depachika

12/23/2009

More macaron decorations...

More macaron decorations over at Sadaharu Aoki, this one an exotic hothouse plant, or perhaps a helium balloon that has drifted over from Paris...

sadaharu aoki xmas © Tokyo Food File

These all in the basement depachika at Isetan.

Dec 23, 2009 12:46:31 PM | chocolate, depachika, food and drink

This is my sort of Christmas tree...

This is my sort of Christmas tree -- constructed of slabs of pure chocolate.

Hevin tree © Tokyo Food FIle


The fuzzy dice made of macarons aren't bad either.

 

Spotted at Hévin in Isetan, Shinjuku [as extolled in the Japan Times]

Dec 23, 2009 12:40:38 PM | chocolate, Christmas, depachika, Isetan, Japan Times, macaron, Shinjuku

12/19/2009

But what's that on the left?

That's Kakunko from Gifu. Vintage 1996.
Some serious aged sake, there... Serious sticker shock too.

¥262,500? I think I'll stick to Ch.Lafitte after all :-)

Koshu2

As spotted in Seibu Ikebukuro dept. store.

Dec 19, 2009 1:41:46 AM | depachika, food and drink, sake

12/17/2009

more chococococolate at the shop next door...

IMG_1478

Dec 17, 2009 2:55:19 PM | chocolate, depachika, food and drink, Isetan, Shinjuku

tokyo food file says hévin-ly

hevin chocolat chaud (C) Tokyo Food FIle

Chocolat chaud at Hévin in the basement of Isetan. The Africain, of course.

Here...

Dec 17, 2009 2:23:47 PM | chocolate, depachika, food and drink, Isetan, Shinjuku
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