Shopping with my husband♪ On this day, we headed straight to the corner where the sale items that we had checked in the flyer beforehand were located! In the bakery section of the Summit supermarket, there was a brand called "Dan Brown" offering pastries for a fixed price of 108 yen each! Among them, my target was very specific! ● Soft and chewy sesame-filled donut balls 108 yen (excluding tax) The reason why I mentioned the tax-excluded price this time is because we decided to eat in the store. This is a treat that I really enjoy, and it's definitely best when eaten fresh and hot. So, we didn't mind the 10% tax rate for eating in the store. 108 yen (original price) → 118 yen (eat-in price) The surface of the dough is crispy, with white sesame seeds giving a nice crunch. When you bite into it, you can feel the juiciness of the oil along with the chewy texture. The filling is sweet red bean paste. It's like a perfect mix between a Chinese sesame ball and a donut. Usually, it costs 140 yen, so it was a great deal that day! So, without worrying about the 8% or 10% tax, we decided to eat in the store. We picked up the sesame donut balls at the bakery corner and headed to the register. When we told the cashier that we would eat in, we were charged at the 10% rate. By the way, the Summit Higashi-Nakano store has a proper eat-in corner behind the bakery section. Before the pandemic, you could even buy hot coffee, but that service is currently suspended. Instead, there are vending machines and a free tea dispenser. Of course, we made sure to brew a nice strong cup of tea using the dispenser. A warm cup of tea and the lingering freshness of the sesame-filled donut balls♡ The satisfaction of this for 118 yen is just unbeatable! I can't stop smiling about it. It's regrettable that we didn't make use of this earlier. There were a few elementary school students from private schools, using it to pass the time before cram school and satisfy their hunger. There were also moms taking a break with their young children and even a mysterious man pouring himself some tea from the dispenser during work hours (^◇^;) A variety of people gathered there. Well, snack time is over! Let's finish up our shopping and head home.

This time, I used it for tea time. I was undecided on what to get, but this time I purchased the thick and juicy frankfurter with melted cheese. Purchase contents: Thick and Juicy Frankfurter with Melted Cheese - 203 yen. The Thick and Juicy Frankfurter with Melted Cheese is a bread with thick, coarse ground sausage sandwiched between moist dough, topped with cheese and baked. It was delicious with a good volume. The shop is clean and has a beautiful display, with other delicious bread available. It is a bakery inside the Summit Higashinakano store.

The bakery inside Summit supermarket, Summit Bakery, is my favorite. I love their raisin bread.

This is a bakery inside Summit. In addition to the sweet and savory breads in the bread section, you can also buy bread from the bakery while shopping at Summit. The bread on display looked delicious, so I bought some for breakfast and lunch. - Colorful sandwich in a pack: "Fluffy ham and egg sandwich" with thick tonkatsu inside, it was a luxurious sandwich! - "Melting cream bread" wrapped in a paper bag: The amount of cream was a bit small, but it was a smooth cream bread. - Small "Kinako Mochi": I thought it was a fluffy mochi-like bread, but it was mostly mochi! It was a kinako mochi that was like a rice cake and didn't get hard even when cold. There was also a space for eating in beside the bread section.

Every 3 months, I go to Higashi-Nakano for dental maintenance, and I happened to visit Summit's in-store bakery "Dan Brown" which turned out to be surprisingly good. Despite being in fierce competition with other reviewers in Nakano Ward, this particular bakery has not been reviewed yet. So, here comes the forbidden second review for Nakano Ward. Dan Brown first opened as Summit's in-store bakery in October 1992 at the Mizue store. I'm not sure how many stores they have now, but there were 37 entries on Tabelog alone. It seems that before the Summit's renovation, there was a Little Mermaid store, but now their own brand bakery is there. To get there from the station, exit from the west side of JR Sobu Line Higashi-Nakano Station, turn right at the rotary, then turn right onto Yamanote Street and it will be on your right after about 50 meters. For the Toei Oedo Line, the A1 exit is convenient. The bakery is located at the back left corner of the store, behind the rest area. Even though it was before 6 pm, I heard a voice saying, "Freshly baked ○○!" The supermarket is open until 25:00, so you can enjoy freshly baked items even in the evening. It's self-service, but bagged bread goes directly into the supermarket basket. For unwrapped bread, use paper trays or plastic bags with tongs. Please return the tongs to the return slot. The pizza is baked in an electric Naples pizza stone oven. Upon researching, I found out that it was a collaboration with Akina Makishima, who was named the world's best Naples pizza craftsman in 2010. *Prices are shown excluding tax. The diameter of the plate used for photography is 16 cm. ● Pizza (Pepperoni & Sausage 1/2) ¥305 I reheated it in the microwave when I got home drunk, so the dough became moist, but it was thin yet chewy! ● Dan Brown Loaf Bread 6 slices, half a pound ¥139 There were different types of bread such as Dan Brown loaf bread, hotel bread, and English bread. There are also raisin bread, roll bread, petit French bread, fluffy meal bread, and many other types of meal bread. I'm glad they sell it in half a pound. It's moist and chewy, with a soft crust. It has a slight salty and sweet taste, but it's a basic simple bread. It uses Hakata salt for saltiness, brown sugar for sweetness, and no yeast food or emulsifiers. ● Spicy Curry Bread ¥160 There were some uneven frying spots on the front and back, but it was fried crispy and fragrant. It's a spicy curry made from a blend of 26 spices, but it's probably okay even for children in terms of spiciness. The spiciness was good! The bread kneaded with turmeric was fluffy too. ● Three Cheese French Bread ¥120 It felt light when I held it, and considering the price, I thought it was only cheese and toppings, and that was correct. The crumb was moist, so it could be used for sandwiches due to its size! ● Chicken Cutlet Coppe Bread ¥100 The chicken cutlet is made with chicken breast meat from the meat section in the store. The sauce poured on it is sweet and child-friendly. The coppe bread is fluffy. If I had a sweet tooth, I would have bought the huge ¥100 Danish bread! I was also interested in the fluffy meal bread for ¥200 and the small shrimp bisque pot for ¥180! But I had already bought three breads from a different bakery, so I had to give up. I hope to visit again in July (＾－＾) The variety of bread is extensive, and the prices are perfect for everyday use. There is a rest area behind the bakery with a microwave, free water, and tea, making it suitable for a quick lunch when you're short on time. (Maybe you can even have a 0th meeting with beer? LOL)