Went to Cuoco at Mitsukoshi (where I essentially have a discount) to buy baking supplies. Didn't buy custard powder because I wanted more time to think about whether what they were selling was the same as what I was looking for. I problem is different translations into Japanese. I wasn't sure whether Fran Poudre was really the same as what they were selling, which was custard powder where you just need to add milk (well, heat is also probably necessary), whereas I had a recipe that requires pastry cream, which adds Fran Poudre to milk, cream, half a vanilla bean (which I also didn't buy), and a couple kinds of sugar. I need buy the cherry liquor for the corresponding recipe, but really I need to practice my Marjolaine first (for which I bought a fourth 14 cm tart form and another 100 g of hazelnut powder) and use up my praliné almonde before then, although I could use up the praline just as topping for brownies or baked cheesecake.
Following up on last week, I went to the nearest new place of the six, which was much farther than my left leg really wanted to go. This is the Palace Hotel Sweets & Deli. Not a huge selection, although comparable to a department store counter, and not a lot that attracted me. I kept it simple and went for the Caramel/Chocolate/Poire, for 648 yen. I'm going to say it was good, which is sort of giving them the benefit of the doubt, since it was not as sweet as I would like, I'm not that into pears, and I was disappointed by the soft biscuit rather than something crunchy. So, no reason to get back there, particularly.
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