Bakery:
Boulangerie Paume (ブーランジェリー ポーム)
Address:
7 Chome, Minami 3 Jonishi, Chuo Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Website:
http://paume-style.jp/
Style:
Japanese, French
Price:
$$
This petite French-inspired bakery and cafe uses their appellation correctly; with a focus on loaves of bread and rustic buns, this is without a doubt a bread-first type of bakery. At first glance, the small space seems well-stocked in terms of baked goods, but upon closer examination, sweet and savoury are all jumbled together and there's actually not that much of the former. This mainly included flaky French croissants as well as classic
pains au chocolat and
aux raisins.
Out of this small selection, I thought the cinnamon roll (
¥180) looked so pretty and appetizing. Appearance-wise, it did look nice with its layers of flaky dough wound round and drizzled on top with a little icing. The dough in itself was very skilfully done, but the pastry needed a bit of work on the whole. For one, the icing was too brittle and just flaked off as soon as you bit into the bun. The bottom was a bit too brown and tasted over-done, though not necessarily burnt. And where was the cinnamon? The inside was way too dry and there was almost no cinnamon flavour. In the end it tasted like plain, overly browned flaky dough - and it had so much potential, too!
Rating: **1/2
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