LDK: sweets for presents

sweets for presents

13.04.05

Posted by Jun
[ Food ]

先週の話ですが、日持ちのしないマカロンは土産には不向きと思ったので、KIHACHIの焼き菓子あたりならイイかも、と店に行ってきました。店員さんに賞味期間の長めなお菓子を聞いてみたら「うちのお菓子は全て賞味期間約10日です」とキッパリ。その愛想の無さにチッとなりながらも食べたさに負けて自宅用に抹茶ダックワーズを購入しました。うちの相棒を含め世間はオイシイ！と絶賛しているけれど、私には抹茶クリームが重かったかな。よそから頂いたら文句なしに喜んで食べるけど自分用にまた買いに行くかはビミョウ。しかし、コレって手土産にピッタリな位置付けの様な気もします。

Last week I gave up buying macaroons as gifts, so I chose KIHACHI (in Japanese) to buy some kind of biscuits. At the cake shop, I asked the assistant which cake will last long, and she said 'what we have here all should be consumed within 10 days'. Well, it wasn't really true though! I was bit annoyed by her, but I couldn't resist not buying 'green tea dacquoise' , which has a really good reputation. We tasted them, and C said it was very good. I think it was nice but the butter cream was bit too heavy for me. If someone gives me this, I will be happy to eat it, but I don't know if I buy it again for myself!

日持ちがして美味しそうでパッケージデザインがイイお菓子探しは思ったよりも難航しました。さんざん迷って、やや投げ遣りにもなりつつtea-tsuの抹茶ダクワーズ（賞味期限は3週間）とグラマシーニューヨークで焼き菓子を買いました。グラマシーニューヨークが作り上げているブランドイメージがしっかりしていて、日本の会社（丸信製粉株式会社）がやっているとは知らずにニューヨークのケーキ屋が日本に来たと思ちゃった人、イルハズ！

さぁ帰ろうと思った時にアンリ・シャルパンティエのマカロンが目に入ってきたので（買うのは我慢してみました）ちょっと覗いて見たら、その横に並んでいたプティ・タ・プティという小さな焼き菓子が詰まったセットがカワイカッタ！パッケージもイイし、賞味期間も14日間で今回のオミヤにはピッタリアイテムだったのに！次の機会にはゼヒとも利用したいと思いました。ココもとってもパリなお店なのに芦屋が本店なんですよね。

There are tons of cake shops in Tokyo, I took too long to decide which cakes to buy! In the end, I chose other 'green tea dacquoise' , which last for 3 weeks, from tea-tsu (in Japanese), and some cookies from Gramercy New York which is a Japaese cake shop owned by Japanese flour company called Marushin Seifun (in Japanese). I'm sure that some people believe that their main store is in New York!

After all shopping, very colourful macaroons at Henri Charpentie (in Japanese) caught my attention (I suppressed an urge to buy). I checked their cakes and I saw petti ta petti. There are many cute petit cakes in a box, a nice package design, and it last for 14 days! Why I didn't come here first! Their fresh cakes look amazing and very French, but this shop is also 100% Japanese.

nigel (britishmuseum) wrote:

Oh the petti ta petti look good! I want to eat the one with the eiffel tower on it!!

jun wrote:

I think you didn't try any French influenced Japanese fresh cakes in Tokyo last time. We have to go to the basement of department stores. There will be a food heaven!

KEIKO LONDON wrote:

YES!! Nigel, you must try the "DEPACHIKA" or the department store basement! As Jun says it really is like you've died and gone to food heaven. I often day dream about going there when I'm in London.... sad, I know.

jun wrote:

Oh Keiko! I totally understand that feeling! I used to have a dream of shopping in a Japanese supermarkets a lot! But I don't really go to DEPACHIKA often after I came back from London. Now I want to shop in TESCO or Sainsbury's (just once a week).

Crow tokyo wrote:

There is shop,"Gramercy New York" in NY. 1412,Broadway is the address. i think it doesnt matter a lot,if it exist or not in NY city.Good taste matters! Thank you.

jun wrote:

Oh, I didn't know that there is a "Gramercy New York" shop in NYC! I wonder if they sell the same sweets.

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