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| - Large shop just outside the Chinatown mall- the staff speak limited English, but most items are clearly labeled so you can find what you need. The heated buns (bbq pork, etc) are at the counter, FYI. I found the savory options to be better-tasting and better-executed than the sweet ones, but that may just be a personal preference.
STANDOUTS: Chicken pie (it's like a chicken pot pie, in biscuit form, with lots of juicy dark meat chicken!) and Portuguese egg tarts (thick crust keeps the eggy custard safe even if you're grabbing to go!). Both of these were good enough for me to consider coming back JUST to get them, despite disappointment with other items and overall service.
OTHERS: The bbq pork buns (dough and filling were a little sweeter than I like, but they were nicely filled), green onion beef roll? (bright, robust onion taste to the roll but dry breading and didn't care for the flavor of the filling at all), taro/red bean/coconut bun trio (amount of filling wasn't consistent, taro was the best of the options).
Service is nearly nonexistent, no greetings, assistance, or smiles. $5 card minimum (with fee), $8 minimum (w/o fee) is a bit inconvenient. I did not like how my card was taken out of my line of sight to be processed- not sure why the credit card machine would be located on the back wall behind the pastry case rather than adjacent to the register where the customer can monitor activity.
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