Bakery:
Kuze Fuku & Co.
Address:
Inside Tokyo Narita Airport, Terminal 1
Website:
http://www.kuzefuku.jp/
Style:
Japanese, Doughnuts
Price:
$$
A bakery at the airport? Really good doughnuts at the airport? The idea is almost unthinkable, but amidst the corridor of stores within Narita Airport's Terminal 1, there it was. And to think that I was convinced I had no more cake tours left to do in Japan! Granted, Kuze Fuku & Co. is actually a chain of small food stores/delis selling gourmet and traditional Japanese food like pickled items, dry fish, seaweed.... They also sell gelato and, whether every location has them or it's just the airport, soy milk doughnuts!
Soy milk or tofu doughnuts seem to be a mainstay on the shopping streets leading to major temples, but in this case, Kuze Fuku & Co. takes these plump, moist, super fresh doughnuts one step further and offers them in about half a dozen unique glazes on top, both classic flavours like chocolate and more traditional Japanese ones.
I was debating between the matcha and the yuzu (Japanese cirtus) tofu doughnuts... and just took both (160 yen each); after all, these were my last few hours in Japan! Biting in, I found the, just as moist and fluffy as I expected them. Maybe they weren't hot from the fryer with that amazing crispy edge like other places, but they were fresh nonetheless and a hot doughnut wouldn't be able to handle the thick glaze on top. The matcha was a thick, flavourful glaze that smoothly coated the doughnut whereas the yuzu was more like a jelly. The winner? The sweet and sour yuzu marmalade was amazing! Tofu/soy milk doughnuts, I will miss you....
Rating: ***1/2
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