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| - I passed by this place one Friday evening while trying to located a certain fried chicken place which I guess never really existed beside the Pizza Hut that is in that area. So being hungry and wanting to check out how different the chinese-style baked goods were at Bake Code, I back-tracked and went inside.
If anyone has ever seen this bread-making themed anime called "Yakitate Ja-pan" as soon as I went inside, that show immediately came to my mind. The baked goods here are what I can only describe as "designer-style breads". A lot of the items on display looked so different from the conventional looks of the bakeries along the Spadina Ave Chinatown. Especially the breads that were displayed on the front-most island shelf looked like half-sized takes on certain European breads with their own distinct looks. They were eye-openingly impressive at first glance, but there is a small downside to most of the products here, at least in my thoughts.
When I am really feeling hungry at 8pm and I see a chinese-style bakery and hope to get some of those meat-filled buns and rolls, then this might not be the place to get more stomach-satisfying fare. A lot of the products here even though tempting to purchase, were on the sweeter side of the flavor wheel than savory. I saw maybe just about four items that had more savory fillings inside like this Katsuobushi sprinkled bun (which was actually the stand-out item at Bake Code) and a tuna, pastry stacked grilled sandwich but everything else looked like they would be best to consumed for breakfast or mid-day snack. And also some of those dainty looking mid-sized breads they definitely are not for like a single serve. Like for instance this raisin mixed, fluffy textured, baguette-style bun was big enough to be eaten on two mornings, it's not something small enough that I could just finish while walking towards the Sheppard and Yonge subway station.
I'll return here sometime during the day and give some of the other items a try. Like a I said before, they're mostly best eaten for breakfast or coffee time but the right items sure feel like they'd give the consumer a certain degree of comfort and satisfaction.
Oh and price-wise, given their "designer" look and size, there is a slightly higher price-tag on most of the products at Bake Code which for me I would get them for special occasions.
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