Washington D.C & NYC

My first time visit to Wahington D.C. & NYC was posted on my "travel" tab. Please check it out!

Joël Durand, again

It was raining from the morning and cold yesterday, but my friend and I made the plan to eat parfait at Joël Durand since a month ago. Raining? We don't care. Cold? We don't care. We just kept thinking about parfait, not thinking about anything else from the morning. :)

My choice was "Jasmin" this time.

It looks like flower, isn't it? Just lovely!

 My fiiend had the black chocolate.

Their pafait is always good! I want to try another flavor next time.

Reached the end of my JOURNEY

Finally, I found Brioche which is exactly the same I ate in NYC last Saturday. You will see the one end of today's blog, but I want to introduce the Brioches I ate for the past two weeks until I found the one until last Saturday.

Fortnum & Mason
The texture was simillar, but it was still not the one I was looking for.

Fortnum & Mason
The shape was unique, and it was very moist. It was more like cake, not bread

             

Fauchon
Typical type of Brioche.

LES DEUX MAGOTS

My friend got two types of brioches for me. "Bean paste" was inside one of them(right one).

Hotel Okura

Cake Brioche. It's more like cake. It was so good, but it's different from the one I was looking for. 

 AUX BACCHANALES

Typical type of Brioche. Texture was a bit different from other typical type of brioche. It's soft and smells more butter.

Dean & Deluca

When I saw this Brioche, I thought it might just be what I'm looking for.

I got two pieaces. Soon I came back home, I ate one.

YES! This was exactly the same I ate in NYC couple weeks ago!

Happy :)

Brioche

To me, Brioche is hard and dry ...so, it's hard to say I like it. I was in NYC two weeks ago, I found the very nice and tasty Brioche there. " Balducci's" was very close to my hotel I stayed. I usually don't buy Brioche, because of my image. But the one they sell looked different, and I bought one as my breakfast... The taste, texture and appearance looked different that I know. Soon I ate it, I became like it a lot. I went to the store to get a cup of coffee and the Brioche most of the morning while I was there. Since I came back to Japan, I kept thinking about it:)  Unfortunately, NYC is very far from Tokyo, I can't go there to get only Brioche. I decided to find the similar one in Tokyo!!!

Two days ago, I went to 5 or 6 bakery shops to find a Brioche after work. Only three bakeries were selling it. 

I got one at "dominique saibron". The shop is in Ginza Mitsukoshi. A plain Brioche was sold out, so I got the Brioche with black truffle. The size was similar to the one at Balducci's, but the texture and the taste was different. Mmm...next!

This is the one I got at "DALLOYAU." The size is so small, but it costs a lot :( I knew this is different from Balducci's when I holded it with the tongs. Anyway, I tasted it, and my guess was right. The taste is different, and the bread is pretty hard and dry. Next!

Last one was from Johan.  The size is small. The texture is a bit similar to Balducci's, but the taste is not the one I expected.

 I could not find the similar one this time. But I will not give up to find the good one in Tokyo. My journey will go on!