Tucked inside Chinatown’s H Mart on Bellaire Boulevard, Tous Les Jours Bakery offers a grand array of baked goods and treats. From a quick on-the-go breakfast to a custom birthday party cake, this French-Asian bakery provides all sorts of intriguing choices. The bakery hails from South Korea and has numerous locations already within the United States. This particular location inside H Mart, which opened at the end of 2016, is the second in Houston. The other is in the Super H Mart on Blalock just north of I-10.
Tous Les Jours mocha cream bread
We stopped in to snack on some pastries and breads one quiet weekday afternoon, and the shelves were still fully stocked when we arrived – unlike at some Chinatown bakeries that often run out of baked goods in the afternoon and close early. After a leisurely survey of the options – donuts, croissants, tarts and loaves of thick-cut bread – we picked up a tray and a pair of tongs, then loaded up the tray. Our carb fest consisted of mocha cream bread ($2.59, photo above), a strawberry fruit pastry ($1.99), a sweet pumpkin donut ($1.99, photo below) and milk bread ($3.25).
Tous Les Jours Pumpkin Donut
Our favorites included the sweet pumpkin donut – a starchy dough fried to a delicate crisp and studded with black sesame seeds – and the milk bread (photo below). The milk bread featured a buttery, smooth texture – something like challah bread – and crumbled softly in our mouths. The mocha cream bread concealed layers of espresso cream and chunks of coffee jelly between slices.
Tous Les Jours milk bread
H Mart in itself is a fun place to shop for Asian groceries and Korean dishes, and the addition of Tous Les Jours gives customers an incentive to linger a while and enjoy a cup of coffee along with a sweet treat.
Tous Les Jours, 9896 Bellaire Blvd. bet. Corporate Dr. and the Sam Houston Tollway, inside H Mart, 713-360-3220, tljus.com
Hours: Daily 8 am – 10 pm