A lovely little Chocolate Glazed Pistachio mouse cake with some real Gold flake on topIn Japan, every large department store has a basement with food for sale. Usually it's rows and rows of deli-style counters, a bakery, fresh fish and meats, small (and horrifically expensive) groceries (mostly produce) and sometimes wines and cheeses from around the world. A very interesting part (for me) is the sweets, especially the little Japanese cakes. Not necessarily "Japanese" by ingredients but more like the Japanese version of something from Europe or elsewhere in the world. They are really small but cost around $4.00 to $10.00 USD for just one! They are not something I buy often, but once in a while it's nice for a little indulgence.
These cakes are like most Japanese foods, meticulously made and presented. The packing for taking them home is also quite interesting too. Of course, they are super delicious!
Recently I got these two while at the Takashimaya in Nihombashi. Their basement has alot of French and Italian foods sellers. I also (besides these cakes) enjoyed getting some great, fresh baked (hard to find in Japan) authentic French breads and some Italian bologna and pate` (from Milan).
Chocolate Mousse cake and a Strawberry Cream cake packed in the take home box.
The salesgirl used these little pre-cut cardboard corners to secure each cake from moving in the box (using the ever adored, in Japan, scotch tape)
I don't know how they get the Strawberries so glossy in Japan, looks good doesn't it?
The inside of the Strawberry Cream cake
The inside of our chocolate cake, layers of Chocolate and Pistachio Mousse with a bottom layer of Chocolate cake
This is what the box it all came in looks like.
