Continuing now with the second part of the sweets and places from the Japanese series Kantaro: The Sweet Tooth Salaryman that is available on Netflix for you to watch.
Now we will see the last 6 episodes indicating the sweets, which is usually the name of the episode and “main attraction,” plus any others that were mentioned.
Don’t forget to visit part 1 which shows the locations and sweets that appeared in the first 6 episodes by clicking the link below:
Table of Contents
Kantaro: The Sweet Tooth Salaryman
Following the same way of presenting each sweet and place in the first part. You will see a small description of each sweet, the name of the shop in the respective episode, plus a link to Google Maps.
The goal is not to know the recipe to learn how to prepare them, but rather for you to know the name to research about or even perhaps visit in person when you go to Japan.
Episode 7 – Savarin
Unlike the other episodes, it focuses on Kanako Dobashi who, after seeing an analysis of a sweet on a blog, feels like trying it. Coincidentally, her boss invites her to try to win new clients and will pass by the café.
English Cake
There are various types, sizes, and fillings, but generally, you find it in a rectangular shape. Its main ingredients are butter, margarine, candied fruits, etc.
Shop: Patisserie Gondola 【ゴンドラ】
Location: Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Mame-Daifuku 【豆大福】
Many Japanese sweets are made with red bean paste (anko) as filling, but this version of Daifuku adds soy, mixing it in together.
Shop: Tsuruse 【つる瀬 本店】
Location: Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
Savarin
Almost finishing the work, Toru, Dobashi’s boss, invites her to go to a café, but she decides to take the opportunity to visit another café that has the savarin.
As is customary, this sweet can vary, and the most common ingredients in its recipe are brioche dough, syrup, rum, whipped cream, English cream as filling, etc.
Lemon Financier
At the same café, Dobashi buys some to take to her work. Similar to a small cake, we have them in various flavors, in this case, it includes butter, egg whites, lemon, almond flour, etc.
Shop: 【カフェ ルシェルシュ】 Café Recherche – (Permanently closed on 09/22/2019)
Location: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Episode 8 – Ohagi
On his day off, Kantaro fulfills a request/favor that his boss asked of him. He asks him to take care of his son while he goes to an appointment. As his main goal in life is to try the best sweets, he already has in mind which one and where he will acquire it.
Ohagi 【おはぎ】
Similar to mochi, it is made with glutinous and non-glutinous rice (where he bought it) generally and other ingredients like vanilla bean paste, flowers like yaezakura, seaweed salt, coconut, lemon peel, nuts, etc. This sweet shop has a wide variety of flavors.
Shop: Takeno to Ohagi【タケノとおはぎ】
Location: Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
You may have noticed that a good part of Japanese sweets contains anko made from azuki beans, right? It has some variations in name and preparation like koshian and tsubuan.
Episode 9 – Éclair
Even before he starts eating, Kantaro receives a call from his mother asking to sleep at his house, and at that moment he starts to panic. She is a dentist and always prohibited him from eating any kind of sweet in his childhood, and this ended up being one of the reasons that triggered his fanaticism in adulthood.
Sweet Lip (Sweet Gloss)
Before his mother arrives, he feels that he has a low level of sweets/glucose and as he is always prepared, he pulls out of his pocket a sweet lip which is nothing more than a mitsuame, made with caramelized sugar and malt syrup, and applies it to his lips.
Shop: Ameya Eitaro 【あめやえいたろう 新宿伊勢丹店】
Location: Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Caramel and Chocolate Éclair
As he couldn’t eat, having to rush home, he ended up asking them to wrap it for takeout. After his mother falls asleep, he eats both flavors in front of her to tease her.
Also known as a filled bomb, it is made with caramel cream, sugar, guérande salt, butter, wheat flour, chocolate, etc.
Shop: Rue De Passy 【リュードパッシー】
Location: Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Episode 10 – Caramel Pudding
As it is not customary to work late, the office staff finds it strange that he hasn’t left at the usual time. Before leaving, his boss gives him a donut that he forgot to eat that day.
