About 33 minutes by car from Naha Airport. The bakery is located in a residential area just off Route 58 in Ginowan. Mini-sized breads are sold for about 50 yen, a good size for tasting. Products are priced at 230 yen at the most, so feel free to try different kinds. This bakery is said to be the best in Okinawa!
Point 1: The best bakery in Okinawa? What is “Yamagami Bakery”?
Route 58 is the main artery of Okinawa. Just about a quarter of the way down the highway, which stretches to Yanbaru, is the Yamagami Bakery, located in the residential area of Isa in Ginowan.
There are many delicious and reasonably priced bakeries in Okinawa, but many people cite “Yamagami Bakery” as the “best bakery in Okinawa.
Opened by a couple in July 2015, this bakery is the work of the husband, who used to be an Italian chef.
They offer a very wide variety of bread, from prepared bread to sweet, sweet-like bread to those reminiscent of Italian cuisine.
Point 2: “Yamagami Bakery” most popular is curry bread!
So which bread is the most popular at “Yamagami Bakery”?
The most popular bread at this bakery is “Curry Bread”. In Tokyo, some famous hotels charge as much as 400 yen for their curry bread, but here at “Yamagami Bakery” the price is in the 100 yen range.
Some repeat customers are worried that it is too cheap to be profitable. Some repeat customers are worried about the profitability of such a low price.
This curry bread is stuffed with homemade curry, which is made with tender chicken meat, and deep-fried to a crispy crust. The dough is also sticky and of a very high grade. The feature of this bread is that it is not a filling for curry bread, but a regular chicken curry as it is!
The crunchy outside, the chunky dough, and the thick, flavorful curry are said to be in irresistible harmony!
Other popular items include grape bread, and mini bread such as pie sticks and mini croissants are sold for about 50 yen, so even children can easily come to buy them!
Point 3: “Yamagami Bakery” Some breads are reminiscent of Italian cuisine!
The breads at Yamagami Bakery are reminiscent of Italian cuisine.
The owner, who is in charge of bread production, used to be an Italian chef. He is also a master of breads arranged with Italian cuisine.
The photo shows “Pomodoro” (tomato) bread.
Mini tomatoes are topped with garlic and oregano, and olive oil is drizzled over the top before baking.
The sweetness and acidity of the plump, dark tomatoes create a delicious harmony!
Another bread related to Italian cuisine is “Lasagna,” a sandwich of minced meat bolognese, which also looks very satisfying!
