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 government in the area [...]
26 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
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. It is then pumped full of vanilla custard [...]
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 - [...]
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 signage is [...]
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 good. [...]
607 Sydney Road, BrunswickPhone 03 9387 3461
A leisurely walk from the CBD to Sydney Road, Brunswick is certainly deserved of a spinach and cheese pie at A1 Bakery, one of my all time favourite snack stops. Alas when EG and I arrived there (it was Easter Monday), we found it was closed. Arghh. I had [...]
98 Hopkins Street, FootscrayPhone: 03 9687 4638
Could this be Melbourne’s best cannoli? Well…I’d have to say it comes pretty close, if not nails the title quite squarely.
T.Cavallaro & Sons have been dolling out these little tubes of custardy goodness for many years. And they aren’t on display getting all soggy like in most other shops. [...]
