Afternoon Tea @ Aman, Tokyo

Aman Tokyo, opened its door in Dec, 2014. I was not pay much attention to the hotel, but the afternoon tea was caught my attention when I saw the pic of their presentation. I don't think I see similar one in other hotel and restaurant. I was not the only one who fell in love their afternoon tea, many women also love it at once like me. Finally, I could make a reservation and had it with my  friend.

The view from our seat. I could see the Shinjuku skyscrapers!

Free Flow drinks from the menu.

I had four kinds of drink:

Black Tea"Jewel of Nuwara Dliya"

Flavor Tea "Sunshine Lady"

Herbal Tea "Morgensonne"

Coffee

Scones

Scone of Plain and Green Tea
Hokkaido Clotted Cream, House-Made Jam(Marmalade and Raspberry), Honey

While we were chatting, the Afternoon tea plates were brought to our table. Their theme of the afternoon tea is black.
Some are colored black.

Especially, the top chocolates are all so lovely, and I hesitate to even take a bite.

Off course, the plate, tea cup, spoon, folk and knife are all black.
Yamagata Cherry and White Wine Jelly Shot

with Chocolate Hat were brought to our table, too.

Top Plate(Petit Sweet)

Raspberry, Poppy Seed Plate de Fruit Diamond Shaped Chocolate

Handmade Chocolate Bag, Fresh Berry

Brazilian Cacao 62% Chocolate High Heel Shaped Lime, Caramel Bonbon Chocolate

                       2nd Plate (Petit Sweet)
               Nagano Apple, Caramel Cake
       Miyazaki Hyuganatsu, Hazelnut Crumble
             Fraisier Fukuoka Strawberry Amao
       Cheese Mousse Okinawa Peach Pineapple

Every food was excellent!

                               3rd Plate(Savory)
                       Quiche Kumamoto Eggplant

                  Crostini Home-made Corned Beef

            Today's Sandwich Bamboo Charcoal Mini Bun

    Marinated Norwegian Salmon Confit with Green Tea

It was time for "OHANA-MI" season in Tokyo when we visited the hotel. Even it's a bit early, it was full bloom. Some people says the hotel is pretty simple, but modern. I like the lounge and restaurant a lot,  but I don't know if I want to stay there. There are many fancy and lovely hotels in Tokyo, and I prefer to stay other hotels.

Dominique Ansel Bakery in Tokyo

The Bakery was opened last November in Omotesandou, and it  became an immediate sensation in Tokyo. The opened day, many people waited in a long line for 4 to 6 hours just to get a pastry... I don't think I can wait for that long...
I know this bakery before its opens by magazine and TV, and I was so curious how it tastes like. 

Last Friday was a day off and visited the bakery right after its opened.
 I only know some their specialties from the magazine, but I didn't know they also sell variety of bread and cakes.  

All looks good, but the price is pretty expensive compared to other regular bakeries in Japan. Couldn't try everything...but I got one monkey from the case showcase and took it to my home.  You will see below :)

I tried the one I really wanted to eat from the menu. 

Frozen S'more!

Every time I saw it on TV, it looked so good.

One bite...

Mmm...very, very sweet!

I couldn't swallow it without coffee...

Very unique, but I don't think I will have it again.

1F is EAT IN and TAKE OUT and it is self-service only. 
2F is a cafe "PETIT PARK Cafe" and they charge 10% service fee. 

I couldn't find a seat at 1F, so I had a frozen s'more and coffee with full service at 2F.

(Sorry, you can't order cronut at a cafe)

It seems everyone does not want to pay 10% service charge, so all the seats at 1F were full. I also didn't want to pay the service charge, but I didn't want to stand holding the foods and wait for a table for a long time... 

Second floor, the cafe, is quiet, and I could relaxed and have the food and drink quietly with full service.

Pretty monkey from the bakery! (Cream Puff)

Puff is stuffed with rich coffee cream, and it really hit my taste buds!  

