I'd give Lady M a solid 4.5. Apparently, Lady M is from New York and it's been a popular trend for…read morethe local Hong Kong people - so much so, there ships have opened in different cities. I'm a local Bay Area native from San Jose, so suffice to say, I was really curious about Lady M when my HK cousin was raving all about it. Taste wise? The first half of the cake slice was very satisfying. However, it is a bit too rich for my taste and I find myself getting a little overwhelmed by the time I get to other half of the slice. This is the first time I've ever tried a crepe Mille cake, and I'm very interested in the concept. Lady M is definitely upper scale at about 9-10 USD per slice. My cousin and I ordered the earl gray while my mom ordered the original. I did love the ambiance and the simple, classy decor of the place as well as the bags/boxes. Hopefully, they'll bring a Lady M to the Bay Area!

Known for their mile crepe cakes, I think they're good but definitely not worth the constant line…read moreup at all of their locations. Thankfully the hype has died down a bit since.

Great Disney-themes baked goods. Couldn't help but get the Winnie the Pooh themed donut with Mickey…read moreears. The donut was more like a sweet croissant flavor and texture, but was really good. The coating was almost like a fudgy white chocolate flavor and really tasty!

I had the cheese tart and the chocolate filled croissant and both were amazing, great taste and…read moretexture and were both really well stuffed (the croissant was almost completely filled with the chocolate mouse). Wish I had a bakery like this at home! (On the English brochure, this is called "Market House Bakery", 'hosted by Maxim's'. There isn't any place called Maxim's cakes.)

At this cookie store, get a tin of shortbread cookies with a mix of the four different flavors:…read moreButter Flower, Coffee Flower, Shortbread, and Raisin Oat. Like a shortbread cookie, it is rich, buttery, and crumbly. The Coffee Flower is nice with a mild coffee flavor. Plus, they come in a collectible cookie tin, which changes depending on the season.

If you're a fan of the cookies, you're a fan of the cookies, and it's worth the wait…read more Line moves fast once they're open, the tins are cute and rotate in design regularly, and the price is affordable. It's just... yeah, still a bit of effort.

It was nice to have a Kee Wah nearby where I was staying. At least I knew there was an…read moreabove-average Chinese bakery that I can just grab a light breakfast. Sometimes, just having a coconut or pineapple bun was enough for me in the morning. The breads are fresh here the bakery has more fancy baked goods if you needed to do some gift shopping. The place is clean and well-lit. Service was generally attentive and non-obtrusive.

There are a variety of breads, cookies, Chinese pastries, mooncakes, and more. My go-tos include…read morethe almond cookie, salted egg yolk with lotus seed paste pastry, and the traditional wife cake. I used to be a fan of this bakery but the attitude that I get from the staff is outrageous. The store set up is typical of Kee Wah bakeries and the store is packed with customers, making it hard to navigate through the store. The staff don't help either with little to no interest in assisting customers to the cashier end of the store. Do you get the picture yet? When the store is crowded and no one can make turns or walk over to pay without pushing one another, that's a problem. I almost gave up shopping here because I found it annoying. Worst part is, the "greeters" standing at the store front literally just stand there. No "hello" or anything. Once I found all the goods I wanted and made my way over to pay, the cashier acted like she didn't want to do her job. Honey, you're in retail and need to spice up your customer service skills. Needless to say I'm not coming back to this location.

This bakery chain is impressive! First the quality and variety of their products are tip-top…read moreexcellent. They are known particularly for their exquisite moon cakes, and the son always orders a big batch for us from their flagship Los Angeles location in the USA during every annual Mid-Autumn Festival. There are numerous locations and associated Yelp pages in Hong Kong, and I only picked this airport location to do a review as it was the last one we encountered on our trip, and it was also a great opportunity for the wife to spend the remainder of her Hong Kong currency. It was also uncanny how no matter where we stopped around Hong Kong, she sniffed out a Kee Wah bakery! Buy for yourself, and your relatives and friends, from Kee Wah Bakery and you won't be disappointed!

They are having a sampling and they even warm it up for us to try. I bought a box and looking…read moreforward to heat it up and eat it together with a cup of hot tea.

