Park Hotel Deli — Restaurant in Shanghai

We walked past here on the way to a soup dumpling place (Jia Jia Tang Bao) down the road, and we could literally smell the baked goods down the road. The long queue immediately drawn us in to work out what all the fuss was about.

It was for something they sell in packs of 6 for around £4 British pounds - Butterfly Crackers. They are light, buttery, crispy - with a hint of sweetness. They weren't particularly amazing and was surprised that there was a such a big queue for them after tasting them. Perhaps it's uncommon to have a pastry like this in Chinese cuisine? But would recommend giving them a try if you're in the area as it did seem very popular with locals and tourists alike.

Fortunately, the queue moves really last (likely queued for around 10minutes during a...

Insanely long queue to purchase their supposedly popular freshly baked palmier. I thought it was just okay, and the queue did not justify it.

We’ve passed by three times, and the queue always stretches to the end of the road. Every time we turn the corner of the building, the fragrant buttery aroma always wafts through the air which piques my interest. Thankfully on our last visit around the vicinity around 830am, there was hardly a queue and we decided to give a try. My verdict - give it a try if there isn’t a queue, but it’s passable if the queue...

We queued an hour ish, and finally got our goods at around 6pm. The cheese flavored was already sold out by the time we got to the front of the queue, so we settled for the original butterfly pastry.

We bought some from nanjingroad 第一食品 as well, and compared both, this one from Park Hotel was definitely better! We also got the 布丁蛋糕 which was just chocolate cupcakes, and the 酒醉蛋糕 which is a fluffy sponge cake. Nothing much to rave about but definitely get the butterfly...