I want to try other cakes if I could go back there again

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Rituel

On Valentine's day, my friend got me macaons at Ritual. 

Rituel is the first boulangerie by Chistophe Vasseur opened in Jiyugaoka, Tokyo last Augusut. His original boulangerie "Du Pain et Des Idees" is opened in Paris, 2002.

Second one is opened in Omotesando last November,too.

The blue box is just lovely! I didn't expect to get a present on special day. Happy! ❤

Lovely heart shaped Macaron were lied in the box!

I expected the french macaron, but I found Lovely Heart Shaped Macarons instead.

Happy Valentine's day! :)

L'escargot chocolat pistache & Le chausson à la pomme fraiche

She also got me bread and apple pie!

It seems the bread is the most famous one at the shop.

Yum, yum!

Valentine's Day

My cute & lovely friend "Sara", three years old, gave me the homemade chocolates on Valentine's day. It's not like chocolates shops sells, but it was the great present for the special day from my little friend. Thank you, Sara-chan!

Chocolate lolly is Mickey's face. It seems she drew the eyes and mouth on the surface with the decorating pen, but it is hard to see them :)
(I could not noticed them until her mother told me so... )

City Bakery @ Hiroo

City Bakery from NYC opened Tokyo branch in Nov, 2013, and it is located in Hiroo region. Until my friend told me about this bakery, I didn't know it and even never heard of it. Couple weeks ago, I had the chance to go near this bakery and stopped there. 

The smell of butter was wafting from the bakery. Once I opened the door, variety of fresh bakeries such as pretzel croissant, breads, muffins, cookies and much more captured my heart! 

My friend kept talking how good pretzel croissant is, so I got one pretzel croissant for 
myself, and one for my friend.  I also got Baker's muffin(small raisins and chunks of walnut inside) double chocolate cookie for myself and coconut cookie for her.The muffin was totally different from the one I imagine. It's more like bread and not moist and fluff, but I really liked this new and unique texture. I didn't have time for having a drink this time, but I want to try hot coco next time. 

Open Only on Weekend :)

Bagel is one of my favorite bread. It was boomed in Japan during late 1990's and early 2000 as a healthy food, and people care about body shape jumped at the chance for to a slim down at that time. I was also captivated by the chewy and soft bagel, and I even baked them by myself,too.

My friend took me to a cafe when I went back to my home town in August, but the owner was taking the summer vacation and the cafe was closed. She told me the bagel she had there could be the one I like. I missed it in August, but the day we re-visit was the day the owner reopened the cafe, and I could have it this time:) 

The cafe opens only on weekend, and the owner handles everything by herself. The maximum capacity of seating would be 10 or so. The 5 or 6 kinds were available, and I ordered the pesto-genovese. It comes with today's soup. 

I had "Pest-Genovese Bagel."

It was truly chewy and I become a fan of their bagels at one. The bagels were limited, but we can buy it if there are extra that she can sell. I got two, "Homemade Bacon Bagel" and "Miso Bagel" :)

 "Homemade Bacon Bagel" was my friend choice for the day.

Happy Birthday to me♪

Won't tell my age... I had my birthday few days ago. My friend lives in the same building brought me a surprise. She got me three different eclairs from "La Maison Du Chocolat" which I usually don't shop! 

Eclair Café
An eclair of pure refinement. The best of great classic. A mélange of intense, flavourful coffee with rich, silky cream.(Cite it from "La Maison Du Chocolat" shop web site)

Eclair Caramel
The most astonishing of the eclairs - the caramel surprises with notes of amber vanilla. Revisit the wonders and savours of childhood.(Cite it from "La Maison Du Chocolat" shop web site)

Eclair chocolat
The best of both worlds: chocolates and pastry creeam nestled in a delicate choux pastry dressed with chocolate fondunt. The sweerness of the ingredients comes alive with the flavours of the fondant trés chocolat.(Cite it from "La Maison Du Chocolat" shop web site)

It looked too good to eat! I decorated it and celebrated my birthday with the Eclair :P