Frédéric Cassel, Mille-feuille Chocolat Poire

Sunday, I kept my plan to get a new cake from Frédéric Cassel (I didn't want to go out to ABVT again and I did two new shops last week), which I'm three new cakes behind due to cake-off wins. The advantage of going Sunday was I could get Mille-feuille Chocolat Poire. The regular mille-feuille is their most promoted cake, so I figure I should their mille-feuille a chance once in a while. In a week, I'll get to the next Inspiration cake.

Since the typhoon is coming, I want to do my running early, but really it was too hot. Sunday, I definitely finished of the Azabu-Dai--Azabu-Mamiana-chou--Higashi-Azabu loop, which is the fourth and last making up the Roppongi clump of loops. That was run, but the two other loops I've been working on I walked most, after a heavy rain to raise the humidity, the sun came out in 30+ heat. I photographed a lot of Japanese sweet/snack shops around Azabu-Juuban and went home and found more shops that I missed, so the fact that I messed up the loop at a new twist is not so important. Also, I realized why the Grace Church wasn't originally o the route: it is/was a wedding chappel, not an active church, but it seems to be inactive even for that now. Still, it's not worth changing that part of the loop. Failed the bottom loop for the same reasons as last time, so I axed the stupid green space and it's suicide access path and determined that the hotel cafe was out of bounds (literally, unless you're associated with the US Navy, apparently), so I'm back to just bypassing that whole corner to get around the stoplight. Walking was too slow, and I had to pay for parking; I should have gone back after the first loop and moved my bike but I wasn't thinking that far ahead.

The mille-feuille was fine. Chocolate and pear weren't so different from the caramel and apple version, the last one I had. It was excellent, no complaints about quality. Maybe the next favor will excite me more. I don't know how often they change these, but probably 6 months, though it could be 3; I'm not usually paying attention, as they have something new every month so even as my number 2 after JPH, I don't usually have to have every new cake, until Sadaharu Aoki, which I might never get caught up with. Hopefully they'll have another new cake next month, but it will be a special limited cake, so I have to watch closely.

Forgot to mention that I forgot to pack Calorie Mates, so I bought a pastry from Dumbo Doughnuts and Coffee. I got Meringue Lemon, which I hoped was lemon cream filled, but no. It's a big yeast doughnut and it's ok, but I should have waited another block for an actual bakery. Or, I found a Niko later, which, I hope, has better donuts.