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| - These are the Kim Kardashian of French/Asian-styled buns. Yes, they can be pretty big, but also kind of indivisible from money. Seriously, at $3-$5 per bun, that's practically the price of a cup of bubble tea. Which I suppose makes Chatime the perfect pairing, seeing as it's created by the Chatime owners.
Those smartypants also incorporated tea flavours into some of the breads. My favourite pick goes to the Earl Grey Flute. Speckled with flecks of Earl Grey in the soft stick of bread with a shiny, honey-brown surface is almost like a unicorn horn. Sliced in half and filled with an Earl Grey creamed butter, it tastes nearly just as magical.
The Gangnam Star, a cluster of 3 small dinner rolls each housing a filling of kimchi blended into cream cheese seems to be a popular pick. I thought it was OK, but less flavourful than it sounds - it was mostly like eating a spoonful of cream cheese.
The chocolate bun tastes like Nesquik powder to me, which could be a great thing if you heart the stuff.
We also bought the custard bun, which took me a few minutes to remember. I can't even remember how it tasted, so u suppose it isn't one I'd particularly recommend.
Despite my partners protests against the high price points ("OMG, buns are like, $2 max at other Chinese bun places!"), I think Bake Code is worth giving a try. There's even a little miniature booklet you can take at the front counter which shows filling ingredients with pictures of each bun available. With 58 buns/breads and 13 cakes available, I'll have to come back a few times just to try them all...
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