Urban Bake House — Restaurant in Brisbane City

Walked past this clean, well presented, bakery of delights a few times before I realised they sell Vietnamese salad bowls. Well, let me tell you, I made the fastest beeline for the counter to order one! They seem to be few and far between in Brisbane, so I was EXCITED! staff were a little busy but nice. Brusque as Vietnamese are (very rare I've come across a Vietnamese business owner/worker who stops to chat, and this doesn't bother me, I assume it their way and they value their time being busy working and stocking etc) and served efficiently. I got my treat home, opened this gift from the gods, and BEHOLD! It was DELICIOUS!!!!!! the dressing was amazing with that lovely layered hotness that doesn't burn the mouth but makes it tingle, and a great balanced mix of the pork, carrot, cucumber, vermicelli, lettuce, cashews. Absolute bargain...

Sold a cupcake with the whole bottom half hidden with plastic and unwrapped it to find it was COVERED in MOULD!!!! The health inspectors should definitely check this place out!!! Lucky my wife did not eat this cupcake as she would have gotten very sick!!! I have photos and cannot even call or email the bakery as they have no contact information! Don’t waste your money on this place!! It looks pretty on the outside but I have never in my life seen such unhygienic food!!! How could you possibly not know you are serving food covered in mould?!!? The worst part is, the top of the cupcake looks fresh and it looks like they knew it was old and put the better newer looking cake on the top of it so it would sell!!! Only care about money and how things look, the owners don’t care about food quality or any food...

I bought a beef and mushroom pie from here. It was priced at $5.50 which is okay price-wise according to 2021 prices. It was also a good size and not skimpy in volume. But I expected better quality. The pastry was pale and undercooked but had a pleasing crumbly/flaky texture. The gravy had good flavour but there was no evidence of any mushrooms in the pie. And it was full of hard gristly bits like tough sinew. All they have to do to make it good is buy better quality meat, add mushrooms and cook the pastry a little longer so that...