Toshi Yorozuika is one of the top 3 pastry chefs in Japan and I heard lines at his cafe
can get very long. We were lucky to be seated right away on a Thursday afternoon.
Inside the cafe is a small area selling ready-to-eat cakes and pastries
But we were here to experience the dessert bar
After a week of traveling and eating alone in Tokyo, Val and Baby A's company was a breath of
fresh air. Val is a pastry chef and used to operate a bakeshop in Manila before she got married
and moved to Tokyo. She is also a lover of sweets and we spent the rest of the afternoon
doing nothing but eat cakes! Isn't it amazing how instagram brings people together? :)
And that is Baby A enjoying (or not) the gazpacho welcome drink
It was a fun experience watching the chefs prepare our desserts right
in front of us. It was like tuning into The Food Network except you
actually get to try the desserts. I couldn't help but notice though
that some of the chefs needed more training.
Our mille-feuille collapsed right after I took this shot
So they had to take it back and assemble it all over again
Mille-feuille a la Konatsu
Honestly, I think I could have done a better job. :P
The pastry was crisp and flaky, but didn't do anything for me. I couldn't even remember
what was in this dessert.
La Gorgonzola Pistache
Again, forgettable.
I guess I was expecting to be blown away especially after reading
that Chef Toshi Yoroizuka trained for many years in Switzerland,
Belguim, Germany and France. I really wanted to like his creations
and waited and waited for the wow factor to happen, but it didn't.
Toshi left me rather underwhelmed.
and waited and waited for the wow factor to happen, but it didn't.
Toshi left me rather underwhelmed.
Even Baby A does not recommend!
Toshi Yoriuzuka: Tokyo Midtown East, 1F, B-0104, 9-7-2 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Tel: +81 3 5413 3650
Toshi Yoroizuka Website
