Hello everyone, I'm Little Frog 🐸
After tasting the delicious bread from this shop at the Bread Festival, I've been longing for the bread from this place called Shisui. This time, since I was nearby, I decided to drop by the store to take a look.
⭐️ Sea Salt Butter Roll $45
The texture is chewy, with the perfect saltiness from the sea salt, and a rich buttery aroma. Overall, it’s very delicious.
⭐️ Wine-Scented Cranberry Cream Pastry $70
The cream pastry is sweet and fluffy, not too dense or overly sweet. Paired with the wine-scented cranberries and a crunchy almond topping on the toast, it has a rich texture—definitely a flavor I like!
⭐️ Mooncake Gift Box $815
This time, I took advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival to order a salted egg yolk pastry gift box🌕
The mooncake gift box includes 3 salted egg yolk pastries and 3 golden sand pastries.
The salted egg yolk pastry has a buttery aroma, and the crust is super flaky. The red clay duck eggs have a wine aroma, paired with a low-sugar and low-oil red bean filling, bringing out the bean flavor—this is a delicious salted egg yolk pastry. Even my picky mom praised it 👍.
The golden sand pastry also has a buttery aroma, with cheese powder sprinkled on top to enhance the savory flavor. It uses mung bean paste filling, paired again with the wine-scented red clay duck egg. However, this one has crushed egg yolk, no fishy taste, and it’s not overly sweet—super delicious too!
‼️ Conclusion:
I really love the bread and mooncakes from this shop. Although it’s a bit far, I’ll make a special trip to buy them whenever I'm nearby. The mooncakes are delicious, and I plan to repurchase them for next year's Mid-Autumn Festival!
📍Located in Zhongzheng District, Taipei City (inside Nanmen Market)
Originated in 1947|Specialty store for various types of Chinese snacks and pastries🥮🥠
The store is situated at the entrance of Nanmen Market, occupying a total of two stalls, with a designated line for customers. If you want to buy the store’s signature sponge cake, you will need to wait in line.
I arrived around 4 or 5 PM on a weekday, and there were still plenty of items on the shelves and many people buying.
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Items ordered:
▫️Mung Bean Cake ($50):
The whole cake is dry and hard, lacking the fragrance of peeled mung beans—would not recommend!
▫️Savory Mung Bean Cake with Herb ($30):
The skin is pleasantly chewy, and the savory mung bean filling has added ginger, giving it a nostalgic flavor.
▫️Brown Sugar Cake ($80):
Very chewy, with sufficient brown sugar flavor—delicious!
▫️Brown Sugar Two-Color Twisted Roll ($100):
Though named brown sugar, it has a scent more similar to red sugar, and the dough is quite ordinary.
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Would I visit again: I would think about buying it again only if I happen to pass by 🤔
I wouldn’t make a special trip! If you want to eat chewy foods, I recommend the brown sugar cake and herb cake!
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Note:
🔸 There are many payment options available inside Nanmen Market!
📍 Shilin District, Taipei City (around Tianmu Baseball Field)
This bakery in a small alley puts a lot of thought into their ingredients 🥐🥖
The bakery is not large in size but is quite clean and tidy. The interior decoration is simple, featuring some imported flour bags and butter packaging, which gives the impression of quality ingredients.
The main offerings are Western-style breads, with croissants being their signature item. They also have desserts, and since the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, I noticed they are selling pineapple cakes too!
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Items Ordered:
🌽 Butter Corn ($50):
This bread has a texture that's entirely unexpected.
The chef said they use whole corn kernels mixed into the dough. The crust has a texture similar to a soft baguette and includes cheese. When you bite into the bread, the holes inside are quite large, and the flavor of the spices is abundant. The aroma of pepper is very noticeable, and the corn kernels add even more texture, resulting in a unique and delicious flavor 🤤
🍈 Pineapple Bun ($40):
This one is slightly more ordinary compared to the previous item.
Its exterior is darker than the typical pineapple bun, but it doesn’t taste that special. The crust is not very flaky and just feels like an ordinary Taiwanese pineapple bun.
