Frédéric Cassel: Violet Étoile

I went to Frédéric Cassel and was tricked into getting the Violet Étoile (which was excellent for 777 yen), in the sense that there did not seem to be anything different from the regular Violet except for the start theme, for the upcoming holiday. The picture just shows the top. Still, excellent cassis cheesecake, which makes me think that I'm going to have to get around to trying to up my game on my cheesecake. 

In the meantime, though, I got the yearly 1 km of fresh cherries from work (you can opt out, but no substitutions), so I should have made custard instead of hazelnut pranilé French buttercream. The little that was in the refrigerator has gone into the freezer. Maybe I'll try to make a creme brulée syrup, but I can just eat them in yogurt. They'll probably turn by the weekend, though. 

On the running side, since I just ran yesterday morning, I only ran 16 minutes, this time in 2 min running and 1 min walking intervals, among a full trip to Mitsukoshi Ginza, which is on the order of 10 km, walking the rest. I'm not sure whether this is the running for next week or adding to this week. Only increasing 5 km a week would be pretty strict, but more than 7 km a week might be dangerous. Better safe than sorry, as long as I can walk and still get cake.