Rest day, with cake from Jean-Paul Hévin: Salome

It's Wednesday, so I went to Isetan (and no running). This week's patisserie is Cacahouete, which is a good to very good shop near the Meguro River northwest of Nakameguro Station: which is a very good area for cake. It also has Patisserie 1904 and an Aux Bacchanales. The Tokyo Castella Factory and Il Pleut sur Seine are notable, and Picassol is popular (although not so much a cake shop and I've never bought there). The cheese cake at Johann is interesting (4 types), but I'm not that into Ecole Criollo, I have to admit. Also, I've had one of the apple pies from Matsunosuke (松之助), which was okay, but not their NY cheese cake, which is their specialty (I really prefer baked, but I'd like to give theirs a try some day).

Anyway, I've visited Cacahouete several times, so I didn't need to take advantage of their visit today. Instead I went to my #1 shop, Jean-Paul Hévin (also found in Ginza, Tokyo Midtown, and Omotesando). I got a cake that is new this year (and not sold in their European stores), so this is only my second time having it. It's the Salome (サロメ). As you can see, there is a top chocolate layer (with some decorations: one sign of class is that the square/diamond sticking up that has their name on it is chocolate, not plastic). Below that is very light (and so wobbly, so watch out), soft vanilla mousse. There is a couple-millimeter connecting layer below it with larger air bubbles which makes it look more breadlike or cakelike, but you have to look closely. Below that is a firm (or the cake would collapse) dark chocolate layer on top of a thin chocolate biscuit. Great cake, at 674 yen.