Patisserie　Glegory Collet

A friend of mine took me to the Kitashinchi branch of this patisserie Glegory Collet which was smaller than the one in Motomachi. Probably the Kitashinchi branch in Osaka targeted the female entertainers working in pubs or bars around the area. So it opened at around three or four. At first there was a small eat-​in corner, but later take-​out only.
However in this Motomachi shop there is also a café providing not only cakes and drinks but also light meals. It opened its business about 15 years ago, and at that time such a patisserie of French owner was rare and outstanding. I was astonished that stylish and elaborate cakes and baked sweets like art works were lined up and envied Kobe persons were easily craving for the sweets of high sensibility.
If you come here, I advise you to try chocolate cakes or baked sweets. To tell the truth I love chocolate cakes. I thought chocolate cakes provided in patisseries taste almost same. However here, absolu is impeccable. Simple and chic and not showy in its appearance, but if you cut the piece and put it into your mouth…, bitter taste chocolate and inside cream melts in your tongue. Nuts also are favorably added to its taste.
A cake set is not so pricy, and available within 1000 yen. Its blue-​toned outside appearance is stylish and its décor is also classy and tasteful. In Kyoto if you have a cake set in the bustling Kawaramachi or Gion area, the average price is over 1000 yen. Here, also located in bustling Motomachi shopping arcade you can have sweets and drink reasonably.
Tip: This patisserie has only two shops in Osaka and Kobe. So the baked sweets are recommended for a souvenir. I gave the assortments of baked sweets to the influential figure novelist, the late J. W., on the occasion that I interviewed him.