Apparently “yakgwa ticketing” is all the rage these days, and Apgujeong has a fairly famous shop of its own. A place like this.. Yakgwa They had all sorts of things on the menu, but for now I jus…
Pâtisserie Crémiel, which I dropped into on my way past — it’s already massively popular on Instagram. Chausson aux pommes Babka The pastries Chausson aux pommes Chocolate roll How to put it.. rathe…
Mihashi is that anmitsu specialist in Ueno where you have to queue up, and it turns out they’ve opened a branch inside Tokyo Station. Anmitsu The kanten, the sweet bean paste, the gyuhi and everything e…
There is a chocolate specialty shop called ENTRE in Hamamatsu, so I paid it a visit. The place Entrance Inside Nice atmosphere. Souvenirs Table What could this be… They make the chocolate Mont Blan…
I wonder how many people know that Qu’il fait bon started out in Shizuoka. I dropped by for the first time in a while. The shop There’s a bit of a queue. Today’s picks Well… I bought …
I gather 1500 is read “mille cinquecento”. I came across it while walking the streets of Yoyogi-Hachiman, and what a lovely space it turned out to be. The exterior Nice and clean. The desserts Th…
I heard a shop specialising in really good tigrés had opened, so I made the trip out to Yeonsinnae. This kind of place Honestly, even with a map in hand I walked right past it. It just isn’t the sort of…
It is not on Songnidan-gil itself but just nearby (you could probably call it the extended Songnidan-gil..), and I had heard there was a tea-centred dessert and bakery shop there called présent, so I went to s…
Läderach.. This is delicious, but it’s a shame the price just keeps climbing. In Japan it has got to the point where you can barely buy it at all.. Seaside Garden caramels Like this.. It feels like th…
I’d heard rumours of a good dessert shop by Gangnam Station.. so I went to Screme half-doubting it. Not sure how something like that is even possible around Gangnam Station.. The place It’s actual…
JAEIN, the dessert place that made its name in Yeonhui-dong. In the end the line was always too long and I never made it there, but I heard they had moved and reopened somewhere in Hannam, or maybe Itaewon, so…
I’d heard a bit of gossip about Saddler haus. Something to do with a patent, apparently, though I have to say I wasn’t entirely convinced. Was it really necessary to go that far? Anyway, I went bef…