Looks Are Deceiving With This Paris Baguette Pastry - You're Better Off Skipping It - Tasting Table

"Head into Paris Baguette, the French-style bakery chain with origins in South Korea, and you'll be faced with displays of pretty treats waiting to pair with your go-to coffee order. To help make decisions more quickly, one of our Tasting Table team writers sampled and ranked nine pastries at Paris Baguette so you know exactly which ones to try - and which ones are better left on display."

"Paris Baguette's coffee bun is supposed to be buttery and soft, offering a treat that is lightly sweetened with honey and a coffee topping. Called kopi buns in Korea, the recipe was inspired by Western bakers. Brioche buns are coated with a buttery coffee finish that turns into a coffee-flavored crust when baked in the oven. The taste of coffee is meant to be a gentle whisper, and when paired with your favorite morning or afternoon coffee,"

"Our writer wasn't the only one underwhelmed with Paris Baguette's take on a coffee bun. One TikToker gave Paris Baguette's coffee bun a 3 out of 5 rating, noting that while the bun looked promising, biting into this treat offered a taste that was described as a zero, and the order was an overall disappointment. "It's not good," scowled the reviewer on TikTok while declaring it was the first and last time the coffee bun would be ordered."

Paris Baguette is a French-style bakery chain originating in South Korea that presents a range of pastries designed to pair with coffee. Nine pastries were sampled and ranked to indicate which items to try and which to skip. Many items draw on traditional French baking, while the coffee bun, known as kopi bun in Korea, aims for a buttery brioche with a lightly sweetened honey and coffee finish that forms a coffee-flavored crust. The intended coffee note is subtle, but this version is visually attractive yet bland, often needing accompaniment or dunking; social media reactions echoed disappointment.

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