Bakery:
Doughnut Cafe Nicotto & Mam
Address:
車屋町通押小路上る, Nishioshikōjichō, Nakagyō ward, Kyoto
Website:
http://doughnut.jp/
Style:
Doughnuts
Price:
$$
Having created the concept of my own adorable, smile-laden Japanese doughnut shop (in concept only, unfortunately), my focus was to try to find as many examples of the real deal as I could and while Nicotto & Mam -- along with all others, in fact -- did not have any doughnuts with silly faces on it, this cozy, hole-in-the-wall doughnut shop is still charming with its wooden decor, open kitchen, and rows of pretty and petite glazed doughnuts.
From their somewhat rotating selection of flavours, I took the strawberry (200 yen). Repeated throughout the store and on their packaging, Nicotto & Mam stresses that their doughnuts are natural yeast doughnuts (and handmade, at that), which means the dough is soft and airy with just that right amount of chewiness that I love in a doughnut. On top, a delicate fruity glaze that was a pale shade of pink with visible fruit pieces: a far cry from some of the bright pink items found elsewhere during strawberry season. Subtle, refined flavours, fantastic texture... too bad it was small enough to fit in a rice bowl for its picture!
Rating: ***1/2
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