Tous les Jours

I appear to be on a bakery kick at the moment.

Tous les Jours in Lyndhurst is a French-Asian bakery in a former flower shop building on Mayfield Road. It is a franchise of a national chain, but it is owned by a local South Korean family. It’s charming, has lots of seating options in the front, back and side, and the baked goods are excellent. They offer a wide variety of breads, cakes and pastries. One online detractor complained they use frozen dough, but honestly most grocery stores and bakeries (even in Europe) do the same. As long as it tastes good and is fresh, I don’t care. I used to work at Bakers Square back in the 1980s, and the fruit pies came frozen and were baked in the restaurant. No one complained.

You grab a tray and tongs, choose your poison and then get it rung up. On my first visit I chose a spinach danish, croque monsieur, mushroom and onion tart, strawberry and cream croissant, ube cream donut, and blueberry and sweet cream danish. I got mine to go and enjoyed them over several days.

The spinach danish was great. I enjoyed how flaky and flavorful it was. Out of all the pastries I tried, the ube cream donut and strawberry and cream croissant were the standouts. Especially the ube cream donut. I like a nice yeast-raised donut, and it was crammed full of ube cream that shot out of the side when I bit into it (thank goodness for the cardboard sleeve).

I also ordered a large iced Tiramisu Latte and was surprised by how smooth it was.

There’s plenty of parking and an entrance in the back. They must be doing well, because my first visit was on a Wednesday at almost noon and I was order #596. In French, Tous les Jours translates to “all the days,” and it seems to be doing booming business on all the days. On my second visit I was order #63 shortly before noon on a Tuesday. The parking lot was full, and I was lucky enough to get a spot from someone pulling out. There was also a line for the cash registers (there were two in operation). This time I tried a vanilla cream donut (which was divine) and a bunch of pastries I hadn’t tried yet (including a garlic cream cheese bun, milk pillow bread, a slice of cloud cream cake, and a crookie [a flaky croissant topped and filled with soft, chewy baked chocolate chip cookie dough]). The savory sausage and onion pastry was a nice warm lunch option to nibble on during the drive home. I preferred it over the Croque Monsieur [(ham and cheese), which I also enjoyed. The milk pillow bread reminded me of yeasty dinner rolls, but it was a bit softer and fluffier. The garlic cream cheese bun was just okay. It didn’t wow me, but it was decent. They packaged everything up nicely for me to take with me. For example, they have little plastic covers for the filled croissants that they just pop on top of the cardboard container.

This time I ordered a large iced matcha latte. I usually make them at home because I have flavored matcha, but this was a nice, not-too-sweet option to start my day. Matcha is made from crushed green tea leaves. As a result, you actually consume the entire tea leaf when you drink it. The antioxidants it contains are said to lower blood pressure, reduce your risk of heart disease, and even boost your metabolism. And although matcha contains more caffeine than regular green tea, but it doesn’t give you a buzzy rush and precipitous energy drop like coffee. In fact, I add matcha to my morning coffee because it provides a sustained boost in energy and concentration for four hours. If you want it a little sweeter, ask for a shot or two of flavored syrup.

The cloud cake was light and delicious. I ordered a slice of the fresh cream cake and found it very reminiscent of a Cleveland-style cassata cake (the lightness of the cake base and whipped topping). I will definitely be ordering one again soon. It was carefully packed, as you can see below.

Be sure to give it a try! I’ll be back. I could easily get addicted to the cream donuts, because that was my focus this morning. According to the Tous les Jours website, the strawberry and cream croissant is apparently the top seller, with the vanilla cream donut being the second. I also need to try the Japanese cheesecake…

Contact info:

Tous les Jours
5268 Mayfield Road
Lyndhurst, OH 44124
(440) 566-0166