I have driven by this bakery many times and many times forget to stop by to check it out. I finally…read moredid this weekend and slapping myself why it took so long! The hand made baked goodies are absolutely amazing. The service was outstanding. The lady took her time explaining each item behind the glass covered counter. Their baklava and most of the sweets were not that sweet compared the Greek Baklava or Persian goodies. She gave me a sample of the sesame crisp as it was the last item and she was ready to clear the tray. The family is from Northern Iraq so different from the southern Middle East baked goods. Sold by the pound, I got 4 squares and 1 pistachio cookie which cost about $10.50. The lady said not to put the box in the refrigerator as it will dry it out, but leave on the counter away from the sun and it will last 2-3 weeks. Well, it's my stomach and not the sun that will make this box empty! I'm looking forward to coming back for more goodies.

Was on the hunt for some delicious baklava and saw the great reviews of this place and was…read moresurprised that I didn't know about this place sooner. It is a small shop with just a simple banner so easy to miss. They sell baklava by the pound or by the piece. I mentioned it was my first time there and the lady was so friendly and gave me a complimentary piece of baklava of my choosing and to enjoy - what great service! I ended up getting half a pound of the walnut baklava and half a pound of pistachio baklava for around $22. I only got to eat the pistachio baklava and it was crispy, light, and not too sweet. This is easily my new favourite baklava place and can't wait to try more! I bought the box of baklava to my friend's Thanksgiving dinner but she didn't up sharing (haha!) but told me how much she and her husband enjoyed the sweets. Please enjoy this local business that has great service and goods - they are a gem!

Their breakfast sandwiches are the bomb! VERY flavourful, fresh and not basic at all…read more I had their Breakfast croissant to go a few weeks ago and it was dreeeeamy. The eggs were scrambled with some truffle business and were so creamy, tasty and perfect. And this is after buying it, and taking it on the bus with me to work and not eating it until half hour later and it was STILL excellent. Today I had their Bacon Breakfast sandwich, and it was also SO delish. The egg was a perfect "over-medium" (I didn't specify this when ordering, that's just how it came), there was plenty of crispy bacon, lettuce, a slightly sweet & savoury tomato jam, something called BUTTER CHEESE (yes, you read that right!) all on a golden toasted brioche bun. Oh and I had it with a nice Americano, which was also good, but the breakfast sandwich was the star for me!

Meeting up with a friend in our 'hood for coffee and we opted for Sweet Thea. The selection of…read morebaked products is impressive. Love that one can view the bakers making the bread products. This is a popular bakery and seating is somewhat limited...though there are a few tables outside. We did manage to secure a table...yeah. Ordered the house brew and a croissant. Coffee was as expected the croissant was great...flaky and buttery. It was a positive food experience.

I am my own worst enemy when it come to this…read more As usual, this ended up on my radar, so what do I do? Search and destroy. My waistline Yours will hate you too. Friendly owners. Quite accommodating. It was on the quieter side when I got here, but who knows how busy it can get. It's on a busy stretch of Main Street. Metered parking on the streets out front, if you can find a spot. A variety of products to suit your wished and desires. You'll have to choose. Chances are, there's something here for you.

I ordered the chocolate walnut cake the day before, brought it on my trip to Bowen Island the next…read moreday, and it was delicious!! There's so many cake varieties, pastries, and baklava to choose from on display it's hard to make a choice! The cake had walnut pieces inside and was soft and delicious!

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.

Come here for baked goods but stay away from the cakes! I came here on a Saturday morning and…read moreordered some egg tarts, which looked like they were straight out of the oven. I also ordered 2 strips of Chinese doughnuts, but they gave me 4. I guess one order comes with 2, which makes sense since they're $2.50 each. My husband texted me to pick up some cakes, so I chose the coffee cake and Black Forest cake. After breakfast I was excited to try the coffee cake. When I dug in with my fork, the cake was hard. It tasted at least 2 or 3 days old. It's so gross that the bakery would sell old cake, I feel ripped off.

