Kantaro: The Sweet Tooth Salaryman - List of sweets and places - Part 2

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 candy, which is usually the name of the episode and "headline", plus any that were mentioned.

Don't forget to visit part 1 which shows the locations and candies that appeared in the first 6 episodes by clicking the link below:

Kantaro: The Sweet Tooth Salaryman – Sweets and Places – Part 1

Kantaro: The Sweet Tooth Salaryman – Sweets and Places – Part 2 (This article)

Kantaro: The Sweet Tooth Salaryman

Following the same way of presenting each sweet and place in the first part. You will see a short description of each candy, store name in the respective episode plus 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 is focused on Kanako Dobashi who, after seeing a review of a candy on the blog, wants to taste it. By coincidence, her boss invites her to try to win new customers and she will pass by the cafeteria.

English cake

There are several types, sizes and fillings, but in general you will find it in the rectangular shape. Its main ingredients are butter, margarine, candied fruit, etc.

Store: Patisserie Gondola【ゴンドラ】

Place: Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

Mame-Daifuku 【豆大福】

Many Japanese sweets are made with sweet red bean paste (anko) as a filling, but this version of Daifuku adds soy, mixing it in together.

Store: Tsuruse 【つる瀬本店】

Place: Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan

Savarin

Almost finishing the work Toru, Dobashi's boss, invites her to go to a cafe, but she decides to take the opportunity to visit another cafe that has savarin.

As usual, this sweet can vary and the ingredients most found in your recipe are brioche dough, syrup, rum, whipped cream, crème anglaise as a filling, etc.

lemon financier

At the same coffee shop, Dobashi buys some to take to work. Similar to a small cookie, we have it in the most diverse flavors, in this case it goes butter, egg whites, lemon, almond flour, etc.

Store: 【カフェ ルシェルシュ】 Café Recherche - (Permanently closed on 09/22/2019)

Place: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Episode 8 - Ohagi

On his day off, Kantaro fulfills a request/favor his boss asked him to do. He asks you to take care of his son while he goes on an appointment. As his main objective in life is to taste the best sweets, he already has in mind which one and where he is going to buy it.

Ohagi 【おはぎ】

Similar to mochi, it is made with glutinous and non-glutinous rice (where he bought it) usually plus other ingredients like vanilla bean paste, flowers like yaezakura, seaweed salt, coconut, lemon peel, walnut, etc. This bakery has a wide variety of flavors.

Store: Takeno to Ohagi【タケノとおはぎ】

Location: Setagaya, Tokyo, Japão

You may have noticed that most Japanese sweets are anko, which is made from adzuki beans, right? It has some variations in name and preparation like koshian and tsuban.

Episode 9 – Eclair

Before even starting to eat Kantaro receives a call from his mother asking to sleep at his house and at the same moment he starts to panic. She is a dentist and has always forbidden him to eat any kind of candy in his childhood, and this turned out to be one of the reasons that triggered his fanaticism in his adult life.

Sweet Lip (Sweet Gloss)

Before his mother arrives, he feels that he has low levels of sweetness/glucose, and as always, he is prepared; he pulls out from 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.

Store: Ameya Eitaro 【あめやえいたろう新宿伊勢丹店】

Place: Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Éclair de caramelo e chocolate

Since he couldn't eat, having to run back home, he ended up asking for takeout. After his mother went to sleep, he eats both flavors in front of her to tease.

Also known as stuffed bomb, it is made with caramel cream, sugar, guerande salt, butter, wheat flour, chocolate, etc.

Store: Rue De Passy 【リュードパッシー】

Location: Meguro, Tokyo, Japão

See too:
18 Wagashi – Japanese desserts
Yogashi Japanese Confectionery Course

Episode 10 – Caramel Pudding

As it is not customary to work late, the office staff is surprised that he has not left at the time he always does. Before you go your boss gives you a donut you forgot to eat that day.

After everyone leaves, he plans to eat a type of dessert that he calls "night sweets" (夜スイーツ - Yoru suitsu). His plan goes awry when his boss comes back and asks him to join the gathering.

almond tofu

While the fraternization takes place, Kantaro smiles at the guests, but inside he only thinks about the pudding. Before they finish, his boss asks for dessert, almond tofu, and makes him sway, but even so, he resists the “temptation”. Its main ingredients are almond milk or cream and agar-agar.

The restaurant he is going to next is Italian and besides Neapolitan pizzas, it offers a variety of Italian desserts and also makes a good crema caramellata. He mentions three and eats the main dish.

Tiramisu

This is the first one he mentions and it's made with champagne biscuit, coffee, cream cheese, etc.

Gelato

similar to ice cream, but with the difference of being always fresh, produced daily, and less greasy than a conventional one. It also generally uses natural ingredients.

Affogato

Another Italian dessert made with vanilla gelato and most often served with hot espresso. There are variations, but in general these are the main ingredients.

Caramel Pudding (Caramel Pudding)

Firmer than a conventional pudding made with egg yolks, sugar, vanilla, milk, whipped cream, etc. The specific pudding of this restaurant has a larger size, 20 centimeters, than the ones usually made.

Store: ESSE DUE 【エッセドゥエ】

Location: Minato, Tokyo, Japão

Episode 11 – Chocolate

Unlike the other episodes, there will be a store specializing in chocolate that he will visit to taste the options offered by the owner.

mom 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 soybeans are mixed in the mochi.

Cocoa seed and juice

Upon arriving at the store accompanied by the colleague 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. Later, Ito himself tries the cocoa seed and compares with cassis.

Chocolate

With a good variety of cocoa available in the store from various parts of the world, such as Ghana, Haiti and other countries, seeds from Vietnam were chosen for them. Chocolate bars were made on the spot and only sugar is included.

Chocolate fondant pie

Not content with just trying this chocolate bar, he asks for the store's "popular attraction," 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 cocoa from Haiti (he describes that this has the smell of amazake), almonds, long javanese pepper, ganache, chocolate ice cream, and caramelized honey tuile.

Store: Minimal Tomigaya 【ミニマル富ヶ谷本店】

Location: Shibuya, Tokyo, Japão

Episode 12 – Mont Blanc

In this final episode, he cites a previously mentioned sweet and place plus two places that are pastry shops that famous artists have already recommended. They are:

• Sweet mame daifuki da Tsuruse;
• The store call Ogyochi;
• candy store Habutae Dango;

Roasted chestnuts

In addition to trying roasted chestnuts, there is the option to choose them prepared in the “kanro” style. The preparation method involves removing the shell and skin, cooking, and then soaking in syrup for some time.

Mont Blanc Hitomura

This restaurant specializes in serving everything based on nuts. The mont blanc premium hitomura has a different preparation from the standard as it does not use liqueur or flavorings and comes with meringue around it.

chestnut pie

This is the last candy closing the first season of this Japanese series. Kantaro buys chestnut tarts (which is very rare on his part) to give to the people in his office. As the name says, it goes chestnut, flour, butter, etc.

Store: Waguriya 【和栗や】

Place: Taito, Tokyo, Japan

closing song

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 so ends Kantaro Ametani's adventures/crazies, tasting the most diverse sweets in stores throughout Tokyo.

There probably won't be a second season (there isn't enough material), but what could happen is that there will be original material created especially for the series as happens with animes (dreaming is free:)).

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