Had a long run today, which makes up for my somewhat laziness yesterday, when I cycled (50+ km) rather than ran. I was looking again for the same cake-off selections and eluded me yesterday (instigating a research ride). I first tried Toshi Yorizuka's Kyobashi shop again, but they were sold out despite my getting there as earlier as reasonably possible for a weekday (I didn't actually ask, but there was not much cake there, so I have no reason to think they were hiding some), so I next ran down to Midtown (it was a risk, but I want a no cake day sometime to offset the cake off, so failure would have been fine), where they had better supplies of everything, including the target, Annya. However, at that point, it was too late to go back to a department store (where I have a savings club card), so I had to take the 8% hit and get my Fondant Chocolat Mon Enfance (I know, there should be another preposition in there, but they don't include it in the Japanese pronunciation or include it on the website, though they write it on the card, which I don't remember, and I have conflicting information between my old notes and general online information about this type of cake) from the Jean-Paul Hévin at Tokyo Midtown. Today, it was 11+ km averaging 10.5 km/h, as I balanced being in a hurry and wanting to run at a calorie-burning pace (I ate a lot last long weekend). Going home, I was at 8.2 km/h, which is normal with two cakes.
It's hard to compare chocolate cake (the pear does not have much impact, less even than I remembered) and what tastes like (great) rhubarb pie. The important thing is that I still think both are great, so they stay in the cake-off competition, but I have to pick a winner and I'm more interested in how the chocolate cake compares to similar cakes than how the rhubarb tart plus mousse cake compares, so I'll take that as I sign that, for me, the fondant wins. Still, I look forward to second-round match-ups of both around this time next year.
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It's hard to compare chocolate cake (the pear does not have much impact, less even than I remembered) and what tastes like (great) rhubarb pie. The important thing is that I still think both are great, so they stay in the cake-off competition, but I have to pick a winner and I'm more interested in how the chocolate cake compares to similar cakes than how the rhubarb tart plus mousse cake compares, so I'll take that as I sign that, for me, the fondant wins. Still, I look forward to second-round match-ups of both around this time next year.
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