A Wonderful Japanese Bakery - Stay for the Velvety Cream Bread and Handmade Steamed Pork Buns! - Cream Pan [Thoughts + Pics]

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Good that you give them some pub up here in LA. Iā€™ve had people come up from OC to share with us a number of times.

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@Chowseeker1999, so glad you and your friend had a good time thereā€¦but you forgot to eat the strawberry croissants. Theyā€™re smaller croissants filled with pastry cream and sliced strawberries. At about $2 a piece, itā€™s my favorite thing on the menuā€¦and I can inhale about 3 before Iā€™ve even realized Iā€™ve eaten 3. The cream pan and curry pan are two of my other favorites there, tooā€¦for my Japanese friends, they love walking in and seeing the sandwich section that reminds them of home. I will have to try the steamed buns when I go there nextā€¦Iā€™ve always wondered about them. Thanks for showing me some new items!

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yes! the strawberry croissants are pretty famous! theyre so famous in the OC that there are a whole bunch of copycats out there.

But yeah, itā€™s an awesome place @Chowseeker1999

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Hi @attran99, @Hungrydrunk,

Thanks. :slight_smile: Iā€™ll definitely keep the Strawberry Croissant in mind next time! Sounds delicious (and different).

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Definitely the strawberry croissants. :heart_eyes::heart_eyes::heart_eyes:

Also, the korokke pan. :heart_eyes::heart_eyes::heart_eyes:

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Anything along these lines in the SGV? (Donā€™t often make it to Orange County.)

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Hi @ElsieDee,

I wish. :frowning: Hopefully one day we get one in L.A.

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Donā€™t know if this helps, but Seiwa Japanese Market on Hawthorne in Torrance is supposed to carry Cream Panā€™s strawberry croissants.

I noticed Seiwa while on Hawthorne (right across from Del Amo). I looked up Seiwa on yelp. The strawberry croissants show up in a few of the pix.

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It is in the same shopping center where Tanakaya is located. Have soba lunch at Tanakaya, then load up the pastries/bread at Cream Pan.

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Ok I think I just sent my mom on a food run. What else are the requisite items?

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Curry pan, cream panā€¦anything with azuki, if you like azuki. The orange brioche is great, too.

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Tons of strawberry croissants. Strawberry banana custard bar, korokke pans (elusive at times, go early), donut with custard.

I think the earlier the better for the variety of selection. I went too late and ā€œsettledā€ for strawberry croissants and cream pan.

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@teriyakichi Do they make their own soba at Tanakaya?

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Hi @Ns1,

Definitely the Cream Pan, Nikuman (Steamed Pork Bun) (although that might not travel wellā€¦ best eaten piping hot there), Curry Pan, Almond Croissant (not as good as Chaumont, but if you donā€™t get Almond Croissants often, this is good). :slight_smile:

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Hi @attran99,

Yes. I posted a review in this earlier thread with pics. :slight_smile:

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Thanks @A5KOBE! We showed up at 7 a.m., so we saw the full selection. I had no idea there were Korokke Pan. What does it taste / look like? (Deep Fried Bread)? :smile:

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Closest along these lines might be Yamazaki.

Closest is the key word here.

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If itā€™s like other korokke pan, think of a Danish, but instead of fruit or cream cheese, a korokke is nestled in some tonkatsu/oko sauce, and maybe even cheese or becemel. Itā€™s the starchx3 play.

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Thanks, @Chowseeker1999. Thatā€™s rightā€¦I remember liking your review. With the hot weather coming up this weekā€¦cold soba would be a fantastic meal.

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