White Day Chocolates in Tokyo
I was lucky enough to be in Tokyo right around White Day. Since the 14th fell on a Monday, I wandered around the city on the weekend of the 12th and 13th, and there were amazing desserts everywhere. Lib…
I was lucky enough to be in Tokyo right around White Day. Since the 14th fell on a Monday, I wandered around the city on the weekend of the 12th and 13th, and there were amazing desserts everywhere. Lib…
I kept seeing Little & Much’s cakes on Instagram, and they were so beautiful I just had to go. It’s off my usual route so I’d been wondering when I’d make it, but quitting my job f…
I’d heard that the cheese-shaped cheesecake at La Douce in Hongdae was good, so I went to check it out. Whenever something’s trending, I never fail to rush over.. The building Nice atmosphe…
Every department store is waging a dessert war these days. Hyundai was on a serious roll for a while, and now Lotte has pulled off something big too: they’ve brought in BAKE, hugely popular in Japan, and…
I heard a rumour that the Dior café in Cheongdam-dong was the first place in the world to sell Pierre Hermé cakes made live on site, so there was no way I could skip it. Ispahan cocktail The taste is t…
Here’s a roundup of the desserts I ate this winter. Choux from Pâte à Choux. They looked pretty, and the taste wasn’t bad either. Merry Christmas, apparently… A shop ca…
I went to check out Blue Ribbon Delights in Apgujeong. It’s basically a corner of a cosmetics store called Belport turned into a cafe plus dessert counter. Front entrance Easy to find. It was muc…
A dessert cafe has opened near Nonhyeon Station, of all places, somewhere I never would have expected. I hear the owner-patissier is a well-known Cordon Bleu graduate. Cake Cake Cake &n…
One day I was wandering around Sinsa and happened to walk into Piaf, and they were doing hot chocolate. A small cup. It somehow looked good so I ordered one, and it took forever. And here’…
Mr. Holmes Bakehouse, the San Francisco shop famous for its cruffin (croissant + muffin), has landed in Korea. There was no way I could skip it. The building looks roughly like this. It’s on Sero…
It had been a really long time since my last visit to Maison M’O. No commentary this time, just a quick record. The pithiviers was better than the chausson aux marrons. …
Since we were here on a trip, we decided to drop by Jagalchi Market, walk the streets of Nampo-dong, and try the ssiat hotteok (seed-stuffed hotteok) too. Jagalchi Market Hmm… it was crowded and …