After lunch I had a bit of time to kill before dinner, so I made the rounds of some of Tokyo’s famous sweets shops. The first stop was Mont St. Clair. It didn’t take as long to get there as I’d expected. Part of me wanted to go to Signifiant Signifie too, but that was probably pushing it.
A glass of water
It was a hot day. I gulped my water down, which maybe wasn’t the best condition for enjoying cake.
Pain au chocolat
A croissant-dough pastry caught my eye in the display case, so I ordered one. Mont St. Clair takes chocolate seriously too, so I had high hopes, and it was every bit as good as I’d hoped. The half-melted chocolate was really smooth and rich, and the pastry itself was baked nice and crisp. Chocolate plus butter, though, so you have to toss your calorie worries somewhere far away before you eat it..
C’est la vie
A classy cake with complex flavours. Inside it’s chocolate and a range of other ingredients. It seems to sell well, since it came in several sizes, and I kind of wish I’d gone for the big one. Even the biscuit base was on another level, which really surprised me.
Shortcake
A high-level shortcake. Nothing especially unusual about it, but if you’re a shortcake fan you’d love it.
Ryuk
A cake loaded with framboise (raspberry). It tastes exactly the way it looks. Whenever you come there are always top-notch cakes here. That said, almost none of the cakes I’d had on my last visit were there, which was a shame. If the cakes change with the seasons, I guess that means I’ll have to come every season.
Fruit Garden herb tea
I had some tea as well. Next time I’d like to come back around winter.