(But perhaps it’s just not to my taste 😂 I once saw a grandmother buy a ton of pineapple buns in one go.)
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Would I visit again: Yes!
I’ll come back to see if they have any unusual bread flavors nearby!
I would also repurchase the butter corn bread.
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Quick Note:
🔸 Cash only 💰
Although it’s a bakery, there are a few seats inside where you can order brunch to eat in.
The bread is really delicious, crispy on the outside and has a great texture. The sausage that comes with it is very juicy, and the thick-cut bacon is a bit hard, but still acceptable. The meals are not overly seasoned, so you won’t get tired of them.
The complimentary red tea that I didn’t take a picture of today was really bad, super astringent and bitter. In previous visits, it wasn’t like this, so it should be an isolated incident.
Since the kitchen in the store is open-style, the smell of various foods is a bit strong, but if you're nearby and looking for a lighter brunch option, I would still highly recommend it.
This bakery is very famous in a tourist area in Canada. As soon as you arrive in this area, you can easily see this bakery filled with people. The store not only sells bread but also various kinds of pastries, and there are even drinks available to complement your choices!
We ordered two common snacks that we really like:
❤️ Cinnamon Rolls with Icing
Many people might be a bit fearful of this type of icing, as in the U.S. and Canada, a lot of sugary frostings tend to be extremely sweet. However, luckily, this place, while still sweet, isn’t so sweet that it’s unapproachable! Personally, I really enjoyed it—because the cinnamon flavor was done exceptionally well, making it hard to resist devouring it!
❤️ Blueberry Scone
I highly recommend this scone. In Taiwan, it's common to find dry scones! But what I truly love is this moist one—you can really feel the blend of blueberry jam and the scone itself! I think this type of moist scone is the tastiest, and I hope everyone can come and try it!
Overall, I definitely recommend this bakery. There are many options to choose from, and everything is quite delicious! If you're visiting this area, you should check it out!
This time I want to talk about "Jiaxiang Bread," a well-known affordable bread stall located in the Tainan Yanxing Night Market, which can be found all over Taiwan. They focus on offering cheap and value-for-money bread. This stall originally started in the night market and gradually developed into several physical stores. However, with the rise in prices, Jiaxiang Bread's prices have also been adjusted. Currently, the price of bread is around 35-50 NTD, which has increased by 5-10 NTD compared to before. Although the cost-performance ratio is not as good as it used to be, the prices are still considered friendly compared to other stores.
I especially recommend their Russian bread, which has a solid texture and a sweet taste with a hint of saltiness, making it one of the more popular choices here. They set up their stall at 5 o'clock, and usually, the bread is sold out before 5:30. In addition, the chocolate marble bread is also quite sweet, with a rich chocolate aroma, and is another good option. With the Mid-Autumn Festival approaching, their mooncakes have performed rather mediocre, as the flavors are not particularly outstanding, but if you're just looking to buy some seasonal treats to try, it’s not a problem.
Overall, Jiaxiang Bread is suitable for consumers looking for affordable bread, especially when strolling through the night market, where you can conveniently buy a few as snacks or for the next day's breakfast. However, for those with higher quality requirements for bread, it may not be necessary to go out of your way to purchase.
📍 Shilin District, Taipei City (Tianmu Shopping District)
The popular 40-year-old bakery in the Tianmu area, [Chuan Tong Bakery] 🥖🍞
Chuan Tong is a bakery I grew up eating at, and there are three locations in the Tianmu area!
This time I'm writing about the Tianmu North Road branch, which is also the smallest store. Unlike the De Xing West Road store, which is closest to the MRT station and has been renovated, this one retains the most traditional Chuan Tong appearance.
I arrived earlier this time, so I was able to find items that are usually hard to get at the other two locations.
In addition to traditional bread, this store also sells recently popular dessert items that are trending online.
🧈 Cream Bread ($45):
This is the Klim bread, a classic traditional flavor, with a sweet cream filling that is light and not overly rich.
