Chez Santa

Smoothly textured pudding of great reputation

A patisserie loved by the people of Kameoka for over 30 years. Its elegant flavors of cakes and baked sweets, made with ingredients from Kameoka, which boasts rich soil, have been well received. The gradation of the pudding batter and Kyoto Tanba Dainagon azuki beans in the new Gnome Purin expresses Kameoka, the “City of Fog. A steam-rack oven is used to achieve a smooth texture.

Gnome Pudding: 320 yen per piece.
The bakery uses local ingredients, such as the “best azuki beans” Tanba Dainagon azuki, eggs from Kyoto, and salt from Kotohikihama beach.

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  The shop has a reputation for a wide variety of cakes, including shortcakes made with strawberries from Kameoka, which it deals with directly from the growers.

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  Rice-flour baked doughnuts, rich in butter but made healthy, are also perfect to take with you, at 280 yen.

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  A popular patisserie that draws a line out the door on weekends. Be sure to try the sweets that the locals love so much.