Joël Durand, "Liegeois" Mania - Marron & Thyme -

I got the ticket for joining the tasting event "Liegeois(parfait) Mania" in Sep and Oct again. 

SEPTEMBER

The new taste of  Liegeois in September was Marron, and I could have it at the event. Since last time event, they have started collecting money for the drinks, and I paid 1000 yen before the event. This was the one thing changed from last time, and the drink we could have was limited. We could order only three drinks from the menu they prepared.

  

The event started from 7:30pm and the staff brought the new Liegeois to our table. The image of the new one is sunset

Later they served the small foods for the guests.(I don't remember what they were...the taste was good :p)  

It was announced that they just started selling the birthday cake and they served the small portion of the cake for us, too. It is the lavender schiffon cake covered by the whipped cream

OCTOBER

 Next month(November), the new taste will be Thyme. I usually don't use it when I cook, because I am not fan of Thyme... When I got the invitation email from the shop, I was a little bit hesitate to apply for it. Anyway, I asked my friend whether she wants to try it or not, and her answer was "YES!". Thanks to my friend, the Liegeois was really good, and it places in the top 3 that I had in the past.

They served the fresh mint and thyme tea while they were explaining us the new Liegeois.

Can you see the flower? The smell wafted in the air. I felt I smelled it somewhere, but I could not remember it where it was... It didn't taste much, but it made me relax with the smell. 

As usual, they prepared the small food, too. Salmon was covered by the cabbage. Thyme was also used in it.

"Ta Dah~! "

The cake looks like was the thyme hotcake(pancake). We needed to remove the chocolate from the cake first, and then pour the syrup into the little valley of the cake. The syrup was also made by some herbs. The cake soaked it, and the taste was much better than I ate cake only.

Bubby's

Bubby's is from tribecca, NYC and there are thier restaurants in Japan, too.

I haven't been to this restaurant either in NYC and Japan yet.

NYC fair "New York Week" was held in Mastuya Ginza department store from 10/9 - 10/15. I didn't know the fair when I went for shopping, and I saw many pies in the showcase. It looked all good. I got the apple pie and New York cheesecake for myself :P 

The taste was quite normal... Because I do bake apple pies and New York Cheesecake at home, so I thought it's nothing special... maybe. But it's good if I just want to eat one piece of apple pie or cheesecake. One thing I surprised the Japanese price was less expensive than US. :O 

Apple Pie with Vanilla Ice creaam. Great Combo!

Liegeois "Almond & Pistachio"

The humidity and hotness in this summer made me sick... It was the hottest summer known for yeards. I remembered I can have the perfait(Liegeois) at Joel Durand for free(please see the story "Joël Durand, "Liegeois" Mania"), and it was closed to the expiration date.I had to use it for cooling down my body before it expires. My favorite Liegeois flavor is lemon, but it was sold out the day I was there... Instead of the lemon, I had the "Almond & Pistachio Liegeois" which I haven't had it yet.

The size of every liegeois is big, but I always eat it up quickly. The size of almond & pistach looked the same as others, but it was not...It was much bigger than others. I was too full to eat the dinner, and I could not have it...

I want to try other flavors next time I visit there. :)

(The story was written in September.)