パン屋イマココ — Restaurant in Hidaka

Currently, only individuals or one group of customers are allowed in at a time. The shopkeeper was very friendly and provided tentative customer service.

All the bakes looked really tantalizing, so it was difficult to choose! But in the end, I got a red bean bun, olive and tomato focaccia, olive bread, and a "hard" sandwich loaf.

The texture of the breads were pillowy light for natural yeast breads, had a pleasing chewy bite to them, and were almost unsettlingly moist. The baker really has the fermentation and gluten development processes down pat. However, flavor-wise, they lacked the yeasty flavor that I like in bread. The olives had a slightly bitter taste to them, and the red bean filling could have done with a tad more sweetness.

Basically, amazing texture, but needs a little more work in the flavor department. However, I'll be back to try the other breads, I've my sights set on...

Honestly, I want to keep this bread shop a top secret because sometimes, there is a wait to get in to buy bread (the shop can only accommodate 1 customer at a time), but after reading the book Ultra Processed People by Chris Van Tulleken, I cannot go back to buying supermarket bread ever again. Imakoko's bread has a mouthfeel and bite that requires your jaw to work hard -- a sign that this is bread made from real food ingredients, not the mushy stuff they sell in the supermarket that includes God-knows-what. You pay slightly more than supermarket bread but you know you are getting real food that your body will...

Went here looking for good bread I wasn't let down it's really well made and is really good for anything because this is a real bakery that doesn't add milk to their bread mostly so you get nice crusty bread that isn't super squishy so it's perfect for toast and sandwichs I highly...