Hamada-Ya Bakery
Inside Mitsuwa Marketplace, 3760 S Centinela Ave, Los Angeles
(310) 390-7307
Recent Reviews
Located conveniently inside Mitsuwa market makes it easy to drop by and get good bread and fun pastries here. My favorite loaf is their Boloniya, a super rich, buttery and absolutely amazing "Denish butter bread," lightly sweet like a pastry Danish, tastes like a croissant, with its Japanese origin. It's the softest Hokkaido milk bread in town. It is made with a roux included in the final dough following the Tangzhong method. It's much better when lightly toasted.
The custard here is the best I've had outside of Japan. It's super silky smooth, creamy, and has tons of vanilla seeds swirling throughout. There is even a diggity bomb layer of caramel sauce at the bottomthat gets coated all over everything with each spoonful.In addition they sometimes have amazing seasonal items such as grapefruit yogurt tarts and coffee jelly drinks that are pretty much to die for.
One small disappointment during my visit was that a staff member said they couldn’t slice the half loaf of bread I purchased. Full-size sliced loaves of the same bread were available, but the half-size ones were not. Since they have a kitchen in the back, I had assumed slicing would be possible, as this has been my experience at other Japanese bakeries in the Los Angeles area. Other...