Sadaharu Aoki, Pêche Verveine

Anxious to get beyond recent disappointments, I got one cake a head during last week, which was a hard week, and went to Isetan and got their Pêche Verveine, which has been a new cake for a while. Like other new cakes, this differs from the their classic shape. In fact, though flat, it is rather peach-like, apparently flavored with the herb verneine, which the Japanese know by the name lemon beebush; it's South American. Anyway, I'd have to have this cake again to catch it, which would be okay, as this was excellent. The texture is somewhat peach-like as well, being semisolid and moist (with peach cream as well as confit), though balanced by the sable base. Sadaharu Aoki manages to stay above its challengers.