This place offers quite authentic Beijing pastry, probably the best or the only one you can find in the bay area. You would definitely find much better ones in Beijing though. Try the brown sugar biscuits, rather than the pepper biscuits. Pea Paste Cake is the best of all, not too sweet and has plenty of pea's flavor. Food is pricy, but I would come back again considering there is not many other choices if you really want...
Read moreI love traditional Chinese pastries. While I'm not sure how authentic Beijing style pastry should taste like according to some of the reviews Im only basing this on what I've tried. It's a solid 3 star homestyle baking. Not too sweet but you can def taste either the "crisco" or lard or whatever is used to achieve the flakiness and filling. I'm giving it the extra star for the service and it's mom n...
Read moreRecommend: Jian Bing Guo Zi, Lv da gun(sweet rice roll with bean paste powdered with soybean flour), Pea cakes are all authentic. Shredded Raddish Pastry: The puff pastry surprised me. Supper fluffy and layered puff. I’d recommend the pastries! Pork and cabbage pancake: Not tasting, a bit burned. Service was bad and unwelcoming for my first visit but improved the second...
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