Bakery:
Okada Bakery (おかだ菓子店)
Address:
Honcho-35 Oshidomari, Rishirifuji, Rishiri District, Hokkaido
Website:
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Style:
Japanese
Price:
$$
A 1.5 hour ferry ride away from Wakkanai, the island of Rishiri is sparsely populated and the town that's home to the ferry terminal, Oshidomari, is surprisingly lacking in any sort of food-related amenities. There's barely a restaurant (at least not one that was open in the daytime), so it truly came as the biggest surprise that in the middle of this rather dull town there was a bakery. I don't know why; I don't know how - but was I ever happy to spot it! And here I was thinking it would be impossible to plop this small island on the Cake Tour map~
Okada Bakery is a small bakery with just a few varieties of buns, mostly sweet. Not only are the selections limited, but there was literally one or two of each bun; some trays were empty. Whether this is due to some sort of morning rush on the first outgoing ferry (I don't know!) or they simply don't have the demand, there wasn't much there. The highlight definitely has to be their adorable character buns: Anpan man, Doraemon and Hello Kitty (present as tray label only). Anpan man was, of course, red bean and I didn't notice until examining photos now that the filling is listed under the name. Looking at the little splurt of custard coming out of Doraemon's (130 yen) nose, I assumed it was custard. The face decoration was already in dark chocolate, so it was a bit of disappointment to find a thick wad of rich dark chocolate "cream" (the sign says choco cream but it wasn't very creamy). There was a lot of it and the texture was too dense and decadent compared to the airy softness of the bun. Not quite what I was expecting, not bad yet not great - but I've got Rishiri Island!
Rating: **1/2
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