[Saturday] Lily Cakes: Maori

Again, I started by going to Fraoula and was not surprised that they did not have my cake. Then I went to Lily Cakes, over southeast from Shinagawa Station, not keeping to my planned route very well around the Ebisu Station area down to near Meguro Station.

I ate in having the Maori, which is pistachio cream layered with cherry. This was the "chef's recommendation". It was good, I suppose, but it still did not convince me that I want cherries with my cake. The quality seemed good, though, so I won't want to discourage anyone from trying there, but I don't need to return.

My route home was similarly not very direct, though easy to follow. This time I did find the tunnel north of Shinagawa Station and guess that I really don't need to use that, since the 1.5 m clearance is pretty inconvenient for running. Total, I took 23 km, which even at a slow 9 km/h average, put be slightly over my running budget, I decided I should rest for Sunday.

In the evening, I tried Morozoff's standard Danish Cream Cheese cake, the 1000 yen size. It's good, but not special.

Morozoff: Cream Cheese Cake

Morozoff: Cream Cheese Cake

No running again, and we braved the Isetan basement again. It was late afternoon, so many things were sold out, of course. I recently found out that Morozoff is actually a Japanese company/brand from Kobe (and that their chocolate is not bad), not an import. I got the Cream Cheese Cake. This particular one is supposedly available only at Isetan, although of course they sell other cream cheese cakes elsewhere. This one uses 10% cream cheese made from dairy products from the Konsen district of Hokkaido, which I assume is the exclusive part. It was very good, and certainly different from what I usually get. It was 1026 yen and is pretty big, plenty for two people, but certainly further dividable. I consider this shop/counter good.