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Cat Chat: Dessert art

By Catherine Toth Fox • August 10, 2011 • Food, Videos

You don’t have to give me a reason to visit the luxurious Halekulani in Waikiki.

But it’s added incentive when the hotel is featuring a special dessert menu prepared by the acclaimed pastry chef from the iconic Imperial Hotel Tokyo.

Called “The Art of the Dessert,” the hotel will offer special one-of-a-kind creations by executive pastry chef Kanjiro Mochizuki, in conjunction with hotel’s own Mark Freischmidt. These treats will be served during daily afternoon tea service at the Halekulani’s Veranda Tea Room.

We’re talking decadent desserts like these charming cream-filled cake rolls (shown) or small chocolate bites that look like Japanese school bags, a familiar sight in Japan in April, when students head back to school.

There are only two places you can sample these desserts: Tokyo and Waikiki. It’s probably cheaper to go the second route.

We stopped by the hotel’s bake shop yesterday to meet the award-winning pastry chefs — yes, both of them! — and sample some of the menu’s offerings.

I love my job.

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5 Comments

  • Reply M August 10, 2011 at 8:07 am

    Hello Cat, how can you not love your job? Forget about rude coworkers!

    • Reply Catherine Toth August 10, 2011 at 11:30 am

      LOL! No rude coworkers when you’re self-employed! hahahaha

      • Reply David Jackson August 10, 2011 at 12:19 pm

        I was once asked what was the worst aspect of being an entrepreneur, my answer was ‘the boss.’ But seriously, having stayed at the Imperial Hotel I can say that it is a very nice place to stay and in a nice area of the city. You failed to mention how much that desert cost you just shamelessly munched. I am going to guess $12. Do I win a prize?

  • Reply rayboyjr August 10, 2011 at 9:08 am

    Hey Cat … job??? … where do I sign up? … don’tcha need a cleanup crew or assistant or somethin’? … *sigh* if only we were all so lucky in our jobs …

    … anyway, I sometimes hate to bite into such eye-popping creations … it’s like we’re ruining these “art-like” desserts … and it’s almost anti-climatic to eat it … as if the taste will never live up to it’s beauty …

    … don’t get me wrong … I still love ’em … but call me old-fashioned … just give me a piece of chocolate cake and I’m happy!!! …

  • Reply hawaiiobsessed August 11, 2011 at 6:41 am

    I would love to try those! You look beautiful in white by the way, Cat! :>)

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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