After everyone leaves, he puts into action his plan to eat a type he calls night sweets (夜スイーツ – Yoru suitsu). His plan doesn’t work when his boss returns and asks him to join in for a gathering.
Almond Tofu
While the gathering is happening, Kantaro smiles at the guests, but inside he only thinks about the pudding. Before they finish, his boss orders dessert, almond tofu, and makes him waver, but he still resists the “temptation.” Its main ingredients are almond milk or cream and agar-agar.
The restaurant he goes to next is Italian and besides Neapolitan pizzas, it offers a variety of Italian-origin sweets and also makes a good crema caramellata. He mentions three and eats the main one.
Tiramisu
This is the first one he mentions and is made with ladyfinger cookies, coffee, cheese-based cream, etc.
Gelato
Similar to ice cream, but with the difference of always being fresh, produced daily, and less fatty than conventional ice cream. It also usually uses natural ingredients.
Affogato
Another Italian dessert made with vanilla gelato and usually served with hot espresso. There are variations, but generally, these are the main ingredients.
Caramel Pudding
Firmer than a conventional pudding made with egg yolks, sugar, vanilla, milk, whipped cream, etc. The pudding specifically from this restaurant is larger, 20 centimeters, than those usually made.
Shop: ESSE DUE 【エッセドゥエ】
Location: Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Episode 11 – Chocolate
Unlike the other episodes, here it will be a shop specializing in chocolate that he will visit to taste the options offered by the owner.
Mame daifuku (豆大福)
Once again, Dobashi fails to awaken Kantaro’s “instinct” by offering him to try the mame daifuku purchased at Tsuruse, as he had already left for his routine of visiting bookstores. Daifuku adds another name depending on the region it was made. In this case, azuki beans or soy are mixed in the mochi.
Cacao Juice and Seed
Upon arriving at the shop accompanied by his coworker Kentaro Ito (伊藤健太郎) who had already discovered about his escapades to eat sweets during his visits in episode 4, but was neutralized because Kentaro also knew his secret. This juice is made from the pulp extracted directly from the fruit. Then Ito himself tries the cacao seed and compares it to cassis.
Chocolate
With a good variety of cacao available in the shop from various parts of the world, such as Ghana, Haiti, and other countries, they chose for them the seeds from Vietnam. Chocolate bars were made on the spot and only in this one is sugar included.
Chocolate Fondant Tart
Not content with just tasting this chocolate bar, he asks for the “popular attraction” of the shop, the special sweets (スペシャルスイーツ). The special sweet of the day was the chocolate fondant tart made from Haitian cacao (he describes that this has the smell of amazake), almonds, long pepper, ganache, chocolate ice cream, and caramelized honey tuile.
Shop: Minimal Tomigaya 【ミニマル 富ヶ谷本店】
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Episode 12 – Mont Blanc
In this final episode, he mentions a sweet and location already mentioned plus two places that are sweet shops that famous artists have already recommended. They are:
- Sweet mame daifuki from Tsuruse;
- The shop called Ogyochi;
- Sweet shop Habutae Dango;
Roasted Chestnuts
Besides trying roasted chestnuts, there is the option to choose for them to be prepared in the “kanro” way. The preparation method is to remove the shell and skin, cook, and then soak in syrup for some time.
Mont Blanc Hitomura
This restaurant specializes and serves everything based on chestnuts. The premium mont blanc hitomura has a different preparation from the standard as it does not use liquor or flavorings and comes with meringue around.
Chestnut Tart
This is the last sweet closing the first season of this Japanese series. Kantaro buys chestnut tarts (which is quite rare for him) to offer to the people in his office. As the name suggests, it contains chestnuts, flour, butter, etc.
Shop: Waguriya 【和栗や】
Location: Taito, Tokyo, Japan
Ending Theme
Do you know what the credits song is? It’s by the band Itowokashi and the name is Ice Cream. Check it out in the player below:
And thus ends the adventures/madness of Kantaro Ametani tasting the various sweets in shops scattered throughout Tokyo.
There will probably not be a second season (there is not enough material), but what may happen is that there will be original material created especially for the series as happens with animes (dreaming is free :) ).
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