
Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal$
Kouign-amann gets made one at a time, never in batches: bread dough, butter, sugar, a diamond pattern scored across the top, and sugar that caramelizes in the oven. This shop on avenue du Mont-Royal Est has lived off it for more than thirty years.
The house keeps it plain, the way Douarnenez does, no apple and no chocolate, and it eats best warm.
316 Avenue du Mont-Royal Est, Montréal, QC H2T 1P7