Emina Donuts Shimbashi (Tokyo, JAPAN) ★★★☆☆

We are taking a short trip to Shimbashi Station (新橋駅) for our transit onto the Tōkaidō Line (東海道本線) en route to Yokohama. Everyone was only paying attention to the signage pointing to Tōkaidō Line but my sixth sense told me to stay alert for other things important in life, such as sweetness in round shape.
 


Hailed from Hokkaidō Prefecture (北海道), Emina Donuts is a doughnut shop chain focused on using some of the best ingredients from Hokkaido. 

They have a lot of different flavors, some with dark and white chocolate glaze.

And cronuts as well, with different fillings in the middle!

Cronut – I am a purist when it comes to the original cronut so I decided to go with this one without any custard filling. 

I took too long to start working on my cronut and as a result, most of the sugar has already melted on top. But texture-wise, it did have the best of both worlds. That flaky, layered texture of a croissant. Not bad.

Pistachio donut – This came with a white chocolate glaze and crushed pistachio on top. I thought the pistachio flavors didn't really register in the custard cream and the doughnut itself was a little too moist (more like a bread). I won't mind not having this one at all. 

Food Rating: 4.5/10

Price: ￥￥￥

Address: Shimbashi Station Kiosk, 2-17 Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0004, Japan

Closest Metro Station: Shimbashi