Tokyo...
Here I am doing my stage with French chef Frederic Madeleine, Frederic has been working in Tokyo for 12 years and his wife is Japanese. His team are all Japanese so after I met him at the cake show he wished me good luck with my first morning in the kitchen as he was not coming in until later.
I was slightly apprehensive when I arrived at his kitchen the next morning! I needn't have been worried it was fine I worked with Hiromi who worked in France for one year so we spoke French. All the other lovely chefs spoke a little English, The ingredients for the recipes are all written in French so it was not as big a problem as I thought it might be.
I have spent two initial days here at Le Pommier patisserie and I will return for 1 full week at the end of my stay here in Tokyo. After work on the Friday I went with Frederic to visit his second shop which in in Azabu-juban. Here I had tea and tried the new pumpkin crème brulle... delicious.
Also I experienced my first earthquake... I thought Frederic had kicked the table!
I have visited over 8 pastry shops not including the huge department stores... lots to write about!
Sarah
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