The mango cake at Saint Germain is always top notch and a huge hit at family gatherings. We like to…read moreget them for everyone's birthday and the taste is always on point. This particular location is quite busy, so be sure to order online.

My go to quick snack at St. Germaine is the almond croissant. It's the bomb! Not too sweet, loaded…read morewith almonds & priced reasonably. The pastries and cakes look yummy but not sure based on how the others reviewed the cakes. You can either buy the cake whole or buy the slice. I like the slice idea for a better variety at a party. What I love is that they take credit cards! Not like other bakeries that accept only cash.

Anna's has been around for ages and the reason is that their pastries, cakes and buns are just so…read moreyummy! Not the overly sweet and heavy offerings at most western style bakeries, but the light, fresh and delightful Hong Kong style that just satisfies the palate. Another plus is that Starbucks and Bonjour Banh Mi are right next door - thus one can have a great Banh mi, coffee and dessert just by hanging around this block - nice!! I ordered a birthday cake in the morning and right on time at 2:30 it was ready for pick-up. Great staff who's been there for years and who always seem to welcome you like an old friend each time one comes. And oh, if you're around there at 5;00 pm, you can get 20% discount on your cakes/buns - thus ensuring that their product is fresh each day. Highly recommend!!

They have really good chinese chicken pot pies. As well, their cakes are fresh, made daily…read more You have to come here early to get your pick. They tend to sell out quite fast but they do make couple batches a day. So no worries. Unfortunately, I sometimes wish they can open later. They closes early, so unless you come here right after work or you will just have to miss out. Their staff are friendly. I highly recommend this place.

I came after I saw recommendations for the fresh mango cake here online and was also recommended…read morethe pastries by a friend. I ordered a fresh mango cake the night before I needed it. It was very convenient, as some other places didn't allow such last minute orders! The cake was delicious, everyone enjoyed it! It was light, not too sweet and had a generous coating of mango. Would absolutely get it again! I also got a sugar cream bun which was also a delight, though I had expected it to have cream inside, but that was probably my own misunderstanding.

We usually drop by to buy our favourite buns, bread and slices of cake for weekend. Remind you,…read morethey are not open every Monday. I will call them in advance to hold some hot items. eg. Shredded pork bun, Coffee Cream Bun and Hawaii bun etc. The Portuguese egg tart is also good too. They usually have three staffs to help the customers

Lobster Fest is available at this location for $19 before tax and it comes with a lobster bisque…read more The freshness is decent but the lobster roll is slightly lacking in lobster taste... Good efficient service at this location and the biggest con of buying the lobster roll here would be there's no space for dining in. The options are limited to trekking to the food court upstairs in Richmond Centre, walking to your parked car and eat or heading home quickly in order to enjoy their lobster roll warm. I would recommend enjoying the lobster roll warm as it's more yummy and it's refreshing to add some lemon juice to the warm lobster roll. Ambiance at this location is typical of the Chinese bakeries in town. Grab a tray for convenience if you are buying more than 5 items and be patient if there's a line up. There isn't a specific pastry item or baked item that I usually buy from St Germaine besides the lobster roll because the overall taste of their buns are on the sweeter side and I mostly buy savory flavored buns or items like the sesame pastry. Their mango cakes seem to get a lot of compliments and the pineapple buns are quite popular. St Germaine is good at making Cantonese pastries with different variations. It's nice that they keep the menu interesting so one can often find something new to try.

Was just browsing while I was waiting for my cousin and kids shopping in another store, and I…read moredecided to get the Cranberry Cheese bread. Lots of yummy looking breads and buns. Service was pretty quick and friendly. And the Cranberry Cheese bread was soft and tasty.

We walked past several bakeries on Hastings and circled back to Valley Bakery…read more This bakery had an enormous amount of pastries, cakes, breads and so many cookies to choose from by the dozen. I loved the variety and the artistic vibes that stood out with the pastries that we had to take a few home to enjoy. Friendly service by the 2 girls who greeted us.

The Valley Bakery has lost much of its former reputation! The treats and cakes are over a day old…read moreand their cooling display unit out of service. When we came in on Sunday they told me to come back on Monday since the baker was off during the weekend and they would have my treat freshly made. We came back on Monday and they still did not have their popular treat. Our overall experience with the new owners is terrible.

