Guruguru Gateau Chocolat / Kenji Ujiie, Yumiko Miura

Recommended by the Ecuadorian Embassy in Japan‼

Enjoy magical treats that everyone can make.

This is a slightly mysterious story about a girl who loves sweets and the animals of Ecuador, a famous chocolate producing country in South America. At the end of the book, there is a recipe for authentic chocolate cake, so parents and children can learn how to make sweets together while reading the story.

The owner chef of Ken's Cafe Tokyo, Japan's first gateau au chocolate specialty shop, which has been selected as one of Tabelog's "Top 100 Sweets Shops in Tokyo" for five consecutive years, has created a fun-to-read, delicious-to-make recipe picture book that teaches you how to make authentic gateau au chocolate while reading the story.

The first picture book by Kenji Ujiie, the owner and chef of the famous gateau au chocolat shop "Ken's Cafe Tokyo", tells a slightly mysterious story about a girl and cute animals from Ecuador making gateau au chocolat, and includes recipe elements that allow the chef to make authentic gateau au chocolat "easily". The recipe is also included at the end of the book, and the picture book is designed to be open or stand on its own while open so that it can be referenced while cooking, with a B5 horizontal format.

Title: Guru Gateau Chocolat

Author: Kenji Ujiie (story) / Yumiko Miura (illustrations)

Planning: H14 Co., Ltd.

Edited by Kenji Igarashi and Mayo Takagaku

Design: Takanashi Nao

Format: B5 size, horizontal variant / Hardcover

Number of pages: 24

Price: 1,500 yen + tax

Publication date: February 3, 2023

ISBN 978-4-910315-23-2

Written by Kenji Ujiie

Born in Tokyo in 1968. Founder and owner chef of Ken's Cafe Tokyo. In 1998, Ken's Cafe Tokyo opened in front of Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Tokyo. He launched Japan's first gateau chocolat specialty store.

Since 2015, he has been supervising sweets at FamilyMart, and is also in charge of developing "Ecuador Special," a chocolate made with high-quality cocoa beans from Ecuador.

His books include "The reason why 3,000 yen gateau chocolat sells like hotcakes -- How to create a system that will sell even if the price is raised four times" (SB Creative, 2014) and "Don't do anything unnecessary! -- The amazing method of a chef who achieves an annual turnover of 300 million yen with gateau chocolat alone" (Shueisha, 2018).

Yumiko Miura (Illustrations)

Born in Kyoto City. Painter/illustrator.

He mainly presents his works at exhibitions and on social media, and is active in a wide range of fields, including book cover illustrations, newspaper illustrations, and collaborations with apparel brands. He expresses the world of living things, focusing on people and animals, with his own unique use of color.