Bakery:
Lilas Brasserie (ブラッスリー リラ)
Address:
Art Hotel Asahikawa 1F, 6 Chome,7 Jodori, Asahikawa, Hokkaido
Website:
https://asahikawa-lilas.com/
Style:
Japanese
Price:
$$
Don't let the name fool you - Lilas is probably more boulangerie than brasserie, though they do operate their restaurant serving attempts at fancy food in the same space. Actually, it's a bit of an awkward setup with the shelves of baked goods facing the hotel lobby and the cashier inside the restaurant area, where there are apparently plenty of wait staff for the one table of diners but no one on hand to ring your order through... at least, me and another man were waiting a long time with trays in hand before someone came. Obviously the bakery portion of the business is not a priority?
The selection isn't very big and their focus seems to be on loaves of bread instead of sweet baked goods, but there are still a few varieties of pan and some more expensive slices of cake inside. I grabbed what looked like the most appetizing of the bunch: the cinnamon ring (162 yen). It looked really good - initially; however, all I needed to do was remove it from the bag for the icing to just start flaking off in entire sheets. That's never a good sign; it's either too thick or old - or both. This looked like the dough would be flaky, a little crusty and soft on the inside, but I was disappointed that it had neither the texture of a doughnut nor of a flaky pastry. It was more like glazed white bread. There wasn't really any sort of crunch on the outside; the dough was more dense than anticipated and it lacked cinnamon. Not sure what happened to that glaze either.... Usually appearances don't lie, but this looked better than it tasted.
Rating: **
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