Pan De Pan — Restaurant in Kushiro

While exploring Akanko Onsen, we stumbled upon Pan de Pan and were immediately drawn to the enticing lunch sets shown on the menu. We went in and ordered without hesitation!

First off, the portion sizes were extremely generous! The lunch set included a sizzling hot plate of the main dish, rice, a small salad, and a cup of soup. This was everything we could ever want for a satisfying meal!

I opted for the burger steak with grilled vegetables, and it was simply excellent! The patty was thick, juicy, and bursting with flavor, accompanied by colorful vegetables and a delectable dipping sauce. My companion chose the pork steak in a tomato-based sauce, which was tender, rich, and cooked to perfection. Both dishes arrived hot and were beautifully presented.

The soup and salad were delightful additions, providing a refreshing contrast to the hearty main courses.

If you’re in the area, I highly recommend...

Before my trip, I had heard that their pastries 🥖 were delicious, so I decided to check this place out. Everything lived up to the hype. The pastries 🥐 were really tasty, and what I liked most was how they prepared the dough—it was fantastic. Prices are also very low, around 250 yen each. You can take items to go, and they also have spots where you can eat on the premises. They serve coffee ☕ and other drinks like milk or orange 🍊 juice, which are also very cheap—orange juice, for example, is 200 yen.

Also, if you’re staying at nearby hotels 🏨, like the Tsuruga, you can get a card for a 10% discount on everything at this bakery.

Highly...

This, the only bakery in town, is a cute, incredibly red space with a selection of baked goods, both sweet and savoury, some pastries and a few gourmet products. The danish I had would have been better had it been a little flakier. Also, the filling was not sweet at all, though it was supposed to be a sweet pastry. It didn't really match, so I was disappointed with it. Next time, I would take something...