Laduree New York

I love Laduree in Paris and I love Laduree in Tokyo. The one in New York, however, is the hard one to know since I have not had a chance to get in. Every time I go there there is a very long waiting line outside, and I give up. At least I try to take a shop photo, and there is a line to do that, too!

The people who are lined up are all Chinese in stylish and chic attires. Those hip young Chinese remind me of the Japanese in the 80's and the 90's when the Japanese economy was booming. Yes, it was the era that the Japanese shopped everywhere in the world!

All the high-end brand stores and top restaurants in New York are filled with the Chinese in today. They are loud everywhere and poor mannered... that makes me feel so nervous to be around them. Yet, I believe that we, the Japanese were the same way back in the 80's, and I am sure that we were judged, criticized and laughed by the world. That makes me feel more compassionate towards the nouveau riche Chinese ;p

巴里の本店も銀座支店も大好き。ニューヨーク支店は
いつも行くのですが、長～い行列でまだ中へ入れたこと
がないんです。せめて写真だけでも、、とiPhoneを出し
たら、なんと写真とるのも順番待ち、、！
お店の外で１ブロック以上に続く長い行列を作って
いるのは、皆、チャイニーズ。良い物を身にまとい、
なかなかお洒落なヤングたちです。かつての日本人を
思い出させますね～。世界中のブランドショップで買いあさって
いた時代の日本人です。
マンハッタンの高級ブランド店、トップレストラン、、。
どこに行っても中国人ばかり。大声でマナーもよろしく
なくて、見ていてヒヤヒヤします、、。汗
でも、かつての日本人たちも、こうして冷たい目で
見られていたのだろうなあ、、と思うと、ちょっと同情心が
生まれたりするんですよネ。