bakery run

Friday I went to pick up the two stollen I ordered from Boulangerie Sudo.

The two stollen, one was a "Japanese" type called Nagomi (peace of mind), with yomogi, azuki and kinako (soy bean powder) on the outside, the other one was the orthodox type with marzipan, fruits soaked in rum and nuts...4300 yen (plus tax) each

Since I was 3rd in line to enter the shop, I decided to check out what baked items they had (since the last time it was slim pickings)

And picked up their Kouign Amann...530 yen (plus tax)

This was so flaky! but I didn't like the caramel outside though, that was a bit too sticky and hard.

And then I went to Blue Poppy Bakery, because I saw on social media that they started selling their stollen.

Their stollen seems to be orthodox with liquor soaked fruits, nuts and spices (I think the green on the wrapping was a real juniper berry plant, it smelled nice)...3000 yen (plus tax)

I also picked up their Autumn Quiche...780 yen (tax included)

Their quiche had pumpkin, mushrooms, walnuts and speck (like bacon)...delicious!

Since it was so huge, I ate only half and put the other half in the freezer to eat another day (or maybe with wine another evening)

All of these stollen were delicious, we tasted a little of each over the weekend.

The "Japanese" one is different because it doesn't have nuts in it and I like that it is covered with kinako