"A little luxury" is a good word, isn't it?
Did you know that "a little extravagant eclair (bitter chocolate)" and "a little extravagant eclair (salt caramel)" are on sale at the Ginza Cozy Corner from the fall and winter of last year (2015)? ?? Both tax-included prices are 151 yen. Compared to the usual eclairs (129 yen including tax), the price is a little more luxurious (about 20 yen).
Bitter chocolate in the back and salt caramel in the foreground
I was rude and asked the clerk, "What is a little extravagant?" And he told me, "Both are made of French" a little extravagant "material." So that's it! Eclairs themselves are French sweets. It may be closer to the authentic taste (?).
● I bought it and tried it
It was the timing when I was thinking "I want to add a little luxury to my daily life", so I bought it and tried it.
First of all, bitter chocolate. A little extravagant point is that the chocolate cream inside is finished in a rich and bitter taste, and the orange liqueur "Grand Marnier" from France is added. The chocolate on the surface is also a little bit more bitter than usual.
It looks the same as usual, but the contents are different
When you bite into the dough, it's a chocolate cream that overflows into your mouth. It has a rich chocolate taste with a strong bitterness, like condensed cacao. Is it because of Western liquor that the fragrance spreads softly?
Sharp bitter eclairs
Next, salt caramel. A little extravagant point is that the caramel custard cream inside is added with salt from Guérande from France. Caramel-flavored chocolate is hung on the surface.
Eclair of caramel custard
The melty cream has a slightly salty taste that enhances the fragrant sweetness of caramel and the richness of custard. Compared to the bitter chocolate eclairs, the overall finish is slightly sweeter. The mellow milk taste is also strong. The dough that melts softly and the rich cream that pulls back may be more compatible.
The dough and cream melt in your mouth
By the way, both are made with almost the same weight and size as ordinary eclairs. … But when I put the two I bought this time side by side, I feel that the salted caramel looked a little plump. Maybe individual value.
Does the salted caramel (left) look a little plump?
All of them are for a limited time (the end date is undecided), so you don't know when they will disappear. When you think "I want to be a little extravagant", it's time to eat!
