Sadaharu Aoki Paris – Shinjuku Isetan

A solid 4 stars! Yes great French style dessert with Japanese flavors. For someone who love matcha and all those unique flavors made into everything and anything. All of our prayers have been answered! Although I must say, it still is not theeee best macaron I have had, I would say buchon in vegas is still my favorite and best macaron I ever had in my life. It’s still pretty good place. It is a bit pricey but hey for fatass/​so self called foodie like myself who just want to try and eat everything that looks good, it’s worth trying !

Sadaharu Aoki isn’t a household name just yet, but with locations in France, Japan, and Taiwan, it’s well known within a niche community of Unilocalers and food enthusiasts. After making a trip to Sadaharu Aoki in France, Japan, and Taiwan in a 1 month window, I can firmly say that the desserts here are incredible. So who is is this guy? He’s a patissier who’s gained fame for mixing Japanese favors in French pastries. So think green tea… eclairs.
We had a sampling of a lot of different desserts over two days, though it’s not cheap can get add up pretty quickly. We missed out on the green tea croissants at this location because either they were sold out when we arrived, or we were too early. But we did enjoy some of the other cakes, decorated intricately, and delicious.
One of the biggest problem with the kiosk being in the food gallery of the mall is that there’s no seating. Yeah, you can head back to the hotel or find a coffee shop, but this makes things complicated. Luckily, a quick satellite search of the area showed me that there’s actually a couple of rooftop park in the top of malls. Marui Konkan has one (we went to this one) and Isetan has one as well. These are great options and places to explore, and actually not crowded at all.
Overall, a must visit when you’re in Tokyo and worth the yen. There are multiple locations so keep you stomach empty and eyes wide open!

I came here twice on a week-​long trip to Japan and it was some of the best pastries that I’ve tried. In the name of Unilocal research (you’re welcome), I tried several things so that I could figure out what was best. I didn’t have enough stomach space to quite try everything (they have quite the assortment), but I did get to try the macarons, éclair, and matcha tea croissant.
Located in the Isetan basement floor with all the other baked goods /​pastry shops, there are several glass cases and displays filled with beautiful desserts.
The matcha green tea croissant sounded super interesting, but other than it being green, it didn’t really have any matcha flavor to me. It kind of jus tasted like a regular croissant. I would pass on this.
I tried 2 macarons: passionfruit & black sesame. I definitely liked the passionfruit one better than the black sesame, but after comparing it to the macarons at Pierre Herme, these ones fell short. Hop on over to Pierre Herme (it’s in the same basement in Isetan, and try their macarons — they are to die for)
The passionfruit éclair here was one of the highlights of my eating in Tokyo. I love passionfruit and this was so unique, not too sweet, and it was perfectly done. I could probably have eaten several of these if you had put it in front of me. It seems that they rotate flavors of eclairs, so if you see this (it’s bright orange), get it. I would love to try their other flavors of eclairs.
They have a lot of other matcha desserts (wish I had more time /​stomach space to try everything), including matcha ice cream macarons, and a matcha éclair.
Worth stopping by for a visit and trying a few things. Not inexpensive, but you get what you pay for in quality and presentation.

Sometimes I think the Japanese make French specialties better than the French (#sorrynotsorry).
This place was amazing! It was a bit hard to find, as it is located under the Isetan basement floor — where all of the other food stands were.
I was sad that this was only a small kiosk/​store stand, and did not have an area to sit and eat.
I tried the Matcha Green Tea Canelles and the Green Tea Croissants — both were delicious and worth every yen!

I came here dreaming about the famed matcha croissant, but was very disappointed to find that it either wasn’t sold at this location (sweet pastries only), or they no longer make it, it was hard to tell which it was.
ECLAIRS.
We ended up getting 2 eclairs to share, matcha and chocolate. There was no sesame, sadly. The eclairs were good, but not the best I’ve ever had. Also, the woman who put our boxes in the bag, put one in sideways, so the frosting on the matcha one rubbed all over the inside of the box.
I hear their macarons are supposed to be amazing, guess we should’ve tried those!

First found out about chef Sadaharu Aoki from my cousin as he was doing research on where to get macarons in Taipei. After he mentioned it to me, I searched for locations within Tokyo for our trip back in May. We noticed more exotic flavors like black sesame, matcha green tea, yuzu, etc
and sampled on a few
to see how they compared to Laduree and Pierre Herme. When comparing all three, they have similar textures and chewiness to each of the macarons but the flavors here at Sadaharu really stand out as they appeal to the Asian palate. I love black sesame so naturally that flavor is by far my favorite. The macarons were so good that we went back daily during our last visit
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Since their macarons were so tasty, we decided one night to try some of their cakes since we had access to the executive lounge overlooking Shinjuku
. The two we ordered were a green tea w/​some sort of liquor and a milk chocolate mousse. Between the two, I’d have to say that the milk chocolate mousse took the prize. The mousse was so smooth and creamy that I almost didn’t want to share with the wife. Not exactly sure why I didn’t like the green tea but for some reason the two didn’t taste right together. I should’ve ordered the green tea and red bean instead.
Chef Aoki definitely needs to open up a location here in LA in the near future since flying 14+ hours to get my macaron fix is nearly impossible!!!

If you want to try best pastries in your life, come here. They are all so delicate in both flavor and presentation, that you would not be disappointed.