Pain屋 [Mimi's World Tour]

Bakery: Pain屋
Address: 22-12 Horaicho, Hakodate, Hokkaido
Website: n/a 
Style: Japanese, French
Price: $$ 

 Literally translating into "Pain shop" or "bread shop", if you will, I thought of just leaving the name of this bakery as-is. Nevertheless, Pain屋 is little French-style bake shop specializing in rustic bread and flaky pastries that focus heavily on danishes with a variety of fillings; of course, there's the classic Japanese baked goods as well like an pan and melon pan, but how you can resist the intricate, multi-layered croissants, cinnamon rolls, pains au chocolat, and danishes topped with pears, cherries and banana?

I went with the undeniably unique nut danish (a.k.a. something to do with "woodcutter"; 184 yen). This was well worth the price given how many nuts and nut types were rolled inside this deceitfully simple treat. Personally, I found some of the chunks too big since there was nothing keeping the nuts inside and they just ended up falling out. I really liked the icing drizzled on top and it was delicious with the flaky dough, though the latter was a little browned on the bottom, giving this delicately flavoured pastry undertones of burnt toast. :/

Rating: **1/2