Loading
Search
▼ Ginza Nishikawa Shokupan
- Category:Gourmet

JAPAN TRAVEL
Specialty Shop For Your Pillowy Loaf Of Bread
Walking away from the bustling electric district of Akihabara, I chanced upon a shop that seemed out of place with its quiet elegance. Outside, the noren or traditional shop curtains displays the words 食パン (shokupan). Intrigued and enticed by the delicious smell wafting out, I went in to check out the shop's bread selection.
Inside, the shop was practically empty. No rows of asssorted breads on display; only white paper bags on clean, Zen shelves. Customers walked out with one or two of those white paper bags. Then, it hit me. This was no ordinary bread shop. This is the shokupan shop, a shop that sells one, and only one thing, elevating the word "specialty" to new heights. Shokupan is probably the most common type of bread in Japan. In the supermarket, they are packaged as square shaped slices of pillowy white bread made of white flour, milk, margarine and sugar. Half loaves can go as cheap as ¥100.
At ¥800 a loaf (excluding tax), Ginza Nishikawa's shokupan is probably not your daily bread. But you get what you pay for. This premium shokupan is sweetened with honey. Instead of milk and margarine in cheaper commercial versions, only fresh cream and butter are used, blended with the finest Canadian flour.
Ginza Nishikawa's point of pride is the water used to prepare the dough. As sake, soba and tofu makers know, the quality of water has the power to control the taste of the final product. Alkaline ionized water has a higher pH and its use in bread making results in a silkier, sweeter, lighter bread. The shop recommends first tasting the bread as it is to enjoy the delicate fragrance and texture of freshly baked shokupan. On the second day after purchase, the light crust settles and sweetness increases. On the third day, the shop recommends toasting the bread so the outside becomes crisp while the inside remains chewy soft.
Getting there
Ginza Nishikawa Shokupan is a short walk from Exit 1 of Akihabara Station of the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line.By Sherilyn Siy
- March 28, 2020
- Comment (923)
- Trackback(1)
Comment(s) Write comment
tadalafil (cialis) <a href="https://tadalafilyho.com/ ">tadalafil canada online pharmacy</a>
-
Keezsaisa Web Site
- April 10, 2022
sildenafil citrate online <a href="https://sildenafiledfg.com/ ">sildenafil definition</a>
-
Dbnggaima Web Site
- April 10, 2022
viagra pill <a href="https://clickviagrcan.com/ ">viagra soft</a> viagra price <a href="https://clickviagrcan.com/ ">buy generic viagra online</a>
-
CrnnBries Web Site
- April 10, 2022
radar 20 tadalafil <a href="https://tadalafilsvh.com/ ">evo peptides tadalafil is it good</a>
-
AndaNulajagma Web Site
- April 10, 2022
tadalafil and galie <a href="https://tadalafilyho.com/ ">what is tadalafil 20 mg</a>
-
Keezsaisa Web Site
- April 9, 2022
buy generic viagra online <a href="https://clickviagrcan.com/ ">viagra tablets for sale</a> buy viagra no prescription <a href="https://clickviagrcan.com/ ">discount viagra online</a>
-
CrnnBries Web Site
- April 9, 2022
tadalafil 20mg generico <a href="https://tadalafilsvh.com/ ">tadalafil versus cialis</a>
-
AndaNulajagma Web Site
- April 9, 2022
cialis reviews <a href="https://setcialimir.com/ ">buy tadalafil online</a>
-
Ntfbfgaima Web Site
- April 8, 2022
buy cheap viagra online <a href="https://oneviagrweb.com/ ">viagra cheap</a>
-
FnenAmows Web Site
- April 8, 2022
viagra purchase <a href="https://oneviagrweb.com/ ">discount viagra</a>
-
FnenAmows Web Site
- April 8, 2022
sildenafil 50 mg <a href="https://sildenafiledfg.com/ ">sildenafil ingredients</a>
-
Dbnggaima Web Site
- April 8, 2022
no prescription cialis <a href="https://setcialimir.com/ ">cialis online</a>
-
Ntfbfgaima Web Site
- April 8, 2022
adcirca vs cialis <a href="https://exclcialisite.com/ ">liquid tadalafil research chemical</a>
-
Kxxzsaisa Web Site
- April 6, 2022
can you buy stromectol over the counter <a href="https://ivermectinshi.com/ ">buy stromectol online</a>
-
Dbwigaima Web Site
- April 5, 2022
Trackback (You need to login.)
<a href="https://www.tnlnsl.net/new-balance-574-rugged-grey-runfr">new balance 574 rugged grey</a> <a href="https://www.frausieben.net/master-chief-hat-handno">master chief hat</a> <a href="https:/...
- solarmedium
- June 5, 2022
Nmiogaima Web Site- April 12, 2022