Mr. Paris Bakery

Bakery: Mr. Paris Bakery
Address: 222-4501 North Rd, Coquitlam BC 
Website: n/a 
Style: Korean 
Price: $ 

Hey, this is my first bakery in Coquitlam -- hello Coquitlam! Located on one upper-level end of the strangely insane Hannam plaza is this typical Korean bakery that is either called Mr. Paris Bakery (that's what it says online) or The Bread House (which takes up the biggest part of their store sign). Or both. Regardless of its name, it's a rather spacious bakery and cafe that features three long wooden shelves of bagged baked goods, both sweet, savoury and loaves of bread, and a display case at the front of adorable, full-size cakes.

 As with most Korean bakeries, everything is well-priced and they're open fairly late, which is always nice and makes for a great after-dinner stop. Mr. Paris features the standard items including more Western-style cream or red bean buns, among other fillings, along with a few more traditional biscuits and sweets. I'm not sure whether it's a usual thing, but coming later in the evening I found several baskets lacking labels or the same items repeated in several areas, which made things a bit confusing. 

However, I was pleased to find that one of my favourite Korean goodies was there: the butter cream bun ($1.80). It never really looks like much with its hot dog bun shape and lack of adornment on top besides a simple egg wash. Inside, it's the same story; it's essentially just a bun cut in half with thick cream, but it still tastes so good! Fluffy, super soft, slight sweetened bread. Decadent whipped butter cream, though a little more wouldn't have hurt... pretty good.

Rating: ***