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    Grande Rivière Rusk from Hakone, Japan

    October 26, 2023 - By 

    Rusk from Hakone Rusk is a popular souvenir from Hakone, which is known as a vacation destination for hot springs. I purchased my rusk from the gift shop of my hotel in Hakone and from the Grande Rivière Hakone Yumoto Store. The other Hakone Rusk store location is in Sengokuhara in Hakone. I think the Sengokuhara store is the main location, and it has a cafe on the second level. I also saw some Hakone Rusk at the Hakone Open Air Museum. Since I tried a lot of rusk from Grande Rivière in 2023, here are my comments on the…

  • Winnie-the-Pooh Macarons in front of a Bibble and Sip box.
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    Bibble and Sip

    June 24, 2022 - By 

    Bibble & Sip is a cute little bakery in NYC on 51st Street. That happened to have the Asian desserts I am used to. I unfortunately ate my delicious cloud-shaped thing before thinking to photograph anything, so all I can show you are my Winnie-the-Pooh macarons. These were not as good as the cloud-shaped thing, which was clearly fresher, but they were still delicious and quite fun to look at. Ah, I will enjoy being back in Asia where I can get cute and delicious desserts every day!