Gifts to Give with Love! Secretary’s Gift Guide: New Year’s Edition [Back After 4 Years!]
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While 2020 has been a hectic year due to the spread of COVID-19, we have finally entered December. Time truly flies.
The year-end and New Year holidays are a season for gift-giving. There are many opportunities to present gifts to relatives, valued clients, and acquaintances to express daily gratitude.
In light of this, the “Secretary’s Gift Guide” corner, where SUNNY SIDE UP GROUP secretaries introduce recommended sweets, returns for the first time in four and a half years! (Click here for previous articles.)
On such an occasion, you naturally want to give a gift that will be appreciated. We have received many recommendations for stylish and sophisticated sweets, so please use them as a reference!
Beauty Connection Ginza’s “ANNIVERSARY TART”
https://www.beauty-connection.jp/
The “ANNIVERSARY TART” is available at the Fruit Salon on the 2nd floor of Beauty Connection Ginza. This gluten-free tart, baked with apple and cassis compote and orange peel, is generously topped with maple custard and seasonal fruits. One bite fills your mouth with the sweet aroma of maple and the fresh flavors of pear and apple! It is like a treasure box of fruit. The recipient is sure to be delighted the moment they open the lid!
Aya Farm’s “Raw Dried Fruit”
“Raw Dried Fruit” from Aya Farm, a specialty store for domestic dried fruit. Since all the fruit is domestically grown, the taste and aroma are intense, with a richer finish achieved through drying. Despite being dried fruit, it offers a fresh and soft new sensation. It is likely to please people of all ages. Its gorgeous appearance and portability are also excellent features!
“Traditional Panettone” from the historic Milanese Café Cova Milano
http://www.pasticceriacova.com/
The “Traditional Panettone” from Café Cova Milano, a historic cafe loved in Milan for over 200 years. These panettones, carefully baked over three days using a secret recipe, are imported directly. In Milan, a Christmas tradition involves a father slicing a large panettone weighing 3 to 5 kg while children gather around waiting to eat. It is perfect for sharing with relatives, friends, or colleagues. This is the ideal gift for this season!
“Crème Brûlée Tart” by Kissaten ni Koishite.
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000335.000025606.html
The “Crème Brûlée Tart” is the signature product of the Tokyo sweets brand “Kissaten ni Koishite.”, which won the Confectionery Category Award at the “Everyone’s Choice: JR East Souvenir Grand Prix 2020.” Remarkably, this brand was born from a popular feature in the magazine “Hanako”! The meticulously crafted “crispy, melting, and bittersweet” texture is highly popular, with fans saying it is “more like a real crème brûlée than imagined!” The packaging, inspired by a paperback book edited by “Hanako,” is also stylish and sure to please women!
Supervised by Shigekatsu Kimura! LA VIEILLE FRANCE’s “George Sand”
https://www.shoproyal.jp/shop/c/c1091
“George Sand” is a winter sweet supervised by Shigekatsu Kimura, the executive pastry chef of “LA VIEILLE FRANCE,” which offers traditional French confectionery based on the concept of “Old Nostalgic France.” This sophisticated cake features four layers of ganache with tart raspberry sauce. This gift can be shipped via “Royal Deli,” a frozen meal service that allows you to enjoy international cuisine at home, making it perfect for the current pandemic situation.
“Xmas Set” from the long-established bakery DONQ
http://www.donq-store.jp/shop/item_detail?category_id=601604&item_id=2726949
Also perfect for this season is the “Xmas Set” from DONQ, a long-established bakery founded 115 years ago. This set allows you to fully enjoy a European Christmas, featuring a selection of German Christmas treats like “Stollen” and “Lebkuchen,” along with Italian “Panettone.” Since traveling abroad is currently difficult, you can experience the wonderful atmosphere of a European Christmas at home. It is exciting to taste various types of breads and cakes that are not usually eaten! This is an ideal gift for sharing in large groups.
Have you found a gift that caught your eye?
Incidentally, the secretaries at SUNNY SIDE UP GROUP shared their tips for choosing gifts: “We consider the recipient’s tastes and preferences learned through casual conversation or social media. We also carefully examine the quantity, size, and weight by imagining the setting in which the gift will be enjoyed. We value the first impression upon opening the gift, aiming for something that brings an immediate smile.” The products introduced here are certainly ones that are likely to bring a smile to anyone’s face.
We will continue to introduce items regularly in the “Secretary’s Gift Guide” corner, so please look forward to it!
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