Beijing Duck Croissant? 🦆🥐 | Tampa State Flour Bakery

A bakery I’ve had bookmarked for ages 📌 A lowkey unique way to celebrate my birthday girl~ 🎂🎉 Birthdays aren’t just about longevity noodles or cake— Croissants and scones can totally slay too! Here I go again~ talking nonsense with a straight face 😉 As usual: 4 pastries + 2 drinks 🧾 4 Pastries 🥓 Bacon Cheddar Scone: Crispy outside, fluffy inside—packed with bacon, cheddar, AND a hint of thyme. So flavorful! 🧡 Huge portion too. Just a heads-up: there’s some coarse sea salt on top—you can scrape it off 😅 🥒 The “Pickle” (aka my made-up name): Forgot the real name, so I’m calling it the “Pickle.” Definitely the BEST of the four! Just looking at it, you can tell their lamination is top-notch. One bite—yep, just as expected—on par with NYC bakeries! Flaky layers wrapped around salami, cheese, and sweet minced meat (probably chicken). Tastes like Peking duck without the sauce—mind blown! 🤯 Will 100% order this again. 🥐 Pistachio Croissant: Had great pistachio croissants in Boston—none of that cough syrup vibe. So I thought this one would be fine… First bite = regret 😖 That medicinal aftertaste hit hard. Ended up scooping out the filling and just eating the layers. The lamination itself? Absolutely incredible 👏🏼 But why do Americans turn amazing nuts into Robitussin pastries?? 🫠 🥐 Guava Croissant: Guava usually rarely misses—it’s hard to mess up. But this one surprised me: the guava jam was perfectly sweet, not cloying, and super fruity 👍🏻 Mixed with cream cheese, but here’s the downside—the cheese was too runny and lacked that tangy cream cheese punch. Next time, I’ll just get a plain croissant and add my own filling (Trader Joe’s guava jam, maybe? 😏) Two cold brews to balance out all that decadence ☕️☕️ Finding a bakery in Tampa with lamination that rivals NYC’s? Now that’s what I call luck 🍀 Will definitely be back to try more~ That “Pickle” pastry is a must-reorder. Of course, Happy Birthday to my girl 🎂🎁 We bicker like the Geminis we are, But we never skip the celebrations 💖 State Flour Bakery 📍5224 S Dale Mabry Hwy Unit A, Tampa #TampaEats #TampaBakery #CroissantLove #BirthdayVibes #DailyLifeInUS