Japanese patisserie has a different approach to western
style cakes. They have found a new way to make them better. Fresher and lighter
taste, and beautiful to the eye…
When you eat it, it is just like a new window opening, you
feel a little breeze. Some birds are singing, and chirping, a fresh smell of
the flowers… It is fascinating. I am not talking about the award winning cakes,
I am talking about a well-established and yummy, a standard cake which is
easily found in Japan.
When you come here, you just have to taste the cakes…
My experience with Japanese cakes though was a little
different.
I love cake, I dream about cakes, I can talk about cakes for
hours… When I moved to Tokyo, I wanted to have some cake, I bought at markets,
small shops, famous shops… It just didn’t hit me, I just couldn’t open the
window, so I didn’t like those cakes. I went on and on about how things of
these cakes that I didn’t like, how many changes that I want about those cakes.
I went back to my
home country for a vacation, I ate cakes there, and I just love those cakes. I
just wanted those cakes.
Then it hit me. It is not about cake. It is about my
emotions. Because that I love cake so much, my tasting was reflecting my
emotions.
I wasn’t used to Japan yet, I was still missing my home. I
wanted my old comfort. So I disliked the cakes of Japan but keep adoring the
ones in my home country….
It was all in my head. I wasn’t ready to welcome the taste
that Japan is offering for me.
I was not sure when it would change. Eventually it changed.
Now, I love the cakes in Japan.
It is about taste of life. And Tokyo is delicious.
Cheers,
Ece
