Bakery:
Pâtisserie Chocolaterie Liberté (パティスリーショコラトリーリベルテ)
Address:
8 Chome-2-7, Kita 1 Jonishi, Chuo Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Website:
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Style:
Japanese, French
Price:
$$
This charming little cake shop popped up in my search for bakeries, though it really isn't a bakery at all, but a patisserie (and chocolaterie) in the truest sense of the word. I've always gone at businesses for not using proper appellations, but Liberté appears to know what they're doing, both in terms of their name and products they sell.
Liberté is an Old World shop selling homemade chocolates and a pretty assortment of petite cakes, both individual and larger ones, and little baggies of traditional French baked goods like madeleines, financiers, etc. In fact, Liberté is probably the most quintessentially, authentically French patisserie I've seen in Japan. Prices are a little more standard bakeries, but nothing outlandish.
It was a sweltering day with the damp, typhoon-heavy air being brutal for both me and my baked goods, but I did want to try the cassis marron (460 yen). I'm surprised it lasted as long as it, with just a little damage along one side. Oh, and the gold leaf tried rolling off as well.... Often these mousse cakes taste so generic, which is why I'm not such a fan, but this one was excellent. The colour, the sour, slightly tart taste of black currants was spot on. Not too sweet, not too foamy - the one issue was the chocolate shell which was made of rock solid cookie dough. This was close to impossible to break apart, especially with the little spoon provided in the box. For such a dainty, delicate cake, the fact that you had to pry through the shell with a sledgehammer (LOL) somewhat ruined the experience.
Rating: ***
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