Review
Happy Sky Bakery is one of the very best artisanal Japanese bakeries in London, run by award winning baker Motoko McNulty, a true pioneer of Japanese baking in the city. Guided by a lifelong dedication to her craft, she works with meticulously sourced ingredients and traditional handcrafting to bring out the true character of her bread, combining precision with intuition to achieve remarkable consistency and clarity of flavour.
She is especially celebrated for her Tokyo-style milk loaf (shokupan), which has become a benchmark for softness and balance in London. Originally opened on Askew Road in West London, Happy Sky Bakery has now expanded with a new Soho location, bringing its quietly cult breads to a wider audience. All baking is done by skilled Japanese bakers, without unnecessary preservatives, with doughs adjusted daily according to temperature and humidity—a detail that underlines the bakery’s seriousness and craft led approach.
Editor’s Highlights
- Tokyo milk loaf
- Tokyo honey toast
- A pan, melon pan and other pastries.