Another new cake shop has opened in Nishinomiya, a fiercely competitive area for Western-style sweets.
(This information was provided by Matty. Thank you!)
This is “REMERCŒUR,” which opened in Kurakuen-guchi on October 19.
The owner, Chef Oe, studied Western-style confectionery in France, then trained under Chef Hideki Kawamura of “a tes souhaits!” in Tokyo.
By the way, “REMERCŒUR” is apparently a coined word combining the French word “remercier” (to thank) and “cœur” (heart).
This time, we stopped by the newly opened “REMERCŒUR.”
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Exterior of “REMERCŒUR”
The shop is located along Kurakuen-guchi-dori, a little west of Hankyu Kurakuen-guchi Station.
It’s on the first floor of this building.
You can see it on the directory board too.
If you go straight ahead from that directory board, the shop comes into view.
The shop sign is out as well.
This is the entrance.
Inside “REMERCŒUR”
The interior of the shop is, above all, pure white.
Right inside the entrance, baked sweets are displayed first.
This is what the baked sweets look like.
All of the baked sweets are apparently made in-house, and you can really feel that authentic French training behind them.
They also offer various assorted gift boxes.
Please ask the shop for details.
This is the showcase for the fresh cakes.
Since we visited in the evening, quite a few items had already sold out…
We bought a few to take home, so we’ll introduce them later.
There was a certificate displayed inside the shop.
It’s a certificate from the “Japan Cake Show Tokyo,” which Nishitsu has written about before.
Just participating in that competition is impressive enough, but the “Federation Chairman’s Award” means first place!!
It was probably from Chef Oe’s time at “a tes souhaits!,” but someone truly incredible has come to Nishinomiya…
Cakes from “REMERCŒUR”
Since we were there, we bought several cakes to take home.
I usually buy baked sweets, but since this shop is close to our editorial office, I bought fresh cakes and carefully walked back so they wouldn’t lose their shape.
This is the “pommier.”
It means “apple tree” in French, and the overall shape really does look like an apple.
It’s a cake with apple jelly inside raspberry mousse, with a sweet-tart, refreshing flavor.
This is the “compoté rouge pistache.”
I think “compoté rouge” means “red compote,” but I haven’t really touched French since university, so I’m not totally sure…
“Pistache” means pistachio, and this cake has pistachio cream piped around what seems to be raspberry compote.
The contrast and balance of the flavors, colors, and shape are exquisite.
This is the “renatus.”
“Renatus” means “reborn” in English.
In katakana it’s often written as “Renatus,” but in French, “re” is pronounced closer to “ru” than “re,” so writing it as “Runatus” in katakana really feels like something only a chef trained in France would do.
It’s a chocolate-filled cake made with chocolate sponge containing nuts, ganache, and chocolate whipped cream, but I forgot to ask why it’s called “Runatus”…
This is the “100％Chocolat.”
The name needs no translation: 100 percent chocolate. It’s quite a bold name for a cake. (Maybe the “Runatus” from earlier was about 90 percent?)
It’s a cake with ganache inside chocolate mousse, coated on the surface with mirror chocolate, and true to its name, it really is 100 percent chocolate.
Chocolate lovers like me should definitely try it.
We lined them up and took a photo.
Store Information for “REMERCŒUR”
★Hours: 11:00–18:00
★Closed Tuesdays (irregular holidays in December)
★Phone 0798-71-4118
★Address 14-2 Minamikoshikiiwacho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo
★Card payments accepted
(*Prices, menu items, business hours, etc. are as of the time of our visit. Please check directly with the shop for the latest information.)
※Matty, thank you for the information!!
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