42+ km to Etienne in Kanagawa: Casmarc and Asterisk

So the the extreme heat (35+ deg) record for Tokyo now stands at 8 days and ended on a peak of 37.7 deg, I think. Today was more reasonable and it was not hot or that bad when I finished compared to previous weekdays. As shown, it was a long straight shot south to the Tama River. It's not that great south of Minato-ku, but it's okay. I crossed the river to Kanagawa, despite there being a nice looking running path on the Tokyo side, but I'm not sure how long there is a good path there. I'd like to try it sometime. This put me 6 km from the mouth, and I ran to at about 23 km, I think. Early on there is a horse crossing, which is something I don't see every day.

Leaving the river, my course deviated a lot from the planned course, at least until a little past the second train station due to navigational problems. And the road was not that great for pedestrians, although that maybe was true in Saitama last week. I guess in either case, I don't really need to repeat the same course. As usual, my skin was the weak link as far as my body (I sweat a lot, and I skin doesn't like the sweat). I didn't do any jogging on the way back, but I was okay and still walked faster than most people and could go out on foot walking later in the day, but I may be approaching my limit. I'd like to do 50 km, including up the trail of Takao Mt., but that might not be reasonable. I expect to be busy next weekend, so no long run. So I'll have to decide what to do for in two weeks. I'm thinking I'll go to Aplanos in Saitama Urawa (same neighborhood as last time), so maybe I'll prepare both a direct route and a 45 km route.

But onto cake. The goal was Etienne, which has been to Shinjuku Isetan and I've had at least one thing I liked from there. For the cakes this time, I've made up the English spelling based on the meaning of the Japanese-English names rather than use asutarisuku (or astarisku, since the "su" were small) and kashimaru

I ate the Casmarc (cassis fruit and Marc, the alcohol) first (480 yen). I don't usually show eating-in-progress shots, but this one shows some of the hidden layers. The Marc is in the Bavarian cream and the red is the cassis. The base is a nice flaky crust, which I respect, but overall this is just okay. I'm not particularly into either ingredient, so people who are would appreciate it more. As you see, they have outside tables, although it is hard to keep the trash from blowing away.

The Asterisk (also 480 yen) was so-so. It's lemon and hazelnuts, which sounded interesting and is not bad but I wasn't satisfied.

There was only one other cake I was interested in, pistachio, and a lot that I wasn't (more than one tea-based cake and about several peach ones, for the season, one of which might have been a better choice). Overall, I don't mind that this shop is so far away.