Cake-off: Paris S'éveille's Monsieur Arnaud over Viron's Gateau au Chocolat

Had a small window to squeeze in a cake-off last Saturday. Fortunately, the plan was a second-round cake-off for two first-round winners, Gateau au Chocolate from Viron, which has a shop that opens at 9 am in Shibuya, and Monsieur Arnaud from Paris S'éveille, which opens at 10 am and is also southwest though I navigated poorly again and arrived close to 10:15. 

Both cakes managed the long trip back reasonably well. Comparing them, it quickly became clear that Monsieur Arnaud had all kinds of good things going on, biscuit, crunch, chocolate, cream, a little fruit, whereas the Viron had just simple straight chocolate, so the winner was quickly decided in Monsieur Arnaud's favor and the tasting was more a matter of determining how much I like Viron's. In the end, I'm will to recognize it was at least excellent, which is enough for it to maintain it's Great status, but it's going to have to do better next year to stay on the great cake list.