Western Confectionery and Coffee with Stylish Atmosphere -Capsule Monster and Tsubara Tsubara in Sapporo-

Capsule Monster

Capsule Monster is a western confectionery store in Chuo ward, Sapporo city and was founded in 2012, and an owner named it because he wanted us to enjoy a feeling of expectation not to know what including Hero or Monster appeared like gashapon capsules from capsule. The appearance is normal apartment called Chateau Le Reve, but this is an artist apartment called Sapporo Space 1-15 where craftsmen gather and open a shop and a studio. He sells his works as a confectionery exhibition on Friday-Sunday weekend. A baked pastry, a cake and a scone are sold. Limited time would accelerate a popularity, too. It is very popular.

There is the store on fifth floor. Area of the store is about 20 m2. The store is cramped, but interior decoration is stylish, and it set off western confectioneries. After asking the owner about recommendation of the cake, he replied "Bois". I purchased Bois, Fromage 2 and Macadamia Nuts Brownie. The prices were JPY 440, JPY 380 and JPY 290. Other visitors seemed to purchase a lot of western confectionery, and a preceding visitor purchased the cakes and the baked pastries for about JPY 5,000. Those would be a taste and a premium cake.

Because it has not a place for customers to enjoy foods and drinks at a store, the customers can eat sweets at cooperating coffee shop, Tsubara Tsubara. I moved to the Tsubaru Tasubaru, and ate the cakes that I purchased. First, I ate the bois. The Bois had 4 layered structure in order from top of chocolate pistolet, rich butter cream using parched-barley flour butter and calpis butter, macaroon cake of pistachio, raspberry jam contained seeds. The butter cream had a thick taste, and I liked this texture of seeds.

Fromage 2 was a vanilla bean cheesecake. Almonds were at a sponge cake. It was interesting that a form such as wrinkles resembled cheese. A taste had thick cheese. The last was a macadamia nuts brownie. It was a moist cookie dough using 70% cacao chocolate. Crispy outside and chewy inside. It tasted a lightly sweetened and a little bitterness.

Tsubara Tsubara

Tsubara Tsubara is a popular coffee shop in Chuo ward, Sapporo city. There is the Tsubara Tsubara on first floor at Sansei Building where it takes about 5 minutes from Capsule Monster on foot. Because there is an entrance at back alley, it may be hard to find it a little. This building is built in 1924, decoration is old, but interior decoration is stylish. The customers can drink a coffee for JPY 550. This shop has a good reputation for meals and sweets.