We closely followed a patissier who handles everything from making pastries to serving customers by himself! 2 min walk from Asakusa station, Tokyo, Japan
Da Prellel The entrance is down the stairs of a stone brick western style building. Patissier Hamada-san Cleaning is finished before preparation because one person does everything from making sweets to selling them. Cleaning of store Making sponge cakes. Prepare molds. Eggs Use of fine white sugar instead of granulated sugar gives a moist texture. Sugar is added to eggs. Mix while warming, not over direct heat. Measure temperature. Temperature is about human skin. 32°C to 34°C Eggs mixed with sugar in a mixer Flour Hokkaido butter Butter is melted slowly in a hot water bath. Eggs in mixer turn white. Eggs becoming soft and fine-grained Flour is mixed in I'm worried about getting the camera dirty. (Staff) It's fine. Thank you! Put the butter in. Dough is poured into molds. Remove air from the dough while flattening it, and put it in the oven. (Staff) What do you do on your days off? My days off end with physical maintenance. I go to physical therapy. It takes more than half a day to get back to... The only thing that kept me going was yoga, And the gym didn't work either, I couldn't run a marathon, I couldn't walk a marathon, I couldn't keep up with any of it, I only go to yoga once a week, I've been doing yoga for a long time. Sponge cake baking. Cookie sheet laid out. Shortcake is made. Cut strawberries. Scraping browned parts of sponge cake. Cut while measuring thickness. Spread whipped cream on first layer. Put strawberries on top. Cover with whipped cream. Put second layer of sponge cake on top. Spread syrup. Put the third step on and start finishing. Apply whipped cream on the sides. Finish applying whipped cream and cut into pieces before decorating with strawberries. Finishing touches are made. Squeeze cream. Decorate with strawberries. Shortcake is completed. To the showcase. I'm next to a butter sandwich, rum raisin flavor, It's the most popular recommendation. Cookie dough cut out of mold and placed on griddle. There are four standard types
Rum raisin, salted caramel, hazelnut, and coffee. Other limited flavors are available seasonally and daily. Put in oven. Making cream for butter sandwich. Separate yolks and whites. Make syrup with granulated sugar and water. Mix egg whites with mixer. Add syrup. Butter cookies are baked. I'm very particular about butter, We get handmade butter from Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture. It's called Sado butter, It's all handmade by artisans, It's a very rare and valuable butter. It melts in the mouth very smoothly and has no clingy feeling at all. It makes a very easy-to-eat buttercream. It makes a buttercream. Rum raisins (Staff) It smells like awesome rum raisins. Yes, because I squeeze a lot of rum. Put it in a squeeze bag. Squeeze buttercream. Plenty of buttercream Rum raisin butter sandwich is completed Butter sandwiches are what I hope you buy as souvenirs from Asakusa, I came up with that when I was thinking about it, I made it because I wanted something that I could carry for a long time and that would last a long time. Butter sandwich (rum raisin) completed To showcase. Carving pumpkin pie. Pies and cheesecakes are made the day before and let sit overnight. Pumpkin pie is ready Tea cheesecake is cut into pieces. Powdered sugar Tea cheesecake is completed. Baked cheesecake is cut into pieces. Baked cheesecake is completed. To the showcase. Cutting seasonal tarts. Pear tart on this day Seasonal tart (pear) is completed To showcase. Making apple cheesecake. Bake tart dough. Put weights on top to prevent puffing. Put in oven. Granulated sugar is added to water. Put on fire to make syrup. Compote and so on, It's the time of year when apples are delicious. Cutting apples. (Staff) The honey is amazing. Slice. Put in syrup and boil down. My family had a store (cafe), so I worked part-time, I made cakes, and it was a lot of fun. (Staff) Did you always like baking? No, I had never done it at all. When I started doing it, I started going to technical schools and so on, The order was reversed, but.., It was like working and going (to school).
Like once a week. Cooling in the refrigerator. Tart dough is baked. Cheese sauce is added. Into oven again. Apple stew in syrup Cheesecake baked. Finishing apple cheesecake. Squeeze fresh cream. Decorate with apples in syrup. Flowers bloom on baked cheese tart. A little nervous ... Apple cheesecake (seasonal) is ready To showcase. Finishing touches on fruit tart. Squeeze fresh cream. strawberry fig Blueberries Raspberry Fruit tart is completed To showcase. Finishing touches on tarte tatin. Making whipped cream. Use two types of fresh cream, with different milk fat content. Granulated sugar Put in mixer. Put sweetened apples on pie crust. Fresh cream on top of pie crust. Cinnamon Tarte tatin is completed To the showcase Sabalan finishing. Sabalan is also very popular, It's a retro cake, so people are happy to have a savarin. Fill with whipped cream. Put apricots on top. Sabalan is completed To showcase. Making honey busse. Granulated sugar Flour Corn starch Separates yolk from white of egg. Beat egg whites. Fold egg yolks into meringue. Add sifted flour and cornstarch. Squeeze dough onto griddle. Shake powdered sugar. Put in oven. (Staff) It looks too good! Little Red Riding Hood (laughs) Red ball in season now Busset baking up. Two kinds of whipped cream Add honey to make honey cream. Whisk Turn dough and squeeze honey cream. Plenty of honey cream Put another sheet of dough on top. Honey bouce is done. To showcase. Sweets of the day are ready to be served. A variety of baked sweets are available. Male customer comes to the store With two salted caramels, And two marrons, please. And a baked cheesecake...
Two please. (Staff) How many times today? I've been here quite a bit.
I think I've been here six or seven times. (Staff) What's your favorite? My favorite is the fruit tart, I didn't have any today. But I often buy cheesecake because it is also delicious. (Staff) You also bought butter sandwiches, right? I give them to my friends as souvenirs and they love them. And I often buy them for my children's birthdays, Oh, this one! My kids love bananas, They have a good chocolate and banana cake. Also, depending on the time, I can ask him to add strawberries to the fruit, I like it very much because they give me various options. It's delicious!
It's very tasty. Also, I just said that, This is also delicious. (Staff) Is this your favorite right now? This is my favorite. It has a lot of fruit on it. It is very delicious. I didn't find it today. I will come back to buy again. (Hamada-san) Thank you very much. Okay, I'll be back. (Hamada-san) Thank you very much.
(Customer) Thank you very much. Thank you. I would like to focus on baked goods from now on. We would like to offer cookie tins in the future. And for those who come to Asakusa for sightseeing, I want to make a souvenir that people will definitely want to buy, I would like to make a souvenir that people would definitely want to buy. We will make delicious sweets and bring them to you. Please come and visit us when you come to Asakusa.
