Desserts, May 2022
Pierre Hermé Signature Pistachio and Raspberry Hmm.. just so-so.. Pierre Hermé does a few too many collabs these days.. Fauchon Pistachio & Raspberry This one is pretty good. There seem to be a lot of pi…
Pierre Hermé Signature Pistachio and Raspberry Hmm.. just so-so.. Pierre Hermé does a few too many collabs these days.. Fauchon Pistachio & Raspberry This one is pretty good. There seem to be a lot of pi…
Camembert cured in miso.. I have to wonder why anyone made this in the first place.. and the taste makes me wonder why as well.. Not that it tastes bad or anything.. Frutica tomatoes from Karatsu, Saga Prefec…
Pringles Black Truffle Well now, look at this… the taste is pretty good. There are all sorts of truffle-flavoured snacks out there, and honestly, as long as the truffle aroma actually comes through, they̵…
Master’s Dream Unfiltered I can’t tell whether it’s really the unfiltering or just my imagination, but it’s good. Jules Whisky Collection It’s a bar inside Ginza Six, and this t…
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 …
Hamamatsu has a few genres worth eating your way through, and unagi, tonkatsu and ramen are where most of the famous shops are. One of the famous ramen shops is Miyahiro. The shop The menu Chashu men The st…
Here’s the place. Honestly, shrimp broth is not an easy thing to come by in Korea, so I’m glad places like this exist in Japan. The table Ebipota ramen The broth is a rich shrimp one, but the no…
Aoki is always mobbed, no matter when you turn up.. Which is only natural, I’d say, when the food is this good.. I sat down and there was a sign asking everyone to eat in silence. Not that I had anyone…
While wandering around Ginza I spotted a new place doing clam-broth ramen, so I dropped in. This is the place And this is the ramen you get But… something is off… This is definitely a clam-broth …
The famous old spots in Shinbashi keep going under one after another, so it’s genuinely moving that Maihama has held on. This kind of place You just write your name down and wait, so there’s no ne…
I hadn’t been to Shinbashi in a while, and there was a new ramen shop with a long line out front. It’s a tiny place with only about five seats, so of course you have to queue. The shop The counter…
I’d been wanting to try proper Sapporo-style soup curry, so I searched around and found one famous place in Ginza. Moncler, spotted on the way They’re doing a collab with Gentle Monster. Near Toky…