Saturday, February 2, 2008

Patisserie Le Genmai – 玄米を極めるル・ゲンマイ

石神井公園駅近くの洒落たお菓子屋さん。セルフサービスのテラスもある。玄米でケーキを作るという意味は何なの?良くは分からないけど、産地に近い食材で作るという食の本質的な意義がまず頭に浮かぶ。それ以上の説明はつかなくても、とにかくここの生菓子も焼き菓子もとても優しい味がする。無添加にこだわり、精白された砂糖は使わず、サトウキビ、蜂蜜、和三盆などの厳選素材で自然派の菓子だからこその優しさだろう。ここまでのレベルに至るには大変な苦労もあったと想像する。今月は食特集でしばらく行きます。


A Patisserie near Shakujii-Koen station with an outdoor terrasse. What is the reason for making cakes with “genmai” (whole-rice)? Uncertainly but it pops up that an essential value would exist in any food to rely on material produced in the neighborhood. In any case, you will find the cakes they make, both fresh and baked, are astoundly gentle. They don’t use purified sugar but only rely on cane, honey or brown “Wasanbon” sugar. Genmai is not as easy as flour and I suppose they had tough challenge to lift the quality to this level in gateau biodynami.

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