***Tasty Salad that could be fit for Mains!***…read more I've always loved their "Miso Cod & Japanese Eggplant Salad" so much that I could eat it for Main-course ! (Of course I might need TWO portions of it). The infusion of Sake makes the salad all the more splendid. It's a great combination of good taste and healthy ingredients. The Cod is obviously the star ingredient .... it wasn't very flaky (as fish can be a bit flaky sometimes), and yet not very hard either. It had a slightly chewy consistency which I found just perfect ! And the Eggplant?... well...because of this salad I've started liking eggplant because I NEVER used to eat it before . Obviously, the reason is that the eggplant comes out as very tasty when combined with all these ingredients! (I still wouldn't eat eggplant if it's a part of any dish except for this salad!) Other ingredients such as sesame and spring onion lend a bit of crunchiness/nuttiness to the salad which is definitely a welcome addition. Overall, I'd say this salad has awesome taste and it also helps me lose weight!

When it's a colleague's last day at the workplace, it's safe to say the one big question on…read moreeveryone's minds is usually: what kind of cake will they bring in? Some people go the extra mile and head over to the cake shop at the long-established Mandarin Oriental Cake Shop. Obviously, this differs based on workplace, culture, country etc - I'll never forget the look on an old American colleague's face when he was told the norm in the UK is to buy your OWN leaving cake and pay for leaving drinks! The Opera cake pictured is meant to be the signature dessert here and is a safe option with its velvety chocolate layers plus a hint of coffee and I am still thinking about how light the mousse sandwiched between the sponge was. My favourite bit was the crunchy layer at the bottom - literally like I was making music (note the very appropriate quaver musical note decoration). I'm not sure how willing I would be to part with almost HK$350 for a decadent but small 13x13cm opera cake. However, for HK$48, I'm happy to indulge in a little slice of luxury from time to time.

Had this for the first time in japan and absolutely fell in love with it. Glad that I can get these…read moretarts outside of Japan! I like the cheese tarts better in Japan. They are always served warm! I got a cheese tart here and it was cold and they also didn't offer to warm it up. It was still delicious and surprisingly the cheese was still somewhat gooey though most of it solidified to more of a soft cheesecake. Crust is crunchy, thick, and buttery while the filling is sweet, cheesy, rich, and soft. Definitely not like the usual egg tarts you find in HK. Besides the fact that this tart is predominately cheese and not egg, the tart is a lot heavier, creamier and richer in taste and the crust isn't flakely. Tart slightly pricey at $20 HKD but worth every penny!

Obviously this bakery only sells and specializes in cheese tarts. They baked tons of cheese tarts…read moreevery day. Customers could see where the cheese tarts came out from through the window. The servers were very quick and efficient. One server would took the fresh cheese tarts from the baking trays and put them in paper tart containers for sale. One would take the orders and the other one would collect money from customers. Super efficient! Although there was a lineup, I didn't have to wait too long. The cheese tarts were very light and fluffy! They were excellent!! I bought two. I wanted to eat more!! The cheese was very creamy and milky. I wouldn't feel too rich by eating the cheese. The origin of the cheese tarts was Japan. Each tart is quite expensive. It was $20 HKD (about $3.3 each CAD) for a small cheese tart. However, it tasted very delicious that it was worth to try at least once!

Mon dieu! It means…read moreOh. My. Gizzle. Molten yolk / flowing custard croissant 流奶牛角包, shortened to 流奶. It was one of the greatest moments in my mouth during my recent Hong Kong trip. It apparently replaced the pineapple butter croissant, which was basically the classic HK pineapple butter bun, but instead of a bun it was a croissant. This beautiful creation is basically taking the yum cha dim sum "lao sa bao" (flowing salty egg yolk custard steamed bun) but putting regular sweet molten custard inside a perfectly flakey crispy delicate layered croissant. At $22 and from a visitor's standpoint, a really good value for the quality. It may seem like a modern gimmick, but when you taste it, you cannot believe how perfect the fusion became. There was a lot of thought put into this, down to the execution, and the results speak for themselves! Even their standard plain croissant kicked so much ass, and I liked it way better than nearby Le Salon de The Joel Robuchon, which I had a day later and found it to be severely lacking. Apparently Urban Bakery's version (this particular location) comes closest to the Paris experience, and easily outperforms most croissants in San Francisco Bay Area.

-salad $60 for small box of four choices Value for money for…read morea Central salad lunch. Hope they keep this prices! Yes they don't have kale and it's heavy dressing. It's absolutely a great cheat day salad! Try the thai noodle and salmon with beams. - Peking duck wrap $67 Again it's fresh. The shredded duck wrapping in front of you with thai salad. Also filling. - crossaint heaven Peanut butter, cheese, all sort of calorie loaded flavour challenge your plate. Maybe get a long black alongside your indulgence.