Ringo

Ringo is a chain of small bakery shops that serve one delicious treat: small custard cream apple pies! The location we visited was in a large shopping mall in the Tokyo Midtown Hibiya building in Chiyoda City. When we approached the bakery, we could already see the line that wrapped around the side of the store.

The shops are more like food stands. You can’t enter the bakery; you place your order at the front and then take it away. That being said, the walls of the bakery were completely glass, allowing those waiting in line a good look at the workers making the baked goods inside. This is one of the notable features of Ringo: each pastry is freshly made on location.

The miniature apple pies were all packed neatly in the display boxes, showing off their glossy pastry tops. The pastry was flaky and slightly crispy, while the inside was soft, filled with apple pieces and custard.