[Photo: Kathy YL Chan]

Panya's Danish Bread ($3.75 for a half-loaf) is what results when a delicate loaf of Japanese white bread collides with a sweet danish pastry. It's a terrific loaf to eat plain, no butter or jam required. You can literally peel the layers of the loaf, like a croissant, each fold lightly smeared in butter and sugar. And it's even better toasted. I sometimes get it thin-sliced, but ask them to slice it thick if you plan to do lots of toasting—the sweet fat almost caramelizes around the exterior, while the insides remain soft and and buttery.

Panya

8 Stuyvesant Street, New York NY 10003 (map)
212-777-1930