Chocolat Republic: Rare Cheese Mont-Blanc & Raw Chocolate Mont-Blanc

On the 5th day of GW, in Kobe, I had a couple cakes from Chocolat Republic, the Raw Chocolat Mont-Blanc (according to the receipt), which I assume is the same as the Kobe Raw Chocolate Mont-Blanc that I've posted on before. It was still good, but basic, and heavy on the bottom layer of sponge cake for any kind of mont-blanc, which seems consistent with the local style, which features more sponge cake than I usually get in Tokyo. The other was Rare Cheese Mont-Blanc (notice the change in translation for nama from raw to rare). The cheese cake was definitely good, better than the chocolate, maybe because it was sweeter. This was specifically from Sogo Dept. Store, I think, though they have standalone shops.

Chocolat Republic: Kobe Raw Chocolate Mont-Blanc and Cassis Mont-Blanc

I'm a week behind and still learning about the new computer. Also, I couldn't find any notes on Kobe cakes except online, so I worked with Excel to set up a spreadsheeet for them, which too some time. I also added two cake sources to my Kobe cake map and corrected one location.

In the evening of last Friday, I got cake for two from Sogo Kobe from the Chocolat Republic counter, which is a local brand (with a few of their own shops, but Sogo was more convenient). Besides chocolate, mont-blanc seemed to be their thing, so I got the Kobe Raw Chocolat Mont-Blanc and the Cassis Mont-Blanc. These were both good, though of the soft cake variety, whereas I like more variation in texture. Still, the shop I know looks more like it belongs on Disney history street, or something, so I've avoided them, suspecting they'd be pretty low level, so I was actually relieved that these were fine, and appreciated.