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Theobroma Perfumes
Imagine our surprise to discover that our beloved Theobroma have branched out and produced a range of perfumes. Naturally we had to order one of each of the five scents that have been created in a collaboration between Mayumi Nakata and aptly described ‘taste magician’ Chef Tsuchiya of Theobroma. All of these perfumes include a…
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Bean to Bar in our Backyard
As we have been eating our way through the bean to bar offerings of Tokyo, we began to wonder what, if any, bean to bar chocolate makers were here in Perth. As Perth is a rather small city by global standards, and we hadn’t come across any that we were aware of being locally produced,…
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Koko Black Australia
There are not many chocolate specialists in Perth and since we have been tasting and comparing bean to bar chocolates from Tokyo, we thought we should also write about local chocolate specialists that we visit. We first encountered Koko Black many years ago on a visit to Melbourne long before they opened their Perth store.…
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Delicious Treats from Cacao Store Tokyo
We needed a place to write about all the lovely chocolate we brought home from Cacao Store and Theobroma. If you haven’t read our post on Theobroma Musee du Chocolat you can find it here. One of the nice things about Cacao Store is that you can buy bean to bar products from a range…
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Filfil Cafe – Kanazawa update
Impressed by their fine quality chocolate and having discovered that they have a cafe, we felt compelled to revisit Kanazawa and Filfil. The cafe, as is so common in Japan, is quite small but tastefully arranged and decorated. We appreciated the provision of a place to hang our coats, as it was toasty warm inside.…
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Nakamura Chocolates
When we wrote about Nakamura Chocolates in our post about Kobe chocolatiers, we promised ourselves to devote a whole post to Nakamura at some point, since she is from our home town and makes wonderful chocolates. We were delighted to see recently on her Instagram a post about a window showcasing her chocolates in Ginza.…
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Minimal the Baking
Another of Tokyo’s hidden delights, Minimal the Baking, is very close to Yoyogi Uehara station but we still needed our trusty gps to find it hidden down a tiny narrow street I wouldn’t want to take anything bigger than a bicycle down. Impressed by our visit to Minimal’s main store, which you can read about…
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Patisserie Minimal
Patisserie Minimal’s store and signage are just as minimalist and discrete as their approach to chocolate making and packaging. Eating in at the tiny 4 seat cafe is only possible by reservation available on their website through TableCheck, so we bought a beverage and a chocolate bread to take away with us. This chocolate pulp smoothie…
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Why you should visit Kanazawa
After the recent Ishikawa earthquake we have been thinking a lot about Kanazawa and all the things we love there. In true EatBooks style we were first inspired to visit Kanazawa by Keirin Meehan’s terrific teen novel ‘Hannah’s Winter’. Her beautiful evocation of the charm and mystery of Kanazawa was irresistible. Her author’s note at…
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Théobroma Musée du Chocolat
Théobroma is the creation of Chef Koji Tsuchiya. We discovered them years ago by a happy accident. Making our way from Hiroo underground station in Tokyo through a little back street on our way to church, we stumbled on their original store; Musée du Chocolat Théobroma. To our delight, we found a delightful cafe where…
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