Japan

Baumkuchen is a big deal here in Japan. In my opinion the japanese version is good, but is completely different to german one. Who cares? I do not. I like both. The german one with chocolate and the japanese one with almonds.

What really makes me sick is an endless discussion with a small japanese women, who relocated to the US some years ago, about the differences in taste, texture and dough of both versions. SHE NEVER HAD GERMAN BAUMKUCHEN. But she insists that the japanese one is better. WTF?!

An original is an original. You can´t make it better or worse. Either it is original or it´s not. It can be different from the original but not better. Because than it would not be the original anymore. Confused? She was too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumkuchen

Midechan seemed to be so happy today. Which really made my day!!

Thanks for that!