Pine house bakery has a really great variety of Chinese baked goods! I'm always surprised at how…read morewell stocked and low the prices are. My favourite is their peanut napoleon cake for $2.80, as the pastry layers are fresh and crunchy. I wish they were open a little longer into the night and it's a treat when I'm able to drop by before they close at 5.

I got the Cheesy Bar, Fruity Bar, Lemon Meringue Bar, Mango Bar, Matcha Bar, Spumoni Bar, and…read morePistachio marzipan croissant. I love almond croissants and I also love marzipan. Unfortunately, its quite hard to find marzipan in the lower mainland. So you can imagine that I was quite excited when I saw they had one on the menu. At first glance the chocolate drizzle on top looked too little, but it was just the right amount. The all butter croissant was perfectly flaky. I heated mine up in the toaster oven for a few mins. The amount of filling that was inside amazed me. However, it would have been more enjoyable if it was more spread out, instead of a "log" of filling. Also, after warming up the pastry, the bottom was extremely oily. So oily that it was literally dripping. The meringue on the Lemon Meringue Bar was a bit deflated and dry. The lemon flavor wasn't overly powerful. The Mango Bar, mango flavor was very mild. I would have liked to taste something a bit more prominent. Also, I didnt like thay they added so much sugar to the Graham Cracker crust. The Spumoni Bar tasted mostly of coconut, but the bar was super flavorful and tasty. The Cheesy Bar cheesecake texture was nice and light. The Fruity Bar was very tasty. Although I wouldn't say that it tasted like strawberry. I liked the crunchy texture from the white chocolate covered rice krispies. I liked the Matcha it could have used a touch more matcha, but I know not everyone likes a super strong matcha flavor. My top picks would be SpumoniBar, Matcha, and Fruity Bar. However, I feel that all of the bars could use more flavor. Additionally, I would like to note the fantastic customer service that I received. I had a dog with me and she has major separation anxiety. One of the staff members noticed us and was kind enough to offer to watch the dog while I quickly ordered inside. I would rate the croissants 4.5 stars, the bars 3.8 stars and the customer service 5 stars.

My favorite season has arrived -- the Vancouver Croissant Crawl Festival! I visited Bjornbar bakery…read morein Burquitlam. What I got Banana Bread Croissant Flaky layers wrapped around rich banana bread, dark chocolate, and a sprinkle of toasted coconut. I visit here very often, however, I haven't bought croissant for a while. This special item's dough was not buttery and crispy texture as before. It was a bit too light and airy. And Banana bread filling was very thin slice.. Not sure their patisserie chef or recipe has changed I can't judge based on only 1 croissant, I must try other croissant item to compare.

Came back to the bakery again, and this time I tried the sweet potato glutinous rice bun. It looked…read morepretty and resembled a real sweet potato. It was very chewy, soft, and buttery. The inside was filled with mashed sweet potato. I loved the bun! The bakery also has all sorts of traditional Korean treats too!

A small bakery in Hanin Village (한인 빌리지). My favourite is the sweet potato glutinous rice bread…read more It's mochi like chewy and inside it's filled with sweet potato!

I was confused with this place at first when I saw the name bakery but their menu showed some…read moreentree dishes and I was craving lambchops. I really didn't expect much from a bakery but was pleasantly surprised with the high quality of their dishes. Their hummus was amazing. Smooth and flavorful. The lamb was cooked perfectly and was delicious. I also asked for more salad and less rice because I can never finish so much rice. It was so nice of them to accomodate that. For this price point I would love to come here often if I lived close by. The baklava dessert is also nice. Before I left I bought their baba ganoush. I've never had it before and have only had kashke bademjun (the persian version). I found out they were totally different.

I bought halwa and chocolate churro baklava on the way out and they were both delicious. Halwa…read moremight be my new favourite thing.