I hadn't been able to buy this bread before, so this time I got four of them 😆. My impression is that while this bread is indeed of very high quality and is one of the best cream breads I've ever had, it has been getting smaller and lighter over the past few years, and the price of 45 NT$ seems a bit steep.
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A little reminder:
🔸 A free paper bag is provided with purchases over 300 NT$.
🔸 You can call to reserve bread.
📍 Taipei City, Datong District (Dadaocheng Business Circle)
Established since 1930 | A wide variety of traditional pastry shop 🥮🥠
This shop seems to be a famous place in the Dadaocheng area. There were many people inside when I passed by, and the decor fits the artsy style of Dadaocheng very well.
There are super many pastry items, mainly Taiwanese/Chinese, with lots of rare varieties. This time I bought a ton with my mom, probably because the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, and many people are buying gift boxes! We had to queue for a while to check out.
Below are key items selected for introduction:
🫘 White Bean Paste Cake ($50):
As soon as you enter, you see a variety of fillings in cakes. This is the traditional mooncake appearance, and it's the best one I bought this time! The bean paste made from white phoenix beans is light in color and has a smooth, not overly sweet texture.
🌞 Sun Cake:
Frosted texture, tastes like malt candy, but compared to the authentic sun cakes from Taichung, it seems to lack a certain flavor.
🥮 Wife Cake:
Tastes similar to the previous sun cake, but with an added chewy texture that is quite nice.
🥭 Mango Rice Roll ($40):
Selected from ready-made rice skin, the outer skin is a bit dry, and the filling consists of marinated mango instead of fresh mango.
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Note:
🔸 Cash only 💰
❤️ This popular spot is highly recommended, but don't come before 10 AM... Why? You'll find out as you read on...
Each post includes actual dining photos, even if it's just a picture of a beverage, to avoid users who post without food images pretending to have dined there.
Overall rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
📍 This place is located on Staunton Street, and you can see it when you take the escalator from Mid-Levels down.
They only offer takeout service, with no seating or restroom available.
💬 You might notice in the reviews that they say to take the Central to Mid-Levels escalator, right? But definitely do not come before 10 AM because the escalator goes down in the morning, which means it goes from Mid-Levels down to Central (similar to Taipei's transfer route for smooth traffic flow into the city).
However, the benefit of coming in the morning is that there won’t be any lines; if there are a lot of people, it depends on how quickly each individual makes their choice, but the staff are quite fast and friendly, and they will speak Mandarin with you (which is a relief in Hong Kong where Cantonese is prevalent...)
If you buy just one egg tart, they’ll give you a paper bag; if you buy four or more, they'll provide a box for takeout. I genuinely recommend it as a fantastic gift to bring back for friends before leaving Taiwan.
Food quality: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕
Service quality: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
Restaurant atmosphere: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
Price-value ratio: 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
📍 5 Staunton Street, Central, Hong Kong
☎️ 3996 8570
⏰ 08:00 - 21:00
💰 No service charge
🚇 It’s recommended to take the escalator from Central to Mid-Levels, but be aware that from 6 AM to 10 AM, it operates downward (to Central), so you still have to walk to the shop. (Sweat)
For detailed food reviews, please keep reading ❤️
What's special about this bakery is that it's an American-style food truck! The second unique point is... they only sell one type of item but with different flavors. This item is actually a type of donut from Taiwan. It's more of an old-fashioned donut texture but crunchier, like a crispy donut! We chose three flavors from the various options to try out.
❤️ Custard
This one is my favorite! The custard filling in the middle is quite generous; there's a lot of it, and it's very rich. Each bite lets you feel the moist custard paired with the donut's outer shell—it’s not too dry or too sweet, making it a great afternoon tea option!
❤️ Cinnamon
The cinnamon flavor is more personal... if you like it, you'll love it; if you don't, then it's really not for you! However, the cinnamon flavor here isn’t too strong, just a slight aroma!
❤️ Original
The original flavor is quite ordinary, just a standard donut without the cinnamon.
Overall, I wouldn't specifically go out of my way to eat here again! But if I happen to be passing by, it could be a nice option for a small afternoon tea to try.