Pâtisserie Avignon, Hikifune
Hikifune is a neighborhood one or two train stops from Asakusa. There is a well-regarded cake shop there called Avignon, so I set aside a little time on the weekend and went over. The front entrance The sig…
Hikifune is a neighborhood one or two train stops from Asakusa. There is a well-regarded cake shop there called Avignon, so I set aside a little time on the weekend and went over. The front entrance The sig…
I had already reserved Moriizo chocolates for Valentine’s Day this year, but another chocolate looked so good that I simply could not resist buying it. It is called Honey Bee Garden, a Valentine’s …
For dessert I moved on to a place called Higashi-Mukojima Coffee-ten (東向島珈琲店). I had heard it is famous for its rare cheesecake. The front entrance A cafe with a clean, tidy atmosphere. The owner seemed you…
Plaisir, a cake shop in Sangenjaya, is one of the very best cake shops in Tokyo, but it is so far off the beaten path that I only just got around to going. The front entrance You get off at Sangenjaya Stati…
It was the weekend, so I headed to Omotesando for pancakes. bills is famous overseas, and in Japan it has branches in Omotesando and Odaiba. Kirin draft beer I was partly in the mood for a pleasant daytime …
This Valentine’s Day I heard that Takashimaya was selling a limited-edition chocolate made with Mori Izo, the shochu they call the “phantom shochu”, so I used my weekend to head over to Shinj…
C*LAB Project is a dessert shop and cafe run by Le Champ de Pierres, a French restaurant. I never expected to find such a modern-looking dessert specialist in a spot like this. The front entrance At a glanc…
There is a place in Shinjuku that sits at the top of the Tokyo dessert scene with a single item on the menu, a gateau chocolat, so I went to check it out. It is called Ken’s Cafe, near Shinjuku Gyoen, an…
In Japan, sakuramochi comes in two styles: the Chomeiji style of the Kanto region and the Domyoji style of Kansai. Both wrap the mochi in a cherry leaf, but the shape of the mochi itself is very different. I o…
Lately I have been making the rounds of the famous cake shops in Tokyo. The goal is to find another shop on the level of Au Bon Vieux Temps, Mont St. Clair or A Tes Souhaits!, but the highly rated shops are al…
Near Yurakucho Station in Ginza there is a small wagashi shop called Osumi Tamaya. Maybe because it has been in business in Ginza for so long, it is fairly well known. I heard they sell a limited-edition Ichig…
After the soba, I moved on to Roppongi for dessert. Le Chocolat de H is a chocolate specialty shop that Mont St. Clair, the famous patisserie in Jiyugaoka, opened in Roppongi. As you would expect in Roppongi, …