The other day, I've been completely addicted to toast since I tasted it at a toast specialty store at Haneda Airport. When I was looking for a delicious bakery in Tokyo, I heard a rumor that there is a shop in Ginza where you can eat "luxury bread"! It is "Ginza Center the Bakery".


This restaurant has a tabelog rating of over 3.5 and is among the top 5000 popular restaurants. Somehow, you can toast the bread to your liking and compare it. The author, who has a long life alone, is good at baking bread! So, I went immediately.


◆ "Centre toast set" allows you to compare eating bread

You can compare the taste of bread with the "Centre Toast Set". Three types of "freshly baked" bread are available. One is a bread made from domestic wheat, one is made from North American wheat, and the other is a mountain-shaped British bread.

According to the clerk, it is recommended to eat raw bread without baking it, North American bread can be baked raw or baked, and British bread is browned until crispy.


There are three types of food comparison menus: "A. Jam set", "B. Butter eating comparison set", and "C. Jam + butter set". This time, I ordered "B. Butter Eating Comparison Set" (3 types of bread, 1,100 yen), which includes esire butter, homemade butter made at a ranch in Hokkaido, and yotsuba butter.

◆ You can choose your favorite toaster

After you finish your order, you can choose your favorite toaster from various toasters of various colors and types lined up on the shelves and carry it to your seat.


There are a lot of them, so I'm confused, but this time I decided to use a cool guy that shines in silver so that I can see the inside even while baking.


◆ Eat and compare 3 types of bread

Well, when I was ready, three kinds of bread were brought in. From the front, British bread, North American bread, and domestic bread are arranged in that order. The appearance is almost the same except that only British bread is mountain-shaped. How does the taste differ?


As recommended by the clerk, first try eating the domestic bread raw without baking it. When you split it in the middle ... the dough is light and fluffy! The fibers are soft and easy to unravel.


When you bring it to your mouth as it is, it has a slightly sweet and chewy texture like milk. Although it is fluffy and airy, it also has a moist feeling that is well moisturized.


When I ate it with 3 kinds of butter, it went well with Esile butter and Yotsuba butter, which have a soft and mellow taste! The saltiness that comes into effect later is also GOOD.

Next, I will try eating bread from North America. It's delicious both raw and baked, but it's a big deal, so let's toast it!


Bake until slightly golden brown and try to eat.

The mouthfeel is light and crispy! The aroma of wheat spreads softly in your mouth. Although it is toasted, it does not feel dry and is moist. It is a little less sweet than domestic bread and goes well with salty homemade butter.


Finally, British bread. Bake this until it turns brown and then eat it.



When you break it, the fibers of the fabric stretch like threads! It's definitely different from the other two! The surface is crispy and fragrant, but the inside is elastic and has a chewy texture like pasta and udon noodles. You can feel the taste of wheat firmly and there is almost no sweetness.


The taste of the bread itself is strong, so the salty homemade butter goes well with it and brings out the flavor.

By the way, because this homemade butter and milk from cows that ate green grass are used, the content of carotene is high, and the butter made from it is also dark yellow. It seems that it has this color only during the summer when cows are grazing and raised!


◆ I was interested in "fried shrimp sandwich"

"Fried shrimp sandwich" (1,800 yen) that I found on the menu. Ham, bacon, and cutlet are standard sandwich ingredients, but there are surprisingly few places where you can eat fried shrimp sandwiches, right? That's why I made an additional order!


Fried shrimp are sandwiched in North American bread with 4 fish, lettuce and tartar sauce. The bread is toasted until it is well browned.

When I tried it, it was so plentiful that the shrimp seemed to pop! The body is exquisite medium rare and melts on the tongue. The batter is fine and has a crispy texture that is comparable to the aroma of bread. Furthermore, the sweet and sour tartar sauce worked as an accent, and it was very delicious.


This time, I gave up crying because there was not enough space in my stomach, but "Cheese toast" (1,200 yen) with hot raclette cheese and "French toast" with ice cream or fresh cream (1,200 yen), etc. Is also provided.


It seems fun to order some items with your friends and share various menus little by little. If you find your favorite bread, you can buy it at the bakery attached to it and go home!