Bakery:
小紅莓烘焙屋 ("Cranberry Bakehouse")
Address:
No. 145, Section 3, Heping West Road, Wanhua District, Taipei
Website:
n/a
Style:
Chinese
Price:
$
Located across the street from Longshan Temple MRT station, this humble bakery gives you the impression that it never closes and while it's technically not open 24h, its long hours and overall atmosphere seem synonymous with good prices, fully stocked and constantly pumping out more baked goods throughout the day. In that, I was not mistaken. They have a wide array of sweet and savoury baked goods that include all the classics like pineapple and custard buns and then some.
Something new and exciting - at least compared to the usual budget bakery selection - was the blueberry almond bun ($25). It looked very good from the outside: a more crusty outer layer with swirls of blueberry and topped with slivered almonds. Without a doubt, a more Western take on the Chinese sweet bun. While I knew from the get-go that it was blueberry jam, not real fruit, I didn't expect that what you see in the picture was literally what you got: this thin outer layer was in truth pretty much plopped on top of a plain bun, flavourless and even a little dry. No more jam inside and not quite crusty outside either. In the end, it was a bit of a letdown, but not bad.
Rating: **1/2
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