La Maison du Danemark [Mimi's World Tour]

Bakery: La Maison du Danemark (丹麥之屋 法式西點麵包)

Address: No. 1, Alley 29, Lane 372, Section 5, Zhongxiao East Road, Xinyi District, Taipei

Website: http://www.houseofdenmark.co/ 

Style: Chinese

Price: $$ 

Already having plenty of bakery experience from all my reviews throughout Taiwan, it's somewhat surprising that this slightly rundown neighbourhood bakery has a website - not to mention an online ordering system! With these kinds of credentials, you'd only expect a well-established chain, not a stand-alone bakery with one other location nearby. Nevertheless, while I found that French- and German-style bakeries tried to include at least one or two more "authentic" baked goods, the same could not be said here. While there were a few Danish flags, there wasn't anything super Danish about the indicated products, but I guess some effort was made to at least include some European-looking stuff.

One of the few baked goods with that Denmark flag was the cinnamon bun ($36). Yeah, I can definitely see the connection. Either way, I do like cinnamon buns and this looked like a more flaky, Danish-style dough, certainly compared to the more bread-like cinnamon buns you find in Chinese bakeries. Actually, appearances were a little deceiving since it wasn't nearly as flaky as it looked. Although good in taste with a nice, flavourful cinnamon mass, though a bit skimpy, it was more bready and less unique than I was hoping for. Oh well. 

Rating: ***