Kanadell Japanese Bakery is a new bakery that has popped up along Hastings street across from Kootney Loop bus station. The best thing about Kanadell Japanese Bakery is that they make everything in house fresh daily! The bakery café offers a few tables to sit at but most people take their orders to go.
You are greeted with the delicious smell of freshly baked bread when you walk into the bakery. We went an hour before closing time so there weren’t many pastries left in the bakery but we saw bakers making batches for the next day in the back. They have a variety of breads to offer here including rolls, specialty Japanese buns and deep fried curry bread!
All the bread items at the shop are priced between $3 – $5 which double the price of bread you would find at Chinese bakeries. Some of the more notable Japanese bread items they have are an-pan (red bean bread), horn bread (bread stuffed with custard), mochi muffins and sausage buns.
Earl Grey melon pan
Grayson loves earl grey tea so he decided to get the Earl Grey melon pan. Melon Pan is a type of Japanese sweet bread that is topped with a cookie crust. It’s similar to the Chinese pineapple bun. The bread was fluffy and the sugar cookie crust on top was strong in Earl Grey flavour. He liked that even though there was a cookie crust, it wasn’t very sweet. We will definitely be back to try some of their other flavours!
Yuzu cheese bun
I decided to try the yuzu cheese bun because I’ve never tried a bun with yuzu before! The cheese bun was made similar to a cinnamon scroll and was SO soft and fluffy! There was the perfect amount of cheese sprinkled on top and there were slices of green onion on the inside layers. I didn’t detect any yuzu so that part was disappointing but the bun was so good that it’s hard to be too upset about. I can’t wait to try more of their items because the two we’ve tried so far didn’t disappoint!
Matcha white chocolate bun
This was another one of their sweeter dessert style buns. A matcha flavoured scroll bun! The bun had white chocolate on the interior layers and a drizzle of matcha icing on top. I thought it could have had more filling so it would be stronger in white chocolate matcha flavour but overall the bun was soft, and delish! Would definitely get this again!
They also sell Japanese milk jam that they make in house! Milk jam is basically condensed milk but they infused it with Earl Grey, Green Tea and Coffee flavours!
