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2012-05-23
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Donq (it’s ‘donk’ not ‘Don Q’) is a Japanese inspired french takeaway bakery, yet another newcomer to muscle into the burgeoning artisan bread industry here. It’s located inside B2 Takashimaya Food Hall, near the Cold Storage cashier counters. Lovers of Japanese style bread will be happy to know there is a yet another bakery to turn to for soft, fluffy breads. And me, like the many middle-aged tai tais thronging this outlet one weekday afternoon was very keen to find out try out this latest brea
Donq (it’s ‘donk’ not ‘Don Q’) is a Japanese inspired french takeaway bakery, yet another newcomer to muscle into the burgeoning artisan bread industry here. It’s located inside B2 Takashimaya Food Hall, near the Cold Storage cashier counters. Lovers of Japanese style bread will be happy to know there is a yet another bakery to turn to for soft, fluffy breads. And me, like the many middle-aged tai tais thronging this outlet one weekday afternoon was very keen to find out try out this latest bread craze.
The Cherry Danish ($2.80, top) has a very nice soft crusty danish pastry with fresh cherry jam on top of it. Unlike most bakeries which up the sugar of their danish fillings to diabetes-causing levels, the cherry danish sold here is not very sweet at all, all in all, it’s a very nice delicate balance of sugar. The Cinnamon Apple ($2.80, bottom) is likewise, not over cloyingly sweet or glazed with excessive sugar and cinnamon. The highlight is probably the fresh apple filling which is not cooked too soft and each diced apple piece still retains a little bite. This is complemented by fluffy soft bread around it.Post
