Monday, November 6, 2017

[Sat. thru Mon.] Jean-Paul Hévin: Kouglof Chocolat & Kouglof Chocolat Caramel Salé

I'm behind posting. Part of that is too much time fiddling with my Neighborhood map, for which I took a bunch of pictures for parts of the SE of Yotsuya 3choume neighborhood, which has 55 total items (about half temples, but also shrines, parks, churches, cake shops, and similar), which I've finally fully memorized. Still need to attach all the photos I have, but some of them need fixing (the ones taken vertically need to be edited and saved twice in order for them to appear correct).

Cake was a visit to the Jean-Paul Hévin chocolate bar at Isetan, where I got the kouglof cake set which gives you slices of both the chocolate and chocolate salted caramel version) with Chocolat Chaud Framboise (I think; haven't been studying my French). This came with whipped cream for the cake, which otherwise does not really qualify as "fresh" cakes, since it's more like a torte, though I am not yet making that distinction, since I don't usually by pound cake, or "weekend cake" or other cakes that you aren't told to eat that day. The cake was definitely good, but no competition for their usual fresh cakes, and the hot chocolate was excellent, which is better than average, I suppose.

Running for the weekend did not come until Friday night, where I just missed completing the Sendagaya neighborhood run without mistakes (I added Sendagaya 4choume Children's Play Park, which Google doesn't identify and turned too early on the new leg), so I think I'll be okay going forward and try a longer run with this as a component. I also did a run through the next one south, which is centered around Jinguumae 3choume, looking frequently at my phone. Found one part quickly where I'm going to need to turn back toward the center to find a crosswalk without a crossing light, but the bigger problem is the bridge on the southeast is closed for construction, so I can't use it to connect to the Aoyama course. To get there account to my rules, I need to construct the map for the neighborhood north of Omotesando Station and the connecting one for South Aoyama to come on the Aoyama one from the south. I ran about 10 km total at 9 km/h. Monday, I ran 21+ km at 10+ km/h out and 9+ km/h back with no cake to show for it, but I was still feeling bloated from the rest of the weekend (after JPH), that I'm fine with just adding some pasta and tomato to dinner rather than something sweet.

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