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 [...]
Ed’s recent post over at Tomato prompted me to proclaim “Meeee tooo!” and reveal that EG and I had also indulged in a little patisserie pleasure at the hands of Pierre Herme when in Tokyo recently. So what’s all the fuss about? Well these macarons have been lauded by the food media/blogs as being some [...]
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 - [...]
