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2009-05-08
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Although my attempts of finding authentic European pastries seemed to always end in disappointment, I was mostly satisfied with Japanese or Asian bakeries in Hong Kong. They were definitely a notch better than those in New York in flavors and variety, and the price of Japanese bread in NYC was relatively expensive.Breadtalk is quite unique in their positioning, combining a few Singaporean styled offerings with other Japanese styled pastries and cakes. During my few visits, I tried the followin
Although my attempts of finding authentic European pastries seemed to always end in disappointment, I was mostly satisfied with Japanese or Asian bakeries in Hong Kong. They were definitely a notch better than those in New York in flavors and variety, and the price of Japanese bread in NYC was relatively expensive.
Breadtalk is quite unique in their positioning, combining a few Singaporean styled offerings with other Japanese styled pastries and cakes. During my few visits, I tried the following items:
Golden Pumpkin 南瓜包–Attractive appearance but the pumpkin filling was a tad too sweet with barely any hint of pumpkin aroma.
Squabble Bubble 馬扁拼–The innards featured a layer of pumpkin paste and another layer of taro paste. It sounded so tempting but with the one-note sweetness you really couldn't distinguish one from the other; it's like having a pie with a thick sweet mush.
蜂蜜蛋糕 and 豆腐黑芝麻蛋糕 were fluffy and sweet, but again only sugary taste was discernable with no indication of honey or tofu / sesame being present in the cake (well, you could see the sesame, but that's about it).
Savory selections appeared to be better choices:
The spicy chicken filling in the Black Pepper Chicken 黑椒雞絲包 might jazz up your palate a bit, albeit unevenly distributed.
The signature Floss 招牌鬆鬆包 was also decent with ample pork floss topping to fill every bite of the bread.
My impression of Breadtalk was that the Singaporean styled (mostly savory) pastries tended to have more interesting and palatable flavors. That said, you should still run far away from the Curry Naan, as there wasn’t anything “naan” about it besides the name.
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