Benkyodo in San Francisco for daily-made mochi.

Seed + Mill in NYC for halva.

Weekend farmers’ market in Aix en Provence for so many varieties of pain d’épice.

Breizh Café in Paris for banana crêpes with rum-caramel sauce. (Ask for them to use buckwheat crêpes.)

Violet in London for almond cake or mini Victoria sponge. (GF, of course.)