Jean-Paul Hévin (Kyoto): Kibune & Mousse au Chocolat Miso

Took a trip to Kyoto and of course a top priority was to visit the Jean-Paul Hévin. Sure, there was skepticism at first, until a little research showed that it was a Salon de Thé. Visiting, it is very nice and is a good price if you want a high-quality café-type lunch, hot chocolate, and cake. 

I took a picture of Croque Parisien, but the Pâte gratinée aux cèpes was better (seen here). The hot chocolate was the Chocolate Chaud Columbia and Chocolate Chaud Gingembre (ginger). This was my first time for the Gingembre, which was definitely good but not especially exciting.

Of the cake, I assume that the Kibune is named after the shrine. It's layers of chocolate and matcha mousses along with cherry and pistachio nougatine. It's excellent, which an overall fruity chocolate taste. The other is Mousse Chocolate Miso, which is a dark chocoalte shell filed with chocolate flavored with white miso. Probably would not able to identify the flavor as miso, but it's definitely good chocolate mousse that I didn't get tired of before it was gone.