Monday, February 16, 2015

Patisserie Au Grenier d'Or (Kyoto, JAPAN) ★★★☆☆

Located just off Nishiki Market (錦市場), Patisserie Au Grenier d'Or is a French bakery and cake shop all under one single roof.  



A very small entrance and not very eye catching.



But once we finish walking down this narrow corridor, it's a totally different world out there.



It really looks like the living room of a vintage house in the Southern part of France.



Patisserie Au Grenier d'Or offers a nice mix of traditional French pastries (eclairs, mille feuille, creme brulee etc.) and Japanese influenced desserts (fluffy Japanese cheesecake and strawberry shortcake).



Of course, I was more interested in the French stuff.



Tarte aux Kinomi - A crispy tart with all kinds of nuts. It tasted a little like an American pecan pie.



Blueberry cheesecake - I was wondering how this thing worked.



Turned out under the white chocolate "cover", there's cream cheese with raspberry ganache filling. That was a bit of a letdown.



A pretty decent French patisserie but I've found at least three better places on this trip.





Food Rating: 4.5/10
Price: ¥¥¥¥
Address: 519-1 Kikuyacho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8127, Japan
Closest Metro Station: Karasuma
Tel: +81 75-468-8625


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