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Cloaca
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Dec 19, 2017
When they opened a Dominique Ansel bakery in Tokyo I stopped by to have a Cronut, and a Kouign-Amann, and a Canele de Bordeaux.
Totally disappointed in all of them. The Kouign-Amann was dry and unsweet, which might have been an adaptation to the Japanese palate, but you want some nice sweet caramelized crunchiness in there somewhere. The Caneles were the rubbery kind. It's hard to make the rawish-on-the inside-but-glassily-crunchy-so-your-gums-bleed-on-the-outside kind, which are the best.
Tokyo has zillions of bakeries and many excellent bakers who have experience in France, so staffing up a new shop should not be a problem for Ansel.
CloacaThat’s to bad! My experience in NYC was great with that said it was before the world take over of the cronut and all things Ansel. I find his creativity fun and refreshing with that said there is something to be said for the “ emperor‘s new clothes“ affect. When no one wants to be the one to say what everyone is thinking. I say I will always try something three times before I say I don’t like it. Maybe the person making it just had an off day.
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