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Hato Sabure, Toshimaya

5-min. walk from JR Kamakura Station east exit, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Tel: (0467) 250 810 http://www.hato.co.jp/ (Japanese only)

Kamakura is a popular tourist destination, less than an hour south of Tokyo in Kanagawa Prefecture. The town is historically important, as it was briefly the capital of Japan when Shogun Minamoto Yoritomo established his new [...]

Written by ElegantGourmand on December 17th, 2007 | Tags: , , | 8 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Beard Papa hits Melbourne

26 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne ***THIS ESTABLISHMENT HAS NOW CLOSED***

Looks like Melbourne has succumbed to another worldwide franchise.

Opening late last week, Beard Papa is an Japanese company from Osaka renowned for it’s custard cream choux. Using a special patented two-layer choux/pastry recipe, it is crunchy on the outside and spongy on the inside. [...]

Written by mellie on August 19th, 2007 | Tags: , , , | 15 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Alfajores

This photo just shoots an impulse straight into my brain that gets my tummy rumbling and my mouth salivating. This is a Latin Passions Alfajores, which is an Argentinian spiced sweet cake/biscuit filled with dulce de leche (caramel) and covered in either chocolate, or, as pictured above, in meringue. They are not available everywhere [...]

Written by mellie on June 13th, 2007 | Tags: , | 24 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Walker’s Doughnuts

Shop 9/2 Elizabeth Street, MelbournePhone 03 9662 2254

Here’s another doughnut shop to add to the ever expanding (in more ways than one) doughtnut landscape in Melbourne.

Walker’s Doughnuts have been around for a lil’ while now, sharing corner space with the wonderfully named Lord of the Fries. The kitschy nostalgic U.S. themed [...]

Written by mellie on June 1st, 2007 | Tags: , | 28 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Maxim’s Egg Tart

Maxim’s Cakes173 Little Bourke Street, MelbournePhone 03 9662 1980

After our yum cha at Shark Fin House, how can one not swing by Maxim’s for an egg tart? Touted as Melbourne’s best (…well it says so in the window so it must be true), well, I have to admit they do taste rather [...]

Written by mellie on May 16th, 2007 | Tags: , , , | 12 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post
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