Footo Croissant

Bakery: Footo Croissant 
Address: 858 Hamilton St, Vancouver BC
Website: https://www.footocroissant.com/
Style: French, Croissants
Price: $$-$$$ 

There are sometimes bakeries you come across that specialize in one item; of course, this most often comes in the shape of a doughnut shop. A croissant shop, however, is a lot less common and yet this is precisely what Footo is: a croissant shop with a wee bit of Japanese flavour. They not only specialize in it, it's (almost) the only thing they bake. That doesn't mean you only have one option. On the contrary, just like a doughnut shop, they come in about half a dozen fixed flavours and are also the headlining feature of various sweet and savoury dishes. They're a bit pricey, but I guess that comes with the location.

I picked the almond croissant ($3.65 with tax), which was stuffed with almond cream and topped with homemade apricot jam and slivered almonds. If a croissant is all about the dough, then the croissant specialist should be first and foremost judged on its dough. Biting into it, it didn't have that distinctive crunch. Softer in texture, less flaky than traditional croissants, it also didn't have the delectable buttery taste that amazing croissants possess. The almond cream filling was tasty and decadent but I would have liked to taste more of that homemade apricot jam. Where exactly was it supposed to be? In short, quite good, but I felt like it needed some work.

Rating: **1/2