WuPaoChun Bakery Taipei

The bakery is famed because of Wu Bao Chun who won the world best baker title in 2010. Now it is more or less passed on to the younger generation of bakers who also managed to crown a few titles back.

The ingredients they use here are best in class, which make their bread very fragrant and healthy. I personally like the individual buns that come with quite a few innovative ideas, such as purple sweet, mango bagels, etc. The world champion series to me is best to be shared on festive occasions. They are rather artisan bread that is localized in ingredients, but the texture remains European, which the locals found rather hard (crust). The outlet is popular among travelera, and bread can be sold out quite fast when groups of them visit.

Prices are getting higher and higher nowadays though, which makes me hesitated. One piece of specialty thick toast would'be cost NTD40. A good treat once in a long while...