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PASTRIES

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JAPAN
Jan 22, 2023
Japan wins the Pastry World Cup in France
Japan won the Pastry World Cup in 1991 and 2007 but stayed second for five straight times until 2021.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Aug 4, 2018
Takashi Ochiai's patisserie is no cookie cutter
From the rice fields of Niigata Prefecture to the Catalonian culture of Barcelona, Ochiai's experience is reflected in his pastries and cakes.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 27, 2017
Dominique Ansel offers sweet Ginza-only confections
It is one of the pastry sensations of recent years — an alchemic fusion of croissant and doughnut, unified to create the much-celebrated Cronut.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Apr 23, 2016
Janice Wong: 'To really achieve success, you have to stay focused'
Singaporean chef on the role nostalgia plays in modern desserts.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 13, 2016
Give me chocolate: Japan's growing obsession with the 'food of the gods'
People with a sweet tooth can get a glimpse of how Charlie Bucket felt when he first stepped into Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory in Roald Dahl's popular 1964 tale by popping into Musee du Chocolat Theobroma in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / NEW IN TOWN
Oct 1, 2015
Rituel par Christophe Vasseur
The lowdown: Artisan baker Chrisophe Vasseur’s first French pastry cafe in Japan.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / DESSERT WATCH
Dec 24, 2014
Pastries and sweets by Sangenjaya Station
Bonnet Dane is a long walk from Tokyo's Sangenjaya Station, and is a tiny shop with only a small selection of baked goods, but it makes up for any inconvenience in quality. Owner Hiroshi Ogihara spent 5½ years in Paris working at bakeries, patisseries and chocolate shops, and it shows. The croissants (¥190), made entirely of French wheat, are as light as air and everything Ogihara bakes tastes as if it was plucked straight out of Paris. The most delicious item in the store is the sablee praline (¥280), which are two buttery cookies with chocolate sandwiched in between.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
May 15, 2014
Cute duckie cream puffs hatched at Shiga hotel
Cream puffs shaped like spotbill duckling recently went on sale at Café de l’Abbye at the Royal Oak Hotel Spa & Gardens in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture.

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