Boulangerie goût

Bread is the whole business at this Osaka boulangerie: a counter of loaves and baked goods, chosen from the case and carried out.

A bread counter, not a café

Boulangerie goût, also written Boulangerie gout and ブーランジュリーグウ, is a French-style bakery of the kind Osaka neighbourhoods have made their own. There is no seated restaurant format behind it. The range is whatever came out of the oven that morning, and the shape of a visit is decided at the case.

Two shops in the Tanimachi blocks

The brand keeps shops in Tanimachi 6-chome and Tanimachi 4-chome, a short walk apart in central Osaka, with the former known locally as the Taniroku store. Each works as a neighbourhood bakery with its own regulars rather than as a destination flagship, and the goût name is the thread between them.

A house that trains bakers

The clearest sign of the kitchen’s standing is where its bakers go next. The bakery maison du goût LIVE BAKERY was opened by an artisan who built experience at Boulangerie goût before going independent, which makes goût a place where technique is accumulated and passed on as well as a shop that sells bread. For a visit, expect the day’s loaves and baked goods to lead, and let the case decide the order.