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| - I like this place (and would give it 3.5 but Yelp doesn't do halves!).. but not love since it is pretty over priced compared to bakery goods you can get from Chicago, NYC, SF, etc. But I guess that's what you get for not having any competition in Cleveland.
I like the turkey and egg sandwich; be sure to get them when they're fresh so that the yolk is nice, warm and runny. I also really really love their turnip cakes. Other things I have tried in the past... hot dog bun (pretty standard and good), fried doughnut with chicken (yummy but too greasy), pineapple bun with cream (unique - all the other bakeries I've been to in SF and Chicago, I haven't seen this combination! After eating this a couple of times though, I got kind of sick of the cream - too creamy for me). Things to avoid.. they have this weird sponge cake thingy near the register, and it's both sweet and savory - I think it has shredded pork and scallions embedded in a sponge cake - it's an odd combination to say the least. Also, the egg tarts are overpriced (I think it was around 1.25 for a regular egg tart), and just average, nothing to rave about. Nowadays, we have been stocking up on their steamed pork buns. Yummy, especially when dipped in rice vinegar! The only downside to ordering this is that they are extremely slow with getting the buns to you (even though.. despite what we thought originally, the owner told us that she just microwaves them for 30 seconds or so before serving them hot to us; we had thought they steamed them, and hence why they would take so long). We have waited for like 15-30 minutes sometimes to just get the prepackaged frozen steam buns as well. Maybe not the best place to go if you're in a big rush.
I do enjoy the samples that they have out. Also, the owner is extremely nice, and sometimes will give you free cake or buns for no reason.
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