[Friday] Angelina: Mont Blanc and Mont Blanc Chocolat

No running, but I went out for lunch a Angelina and get Mont Blanc and Mont Blanc Chocolat (demi size; 500 yen each). The tea salon and cake counter just reopened in the new building (or maybe it was renovated; I wasn't really paying attention to that part of Ginza), which is now called Marronnier Ginza 2, mark of Marronnier Gate, since, I guess it marks the start of Marronnier Avenue, so chestnut dominates everything.

There are many styles of mont-blanc. This particular one follows the more common reverse form of putting the white cream on the inside and the chestnut paste on the outside. The base is a sugary (no almond) meringue, and the inside is only cream. The chestnut cover is relative thin, but not inappropriately so. The balance if the standard Mont Blanc cake is actually excellent, although people who like a heavy chestnut flavor would be disappointed. The chocolate version is relatively sweet chocolate and complete hides any chestnut flavor; it is good but in this case the balance doesn't really add up to anything special, so I'm not in a hurry to try the other flavors and variations (they also have a couple token cakes).