Atelier de Mar: Fig and Blueberry Tart

Did yet another run of (most of) the Hatagaya--Honmachi--Nishi-Shinjuku loop and finally got it right, so that's another area that I can consider part of the running neighborhood. Along the way, I stopped at the Hatagaya Atelier de Mar (despite the receipt having a different branch's address on it) and got a Fig and Blueberry Tart. It was good, but I guess I'm already tired of this type of tart, as it isn't that much different from the previous one, which I rated excellent.

In other neighborhood running news, though I still have another loop needing practice, I figured that would be done this week and I'd get to the next 12th level loop. However, I've realized that under my current rules it should be merged with a few of it's neighboring loops (like soap bubbles merging), making it on the order of 30 km long, which is longer than I've run recently, so I'm going to have to reconsider how I approach the order I run new parts. Of course, first I suddenly have a lot of new landmarks that I need pictures for, so that alone is going to slow me down. I hope that Saturday afternoon is clear enough that I can make some progress on that.

Sadaharu Aoki: Savarin

Savarin (Sadaharu Aoki)

Tuesday, did a run out to Marunouchi to get cake from Sadaharu Aoki, the Savarin, which is there through November. I also visited the two Jean-Paul Hévins around there to see what was up. Next month will be waffles with chocolate at the Chocolate Bar.

It's hard for me to judge Savarin, because it's a little different from my usual thing, but it seemed excellent (and I did enjoy it). Certainly I would like to make it (given the time and knowledge), which is my definition of excellent.

Almond and Anzu Tart (Atelier de Mar)

Wednesday, I went out to practice the Hatagaya--Honmachi--Nishi-Shinjuku loop. You'll notice that Nishi-Shinjuku has been added back into the name, as I discovered that there was no reason for that to be in a separate loop. Unfortunately, my sense of the other parts of the course remain incomplete, so I'm going to have to practice more. On the plus side, I was surprised to notice that there is an Atelier de Mar on the north end of the Hatagaya shopping street, so I bought an Almond and Anzu Tart (anzu is the standard plum variety in Japan). It was a nice little pastry-type tart, which I will give the benefit of the doubt and call excellent, as a first pastry. I didn't see such tarts at the Hatsudai branch. There is also apparently a shop in Sasazuka, but I'm going to want to verify that on the ground before I adjust the running course around there. On their Twitter feed, they show lots of tarts, but I'm not sure which branch that is.