It’s hard to choose an ichibon dessert, but both the Almond Berry Pie and Green Apple Lollipop Mousse were my favourites. Or maybe it was the Vegan Peach Bellini served up in a champagne glass. Or the Ice Cream Cup Cheesecake. Yeah, picking a favourite is going to be a tough call so I'm not even going to try and decide. All of the treats worked together to make for a very happy and sugar coma induced Misty.


Just one of my *ahem* many plates


For those wondering how a buffet works during COVID-19 times, it was very straightforward. Only a limited number of guests can attend each day (we made a reservation but there were still only around 10 people at the buffet when I went), and each dessert is pre-portioned and served. It was also a requirement that everyone wear a mask and sanitize their hands before entering the buffet area. Everyone was seated far apart and could obviously remove their masks to eat.


The high tea (served on the first floor at the MYPLACE Cafe) and the buffet (served on the second floor at the Folk Kitchen restaurant) happen every year and this year it will run until September 13. The price for the buffet was ¥3,950/weekdays and ¥4,250/weekends and holiday plus 10% tax and service charge per person. I recommend making a reservation ahead of time just to be safe, and you can from the Hilton Osaka website.

The buffet also includes unlimited coffee (along with lattes, cappucinos & hot chocolate), tea and juices. There were even slushies but by the time I was going to try those I was too full to fit anything else in my belly.

A very excited Fujiiyama Mama!

(Photos by me except the cover photo - that came from the Hilton Osaka website here)



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Location: 1-chōme-8-8 Umeda, Kita Ward, Osaka, 530-0001, Japan

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