L'Epicurien: Regalade

Today's a holiday, and I had expected to go to one of the remaining new places on my list/map but a review had me decide that I did not particularly want to visit any of them more than random unvisited shops that have nothing particularly to recommend them. Since I've already done a couple new shops this week, I was consider L'abricotier, but I thought that it would be a good time to try L'Epicurien again, which has been closed the last several times I went. Since it was going to rain all morning, this fit since they definitely are not expected to be open in the morning. I went by bicycle, and they were actually open, with lots of delicious looking backed goods and no other customers in their dark shop on a narrow street (in a very busy area, so maybe people would be by later). I got the Regalade, which is chocolate cake with a layer of pistachio cream. Generally, carry cake by bicycle destroyed it, but eating outside did not appeal to me and I did not go by a bicycle-friendly park soon enough to be tempted. I expected to have to put it back together at home, but it was fine.

It was definitely good cake, so I was quite satisfied. The pistachio did not really change a standard chocolate cake much, but it was well executed. It's not a priority for me to get back out there again (though the hand-written sign on the door said that they would be open 12 to 19 thru the 25th, so I could), but I'd take advantage of it if they visited Isetan again, if that was how I originally got a hold of their cake.

In the afternoon, only had about an hour of light to take pictures of parks, shrines, and temples in Sendagaya for my neighborhood course map, so I still have a few missed sites.