Iekei Ramen Kakushinka TOKYO | Review by 王小鈞

A dessert shop that puts carefully selected butter front and center, best known for its Butter Financier. While browsing the souvenir area at Tokyo Station, I was drawn to Butter Butler’s bright yellow and teal packaging. An entire wall was filled with neatly stacked gift boxes, making the brand instantly recognizable. The packaging had me sold before I even tried anything!

Their Butter Financier really left a strong impression on me! What I love most is its rich, irresistible buttery aroma. The outside is baked until slightly crisp, while the inside stays moist and delicate. Every bite is full of rich butter flavor with a subtle hint of maple, and the sweetness is just right.

I especially love how the buttery flavor slowly spreads through your mouth. It makes it hard to stop eating one bite after another.

Although they aren’t exactly cheap, the elegant, high-quality packaging and delicious Butter Financiers make them perfect as gifts or souvenirs.

This time, I bought several boxes to take back to Taiwan for friends and family. I wanted to share something I love with the people around me!

When visiting Nakamise Street in Asakusa, you can’t miss the historic Kimuraya Honten! The shop is best known for its ningyo-yaki shaped like famous Asakusa landmarks. They’re very cute and filled with red bean paste, kind of like a Japanese, shaped version of a red bean egg cake.

When I passed by, I saw quite a few people lined up to buy them. The lively crowd made me stop and join everyone else in trying some.

The cake had a light egg aroma, and the texture was soft and fluffy, like a slightly denser traditional egg cake. The red bean filling was smooth and delicate, and together with the cake, it had the flavor of a Japanese wagashi sweet.

However, the red bean filling was still a little too sweet for me. People who enjoy Japanese sweets would probably really like it.

When visiting Asakusa, besides seeing Kaminarimon and the lively streetscape of Nakamise Street, it’s also worth buying some to experience this traditional local treat. For me, trying it once made for a memorable experience, but I’m not that likely to buy it again!

CINNABON, which comes from Seattle and is known for its cinnamon rolls, has around 1,800 locations worldwide. I happened to come across one while shopping at Tokyo Station!

I’m a cinnamon roll lover, and when I spotted the counter from a distance, filled with all kinds of cinnamon rolls covered in generous amounts of icing, they looked so tempting that I couldn’t help but stop and buy one to try.

I had high expectations, thinking that such a famous cinnamon roll would taste impressive. When I got it, it looked so sweet and tempting that I couldn’t wait to take a bite.

But when I actually tried it, it wasn’t as good as I had imagined and lacked that wow factor for me. Maybe my expectations for the cinnamon roll were too high, so I ended up feeling a little disappointed after finishing it.

All I can say is that I came with high expectations, but it didn’t completely win over my taste buds! Still, since I was at Tokyo Station and came across this well-known cinnamon roll shop, it was worth buying one to experience it for myself. After all, everyone’s tastes are different.