IIMORI Patisserie

Cakes, macarons and shokupan

The case at IIMORI runs French and Japanese along the same shelf. Cakes include N.Y. cheesecake, gâteau au chocolat, tarte au citron, Engadiner Nusstorte, Baumkuchen, Erdbeersahnetorte and pear, apple and cherry tarts, with chiffon cake in green tea, chocolate and raspberry. Green tea is its own family: Green Tea Torte, Green Opera and the Green Tea Rolle, alongside a Mont Blanc Rolle and an Erdbeerrolle. Smaller pieces run to macarons, petit fours and gluten-free fruit macarons.

The boulangerie side carries equal weight. IIMORI lists baguettes beside shokupan, the Japanese sandwich loaf; croissants come plain, almond and chocolate; melonpan comes in vanilla or green tea, and there is a cinnamon roll. Savoury baking runs to curry pan, the fried bun with curry filling, and Japanese sandwiches with assorted fillings. Everything follows house recipes, skips chemical additives and is baked in the in-house Backstube each morning until it sells out.

An old-town room of antiques and wallpaper

The room is part of the draw: antique furniture set against modern pieces and a distinctive wallpaper, in a building on the edge of Frankfurt’s old town. It is livelier than a hushed pastry salon. Tables fill, guests share them, and a queue can form near the entrance at busy moments, which suits the way most people use it, as a short sit-down stop rather than a long afternoon.

The format is flexible. Pastries pass over the counter to be eaten inside, taken out to the terrace, or carried away. Cakes, rolls, macarons and breads are chosen by eye from the display, so it is worth arriving with a look rather than a plan.

How to order across both traditions

For a first order, take one item from each side. Tarte au citron is the citrus option, gâteau au chocolat the chocolate cake, and N.Y. cheesecake the richer familiar slice. If green tea is the reason to come, order it as the main event rather than an add-on: Green Tea Torte, Green Opera, Green Tea Rolle, green tea chiffon cake or green tea melonpan.

For bread, shokupan is the loaf to know, while baguettes and croissants hold the French line. Curry pan and the Japanese sandwiches move the order into savoury territory. Macarons and petit fours suit anyone who would rather taste several flavours than commit to one slice. The order that shows the whole idea is simple: one cake, one green tea item, one bread or savoury bake.