Cake-off: Jean-Paul Hévin's Mont-blanc over Sadaharu Aoki's Marron Fruits Rouges

As planned, I did a cake-off with Jean-Paul Hévin's Mont-blanc and Sadaharu Aoki's Marron Fruits Rouges from Isetan. First, though I did another run my Naitou neighborhood course, which I changed slightly again, just to avoid the main street another block, and the Daikyouchou neighborhood course, which I did without problems. I was only running 8 to 9 km/h, since it was raining pretty good. I again did most of the Wakaba neighborhood course, which is twice as long and I still haven't done all of. I found another few parks (though not public parks, and one is need in an alley, so I'm not sure that I want to go back in there to visit a designated evacuation area) and a church, so the course is getting a little complicated near Shinanomachi Station. Someday I do the whole thing, maybe by skipping the first two neighborhood courses, but I haven't even memorized all the names of the points of interest yet, though I was able to add a name of a park that Google Maps was hiding from me. I ran 58 min.

The cake was great. Both with chestnut paste and whipped cream, but the JPH one has its thick almond meringue base, whereas the Marron Fruites Rouges obviously has its fruit. Though the tastes are different, it's hard to choose between them, but I'm going with JPH's Mont-blanc, which remains the best mont-blanc that I know. One warning, though, is that it's sweetness can get overpowering by the end, so definitely be prepared with a suitable beverage (I'm drinking shincha lately at home).