Wednesday, I worked the latest I had for some time, but since the plan was to go to Camélia in Ginza, which closes at 2 am (the shop that is; I'm sure Ginza is open for business much later), no problem. Also, it was an indoor workout day, so I went by bicycle. This time I remembered to bring my own (insulated, zipper) bag, so I didn't have to waste another super fancy one of theirs for my one piece of cake. Since this was my third cake, after two excellent ones, I figured it was my last try to get a great one from this new shop for a while, so I went for the Chocolate Cake (the Japanese name didn't include Cake, but I can't remember whether it was just the Japanese "Choco" or like the French, "Chocolat"; also, the actual Latin name was written without a space and I'm not sure whether it "Chocolatcake" or "Chocolatecake"). This is chocolate glaze over chocolate mousse over probably chocolate cream or ganache over a chocolate sponge/biscuit. Very simple, but nice chocolate, so I can say that this was excellent two. This shop is firmly in the
quite fine category of shops, so I hope to get back to it in about a year.
I'll need to find a new, new shop and I've realized that I can't ignore the one in Meiji Memorial Hall any more (on the groups that it seemed more of a restaurant and the building smells bad to me), because I realize now that they have a dessert counter at Ginza Mitsukoshi. That means I have to breakup revise my neighborhood map near there, so now I've got three loops that I thought I had memorized that need to be re-verified.
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Back from New Year travel and did a lot of running Wednesday, more than 2 hours, and there was some walking around too. I had intended to practice some of the newer courses to learn them, such as Akasaka, but my phone failed on me. I thought I had messed up my Google maps online, but apparently my phone was just disconnected from the network and needed a reboot. I did get a couple pictures of new places for the neighborhood map and then went and found out when Toshi Yoroizuka and Bien-être would open up again by physically going to their shops (at least they are willing to post information on their doors, even if not online). In the evening, I was at Isetan again and got something that I haven't had for several years and figured I should review, Tops' Chocolate Cake. Actually, I'm not sure what cake of theirs that I've had in the past, as it was many years ago. This is a layer cake of chocolate cream and sponge, with some walnuts, but they are very mild. It's definitely good cake, though not my kind of thing (either, milk chocolate or sponge), so I don't expect to be back soon (plus, the smallest cake is a two-person size).
