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| - Frankly, I am a little baffled at why people think the bakery is overpriced. I feel like the clientele are comparing it to traditional Asian bakeries when the standards aren't even the same. I'm not saying it's not on the higher-end, I think it's just not a fair comparison to the people who are leaving the 2 star reviews. While they do have some items that you can get from those Chinese bakery, they have a lot more unique pastries that makes sense for them as a business to price accordingly to their brand.
If you go to other western bakeries, the prices are pretty on par. For example, if I go to a bakery for a plain croissant it ends up costing me $4. For an extra $1 here, I am paying for the quality ingredients going into making the filling. And if you sit in at any other cafe, a cake slice is like $7.
That being said, I have had some experiences at Bake Code where some baked goods that are a hit and miss for me. But it has more to do with personal taste because they have such a wide variety of baked goods. I definitely have some go-to items I would return for: molten charcoal egg yolk croissant, taro knot loaf, honey castella lava cake.
But honestly, I really appreciate a kitchen that is always re-inventing and coming up with new culinary inventions. It would be nice if they scaled down the quantity to improve the consistency issue with some of their pastries. The only major thing for me is that I wish they would be more mindful of the end of the day baked goods. I think they should consider that their pastries does get stale after 7pm and if it's near closing time, they should discount their baked goods. It's really disheartening to pay for food that's not in fresh condition. Maybe they should consider getting covers to protect the bread.
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