Jean-Paul Hévin, Duja Pistache

Monday (I'm behind and have been busy), I got the new regular line-up cake from Jean-Paul Hévin, Duja Pistache. The old Duja I had initially rated as good and then excellent on a second try. Follows the same basic plan but the chocolate is pistachio flavored, giving it a fruitiness, and the top as changed. This is better than the old glazed top, but mostly I think I've come around to this simpler chocolate cake. This version, I'm rating as great. I don't have anything to do an immediate cake-off with (unless I get really lucky on the next cake), but I expect it to stick around for multiple months, so I can focus on the classics that are changing every 2 weeks these next two months.

Running was back to Azabu-Juuban neighborhood course loops. This time, I did both of my target loops clockwise: the Moto-Azabu--Azabu-Juuban loop and Minami-Azabu west loop. Actually, I realized that I needed to split a one-block Azabu-Juuban loop off from the former to keep to my rules, but I also ran that one, counterclockwise. I also verified that I need to redo the Nishi-Azabu--Minami-Azabu loop, which I didn't include in this run, as I had other things to do Monday night and ended up being quite late anyway. I'll be able to do at least one direction next time I do the other three loops next weekend, I think.