One thing we have come to enjoy very much in Japan is to tour around their department stores. I particularly like to visit their food halls or depachika which most often could be found in the basement level.
Japanese are very creative when it comes to pastries and cakes and that creativity is often put on display at their food halls. Here at the food halls, you will find all kinds of delicate desserts ranging from traditional Japanese, modern French patiersserie to fusion cross-overs.
We were in Kobe today spending a significant amount of time "window shopping" at the food halls cherry picking for some delicatessen. One of the most eye-catching counters belonged to the Shotani Cake Shop, located in the food hall of the Daimaru Department Store, Kobe.
There were tons of selections to choose from but this beetle-shaped white chocolate mousse cake with yuzu was simply too tempting to turn down. Too bad it didn't exactly taste great.
If looks could kill, then I would be dead 10 times just looking at these gorgoreous peaches. But we didn't pick this because we didn't want another mousse cake.
Instead we picked one of these mochi filled with chestnut puree! Mochi is a Japanese rice cake made of glutinous rice and matching it with autumn chestnut, it couldn't get better than that.
Food Rating: 5/10
Price: ￥￥￥
Address: Daimaru Kobe B2, 40 Akashi-machi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japan
Closest Metro Station: Kyukyoryuchi Daimarumae
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