Udon Meshi Bunsuke is loved by local residents as a hideaway restaurant in Hanazono. While the restaurant is known for its delicious udon and soba noodles with Kyoto-style broth, rice bowls, and a la carte dishes, its handmade thick pudding, Hanazono Pudding, is also very popular. The pudding, made by the proprietress who trained at a French restaurant, has a creamy, addictive, and rich taste with a firm exterior and a tender interior.

Products: Hanazono Plin: 450 yen per piece to go; 400 yen per piece to eat in the restaurant after the meal
(Online sales available)
Expiration date: 5 days when refrigerated (4 days depending on the delivery area)

The store specializes in baumkuchen made by the owner, Mr. Mori, who holds the title of "Meister of Confectionery," a German national qualification. He uses only carefully selected ingredients so that his customers can enjoy his baumkuchen with peace of mind. In addition to the standard honey, green tea, chocolate mint, bitter chocolate, and seasonal flavors, the store offers six to seven varieties. The honey baumkuchen is baked with honey drizzled unevenly, making it the most popular item in the store, with different flavors depending on the part of the baumkuchen you eat.

Product / 712 yen per 100g of honey baumkuchen
Honey 1-tier approx. 800 yen, honey special approx. 2,600 yen
(Available online *Limited number of orders received at the end of each month)
Shelf life / 10 days in refrigeration

A well-known Narazuke store with over 230 years of history since the Edo period. Narazuke Butter Sandwich, which was devised to be familiar to the younger generation, is attracting attention from all over the country. Fragrant cookie dough with walnuts and unsalted butter cream mixed with Narazuke. Among the repeaters, there are also people who pickle Oinarazuke.

Product: Narazuke Butter Sandwich with 6 pieces for 2376 yen, 3 pieces for 1296 yen
Expiration date: 3 months when frozen (within 5 days in the refrigerator after thawing)

［manina is a grocery store owned by the chef of the Italian restaurant "cenci" near Heian Jingu Shrine. Their popular granola is made with almonds, cashews, and hazelnuts, and baked slowly at a low temperature for a long time. The key to the crunchy texture is coconut and maple syrup. The granola comes in blocks, so you can enjoy it just like a cookie.

Product/Original granola 200g plain 1,300 yen, cacao 1,500 yen
(Online sales available)
Shelf life / 1 month at room temperature from manufacture

A popular baked sweets specialty store with the concept of "Poetry & Pastry. The baked sweets are carefully made one by one and accompanied by the owner's original poems, bringing people's feelings together with sweets and words. The madeleines, a regular item, is the result of the owner's pursuit of the ideal taste and shape, based on her research of eating madeleines in Paris. The madeleines are baked in a large size in the hope that customers will enjoy them with ease.

Product / Madeleines: 280 yen per piece
Shelf life / 2 weeks from manufacture
(Online sales available)