Creepy-Cute Halloween Menu Spooks This October at Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo

01.September.2019 | FOOD / SPOT

The Bistro is a restaurant at Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo which offers casual dining in a warm and welcoming spacious environment. This October, the restaurant is set to serve up at “creepy-cute” Halloween menu with bone-chilling designs and delicious flavours.

The first dreadful dish is the pain de campagne which is made to look like real lips and fingers. The pork and foie gras pâté fingers are complete with a balsamic jelly coffin while the caprese lips are a mix of tomato and mozzarella cheese.

Next on the menu is a meaty meal made to look like squashed eyeballs. The eyeballs are made from small onions and are filled with blueberries to give them a very creepy and realistic look. They are served with beef cheek which has been marinated in red wine for three days before being cooked.

For dessert, look forward to meeting a seriously cute purple sweet potato mont blanc monster.

Making a return this year is a cooking lesson where a chef will teach you how to make a Halloween themed afternoon tea made up of sweets, scones and more. This is a rare chance to ask questions to a professional chef.

There will also be a children’s event which is held every year and welcomes more than 200 kids. They can dress up and join in the stamp rally where they will be given a map to find all the stamp locations dotted around the hotel while gathering snacks. After the rally ends they can enjoy some Halloween desserts in the hotel’s cafe Foresta.

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    Price: ¥230

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    Black Cat Chestnut

    Price: ¥250

    The black cat’s dark chocolate covered face includes crunchy cracker ears, giant white chocolate button eyes, and caramel chocolate nose and whiskers. Inside it’s filled with a rich chestnut cream made from domestic chestnuts. The bottom part of the face is also sprinkled with tasty poppy seeds.

     

    Apple Caramel Monster

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    Halloween Sprinkle

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    Halloween Dozen (Box of 12)

    Price: ¥2,000

    If you’re having a Halloween party with family or friends then this box of dozen doughnuts is the perfect treat, containing all of the above doughnuts as well as some of KKDJ’s classic doughnuts. You save ¥440 by picking up this box.

     

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  • Cute Halloween Sweets Spook Their Way Into Tokyo’s The Capitol Hotel Tokyu

    18.August.2019 | FOOD

    For this year’s Halloween season, The Capitol Hotel Tokyu in Tokyo has announced that it will serve up its Halloween Sweets Selection again this year at the hotel’s pastry boutique ORIGAMI located on floor B2F. The confectionery chefs have spun some spooky fun into this collection of 10 cute treats.

    Frankenstein – ¥1,760 / Phantom – ¥1,760 / Cyclops – ¥1,760

    The Phantom is a popular confection every year at the hotel, but this year he’s had two new freaky friends carved out for him: Frankenstein’s monster and a Cyclops. These white chocolate monsters are filled with chocolate-covered almonds, macadamia nuts and other hidden delights.

    Witch Hat – ¥715

    Dressed in a milk chocolate mousse is ganache and a rich and bitter crème brûlée made with bitter orange. It also contains a mandarin orange liqueur for deeper flavours. The mix of orange notes is refreshing on the palate.

    Cross – ¥715

    The orange and black Cross is a mousse cake made from pumpkin puree beneath which lies a cinnamon flavoured crème brûlée and coffee flavoured ganache. The bitter coffee elevates the exquisite sweetness of the pumpkin for a delicious combination.

    Evil Eye – ¥715

    Enter at your own risk with the grotesque-looking (but delicious tasting) Evil Eye mousse cake. It’s made with fragrant biscuit and caramel as well as blonde chocolate from France and inside is a smooth pear jelly.

    There are lots of other Halloween treats besides these coming to the hotel too, so if you’re in Tokyo this October then be sure to stop by for a Happy Halloween.

     

    *All listed prices include tax

  • Q-pot CAFE. Omotesando Unveils Halloween Menu & Accessories For 2019

    27.August.2019 | FASHION / FOOD

    Q-pot. is known for its accessory brand, which features jewellery made to look like sweets and desserts. It is also known for the Q-pot CAFE. which flips that concept, instead making sweets and desserts that look just like real accessories.

     

    For Halloween this year, the Q-pot CAFE. has whipped up a spooky menu with the theme “DEVIL NIGHT” featuring appearances of all things Halloween from pumpkins to ghosts.

    Devil Obake-chan Plate (w/Drink) – ¥2,060 (Contains milk, eggs and wheat)

    This kawaii dessert plate features a ghost made from a chewy vanilla gyūhi mousse filled with berry sauce. It comes with crunchy black bat cookies made with rich black cocoa cream and a pumpkin flavoured jack-o-lantern macaron.

    Black Cat Plate (w/Drink) – ¥2,060 (Contains milk, eggs and wheat)

    Steer clear from black cats this Halloween, except for this one which is a dark Graham cracker made from bitter caramel and chocolate mousse and is filled with almonds and dried cranberries. Flying around the kitty are the same crunchy black bat cookies made with rich black cocoa cream and the pumpkin flavoured jack-o-lantern macaron.

    Vampire Chocolate Latte – ¥750 / +¥100 as Set (Contains milk and wheat)

    Don’t fear―you won’t turn into a vampire if you take a sip from this chocolate latte topped with latte art of a flying bat. This frothy rich dark chocolate delight includes smashed Oreos.

    Strawberry Cheese Tea – ¥750 / +¥100 as Set (Contains milk)

    The strawberry cheese tea is a unique mix of the cafe’s high quality black tea and salty cream cheese. It’s smooth to taste and is surprisingly light to drink. Add a fruity strawberry punch to the cheese tea by pouring in the accompanying strawberry sauce.

    Vampire Afternoon Tea Set For One – ¥2,400 (Contains milk, eggs and wheat)

    They even have a gorgeously spooky afternoon tea set.

    The top plate comes with sponge and cream cheese cake pops coated in chocolate, salty breadsticks, homemade scones made from butter cream and sweet and sour berry sauce, devil heart macaron-topped cupcakes, and pumpkin macarons.

    The bottom plate features savoury foods including croissants filled with egg, basil and dried tomatoes, as well as olives, mini tomatoes, pickles, and a soup.

     

    As well as Halloween food, the cafe also has a line-up of “DEVIL NIGHT” themed accessories for sale.

    [From Top Left Clockwise] Vampire Bat Piercings (Pair) ¥8,000 / Mini Devil Ghost Sheet Necklace (Set/Special Packaging) ¥21,000 / Vampire Bat Brooch ¥7,000 / Vampire Bar Ring ¥12,000 / Vampire Spider Ring ¥13,000

    Black Cat Necklace ¥16,000 / Silk Hat Charm ¥4,500

    The black cat jewellery is a new addition to this year’s line-up.

     

    Enjoy a very cute and special Halloween in Japan this year at Q-pot CAFE.

     

    *All listed prices are pre-tax

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    Rent a Halloween Lantern for Free

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    Come enjoy afternoon tea and get into the Halloween spirit this October!

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