japonaise bakery

in my adolescence, my father, a baguette aficionado, took me to japonaise bakery to buy baguettes . like clockwork, he would always use french bread for his lunch sandwiches. on sundays, he would have the ends of the baguette with a bit of butter or brie with a coffee. as i salivated at japonaise's glass counter, my dad realized i wouldn't leave without my own little treat and he let me choose one item to enjoy. i picked a slice black forest cake. i remember it being super chocolately. the cake was adorned with chocolate shavings on the exterior, fluffy from the whipped cream and slightly tart from fruit filling. japonaise serves french pastries with a japanese twist and the firstlocationhas been in the brookline area since 1985. we went on a japonaise bender and purchased a nice variety of items for a proper tasting. we picked up several azuki creams, a croissant baked with sweet red beans (azuki), filled with light whip cream and dusted with powdered sugar. by suggestion of the cou

excellent cakes. ugly decor.. japonaise bakery is an enigma. they make excellent, albeit pricey cakes and pastries. however, their brooklinelocationis disturbingly grubby, with dirty floors, dirty, tired fixtures, scarred walls and scabby furniture. it makes no sense.

posted on november 4, 2010 by julia521 japonaise bakery 1020 beacon st. brookline, ma this is a japanese french fusion bakery. i think the chef is japanese but was trained in french desserts. i prefer thislocationbecause the parking on the street here w

i stopped by the brooklinelocationof the japonaise café and bakery today to pick up some shoku pan and sugar donuts. there are at least 3 different locations, brookline (on beacon st.), lexington and cambridge (in porter squa