They take credit card…read more Yep. Wonderful to find an Asian bakery that takes credit cards. Did not seem to have a minimum order. Food was fresh and just coming out of the oven it was 1 pm. Clean and spacious aisles to shop in. Plenty of selection and good amount of discounted items too in baskets throughout the shop and they offer ready to go drinks! Looked like some sort of juice or slush.

The coconut cocktail buns are my absolute favorite from here! They have a coconut filling in them…read moreand the pastry itself is very light and so tasty! I also tried the pineapple bun which was quite good too but it didn't have any filling. Would definitely come back for more products!

Decisions, decisions, decisions…read more I've been coming here more often than I really need to but not really because I want to. It's more a need to. The seniors like it. Especially the Old Bean, and it's proximal. Why does he like it so much? Breakfast. Scratching your head? I'm not, because I live in his reality. This is a bakery for cakes, pasties, and other HK style sweet snacks. Even the so-called savory items in here are slightly sweet, the wiener buns are an example. As the Old Bean is wont to do, this is what he consumes for breakfast. Pastries and cake, not congee. Although he'll go out for congee, but at home, it's cake. Chestnut cake, at 9:30AM, along with robusta bean pre ground coffee, aka MJB, out of a jumbo-sized tin or plastic tub, from a percolator, after a rolling boil of 20 minutes. Basically, a combination of bitter melon and sulfuric acid is the end product, generously seasoned with 6 heaping teaspoons of sugar, and a bit of milk is the way he likes it. This is not hyperbole. It's a gruesome brew in the morning, enough to kill the appetite and palate of a starving alligator or any reptillian in the Florida everglades. So this is why I'm here. It's my living certainty. I do eat stuff from here every now and then but not on any regular basis. I order B-Day cakes from here for occasions also. It's what the seniors are accustomed to. Helpful staff. Paid street parking in front and a couple of free spaces in the back. Grab and go place. Minimal interior seating. Cash or debit only.

This Maxim's stocks the standard selection of sweet and savoury Chinese pastries. A nice touch here…read moreis the hot steamed buns. Affordable prices. It looks like they also have cheap coffee and tea, but cheap in quality, not just price. Cash only. There are some tables inside or some picnic tables on the nearby closed street. The place looks a little dated and dim. I got a vegetarian steamed bun and a fruit cocktail cake. The steamed bun, kept nice and warm, was soft and the veggies inside were savoury and crunchy. I'd recommend this. It was my first time trying a Chinese fruit cocktail cake - I always would see them at Chinese bakeries and be tempted - so I have no basis for comparison on other fruit cocktail cakes, but I enjoyed the flavour. The cake was light with lots of fruit in the filling. It seemed a bit sweeter than the Asian cakes I'm used to. The sweeter cake and frosting in combination with the fruit cocktail, which is itself sweetened, made this a sweeter dessert than I would've liked. I'd be open to trying them again if it was in my neighbourhood, but it wouldn't be my first choice for Chinese desserts just based off this one cake.

8685 10th Ave, Burnaby, BC V3N 2S9…read more https://www.onestopbakery.ca/about Decided to check out the sausage rolls as per recommendations by our members. It is situated in a small mall next to Choices Market. There is sufficient parking available in the mall. The store is small but seriously packed with delicious goodness... it caters to the sweet tooth & to the savory... it has cakes, pies, biscuits. I went for the one item, sausage rolls... it was very good... I heat it up by wrapping it in an aluminum foil in the toaster oven to bake it for 10 mins, then open it up & toast for about 5 minutes occasionally check for the amount of crispness you want on the roll. It was so flaky & the filling in the sausage was good, not salty at all with a slight hint of spice. A very delightful treat... hubby enjoyed it immensely. Definitely worth going back again. They can also custom made cakes and custom make vegan, eggless & gluten free cakes. Check out the photos... Apologies... no photos of the sausage roll fresh out of the toaster oven. It got consumed quickly before I can take one, it's that good! Service was very good, very friendly staff & welcoming

Doughnuts here are fab! I've also tried croissants, biscotti and a few cookies. All fresh and…read morereasonably priced. Big fan for bringing to a party or host!