Ran down to Tokyo Midtown and visited Toshi Yoroizuka and ate cake outside (fortunately, the wind wasn't bad there compared to when I started and the heat was tolerable) for some store-bought cake from a great shop, before doing the other 3/4 of my run. This is the Bernard, which uses Sicilian pistachios, an accent of chocolate, and a little feuillantine (baked crepe) for texture, or that's what the description online says.
My impression is a pistachio mousse on top, a layer of raspberry, a sort of regular cake layer that's also pistachio flavored, or at least green, another slightly different, maybe creamier pistachio layer, and then the chocolate bottom that is hard. Dissecting it, the top is more gelatinous than I prefer and the cake layer seems a little soggy by itself, but put them all together, with a little whipped cream on one side, and it's great cake. The flavor really sticks with you too after you eat it, in a good way, so one is enough.
I've been in Tokyo for a while and like to walk, hike, and now run around town. These days, my goal is cake, so I've visited numerous shops. I thought I'd track my running and introduce and review some shops and cake in Tokyo (or possibly beyond).
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