HIDEMI SUGINO (Kyobashi)

HIDEMI SUGINO is the first oriental person to win the most prestigious competition, La Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie, the world cup of pastry in 1991. He is also the first oriental person to become member of Relais Desserts, which only has 85 members around the world. After training in France for several years he came back to Japan and was hired as chief pâtissier at various shops before opening his own shop HIDEMI SUGINO in Kobe. He then moved his shop to Kyobashi, Tokyo in 2001 and is probably the most popular pastry shop in Tokyo for the last 10 years. He uses a limited amount of sugar and his creations are probably the most artistic of all pâtissiers in Japan.



Most of his creations are mousse based cakes. He uses very limited gelatin, which makes it extra soft and creamy, but since its so soft, most of his cakes need to be in a refrigerator within a hour after it is purchased. There are also cakes which can only be eaten at his cafe. These cakes are just too soft to travel even for 15 minutes.



His most famous cake which you can only eat at the cafe is MARIE, a wild strawberry & pistachio mousse cake.



Another one is AMBROISI, a chocolate mousse cake. There are only 10 made everyday, so you have to be lucky to eat both at the same time.



The following are cakes, which you can take out. AMETHYSTE,



AMBRE NOAH,



POMME D'EVE,



MERVEILLE,



LARME,



FRAMBOISIER,



GEOMETRY,



MANGUE CASSIS,



CHOCOLAT FRAMBOISE,



and SOUS BOIS.



Although Hidemi Sugino is open from 11am-7pm, cakes are added at 11am when it opens and at 2pm as well. They will be sold out within an hour or so and there will be many people online waiting. You will need to be there at least 30 minutes before and even if there are many cakes available you are only allowed to purchase 6 pieces. You are allowed to eat 2 pieces at the cafe, but then you can only takeout 4. If you want to eat a modern sensitive cake, which you won't find anywhere else, go to Hidemi Sugino even if you have to wait a hour or so.





HIDEMI SUGINO （in Japanese, イデミ・スギノ）
Address: 3-6-17 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
(in Japanese, 東京都中央区京橋3-6-17)
Nearest train station: Tokyo Metro Kyobashi or Ginza 1-chome (2 min walk)
Tel: [phone]
Reservations: No
Website: None
English menu: None
Credit Card: No
Open: 11am-7pm
Closed: Monday (Every other Tuesday as well. Check with them for specific dates)

Prices: From 600 yen



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