Day: October 30, 2025

I couldn’t believe that there was a baker/cafe in Nagoya that sells vegan croissants.

I looked at their pictures, and the croissants looked fabulous.

So I was so excited to visit the bakery yesterday.

It’s called Poitrie.

The nearest station is Marunouchi Station.

Their lunch menu includes various pasta dishes, one fish dish, and one meat dish.

All come with soup, salad, and some kind of bread.

What I came here for was their bread plate which consists of two pieces of bread of your choice, soup, and salad, and it is, I believe, the only vegan option.

No all the bread is vegan, but luckily, there are a lot of vegan options.

This is their signature item, vegan croissant.

This is the “An Butter” version.

Sweet red beans and vegan butter are sandwiched in the vegan croissant.

The one on the left is Curry Bun; they use soy meat in the curry.

The one on the right is Melon Bun.

They are both vegan.

This may be seasonal.

It’s rye bread with chestnut pieces and paste.

Vegan.

You can even buy vegan Shokupan here.

It was hard to make the decision, but I picked the Curry Bun and the An Butter Croissant.

They warm them up for you.

The curry bun was delicious!

It was very satisfying, and at the same time, it was not greasy at all.

And the An Butter Croissant was absolutely perfect!

This is probably the best vegan croissant I’ve ever tried.

We came home with a few goodies.

Now I have good news and bad news for you.

The bad news is that vegan bread is going to be unavailable starting November, which is tomorrow.

The good news is that we were able to try them before they are discontinued and I was able to at least make a post about it.

Ok, it may not sound like good news, but this makes me realize how important it is to support businesses if you like what they do and want them to continue.

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We bought this variety pack of incense the other day at the historical incense shop , and enjoying incense after dinner has become our daily routine.

It’s so relaxing.

This variety pack is great, because you can try different aroma every night.

So far my favorite is “Palo Santo”.

I had never heard of it before, and it’s so unique and it’s hard to describe this fragrance.

But I would probably describe it as woody, citrusy, with a touch of exotic fruitiness.

Yesterday was Pizza Wednesday, and my husband went to his favorite pizza place, Solo Pizza, for lunch.

He loves their Margherita.

It’s the Napoli style pizza, and the crust shows it’s authentic.

(I didn’t go with him, so I asked him to take a few pictures for the blog.)

Then what did I eat?

Well, I went to Marukame Seimen and enjoyed Kake Udon with Kabocha and young corn tempura.

In general we like to eat together, but sometimes it’s nice to have alone time.

After lunch I decided to continue my solo afternoon, first with a walk to the library.

The Aichi prefecture library is surrounded by the beautiful greenery.

Just like any other libraries, current bestsellers are usually out and with a number of people waiting.

So, what I do is that I get books that were bestsellers 10 years ago.

I’ve been out of Japan for so many years, and I missed all the good books, so I decided to catch up.

The staff at the library are so helpful, and they were able to find all the books I was looking for.

After I left the library I continued my walk to this Tofu shop.

The freshly made tofu looks so good.

Their “Kumi Tofu” is one of the popular items here.

Kumi Tofu is described as soft and delicate.

The sign says their Kumi Tofu has received the Nagoya Mayor Award more than once.

Their Atsu-age looks great, too.

Bags of Okura, sold at 50 yen a bag.

They also sell “fu (gluten)”

The yellow one was labeled as “Awa fu (millet gluten)”.

I should learn how to cook/eat these.

Of course they have soy milk as well.

There are a lot of positive reviews regarding their deli food.

There were so many things I wanted to try, but this time I came home with these.

Last night we ate the Kumi Tofu and Unohana (okara dish), ant they were both very good!