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| - The Skinny: come for the fantastic eggroll bread and the red bean buns but be warned... the pineapple buns and egg tart are only okay (3.75), service - friendly efficient (3), value - got a loaf of bread, two specialty buns and a dan tat (egg tart) for $6 which isn't too bad (3)
Went in to purchase some nice Asian bakery treats. The style of bakery goods here reflect the fusion of cultures you see in Hong Kong. We were excited by the spread so we purchased a red bean bun, a pineapple bun filled with red bean, a eggroll loaf (kind of like an Asian challah) and a egg tart (aka dan tat).
The eggroll loaf is really great - a wonderful, soft and airy texture. A mildly subtle aroma of butter and egg with that perfect hint of sweetness makes this one of the best bakery finds in a while. After a day, it still retains its moisture which is surprising in the Las Vegas climate. At $2.50 a loaf, a very affordable find.
I enjoyed the red bean paste inside the red bean bun immensely. The red bean paste here is different from the red bean paste you find in Japanese bakeries. Using a smaller variety of bean, it tends to have a more robust flavour, darker red colour. Sunville makes a great bean paste with the perfect balance of sweetness and textures (love the little bits of bean in there!). Overall, the bun could have used more red bean paste and the texture of the bun could be a little more dense to support the paste inside. But still one of the most enjoyable red bean buns I've had in a while.
Of this visit, we did have two disappointments.
First the egg tart. The egg tart has a shortbread/cookie crust on it. Not my preferred type of crust (the puff pastry crust is sooo much better) but if it's made right, it'll do in a pinch when the craving for egg tarts hits. Unfortunately, the crust lacks enough butter flavour here and becames rather soggy (when I took a bite in the car, the crust was okay but by the evening, it was soggy). The flavour of the custard is not eggy and the texture wasn't silky enough. The egg tarts here are only okay in my book.
Pineapple buns, in all of their varieties, are near and dear to my heart. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll get another round of the pineapple buns here. The strusel on top lacked the melt-in-your mouth sugar cookie like crust that makes my mouth do a jig. The topping was too moist and gummy for my taste. The bun itself with the red bean inside was good but the crust was a clear miss.
Overall, stick to the eggroll bread and red bean buns and you'll be happy.
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