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2011-03-19
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It's a takeaway joint in Takashimaya, occupying posibly the largest floor space. It can get very busy throughout the day as waves of people come and go with no fixed timing. I've been there countless times and besides the lunch hour rush, there seems to be other random hour rushes. At these times you have to jostle and elbow people to get in line or to get what you want!The staff are harried and obviously being harassed by their manager or supervisor, so they all try to hurry along and stuff you
The staff are harried and obviously being harassed by their manager or supervisor, so they all try to hurry along and stuff your bread roughly and hastily into a bag and hold out their hand waiting for you to pay them. And then they grab your money and dump you the change and move on to the person behind you, without much to say to you.
It's quite competitively priced as there's Crystal Jade Bakery just opposite and there's another bakery next to it. The bakery next to it is much more expensive with less variety and therefore hardly has any customers ever. But you get what you pay for. While it's relatively cheap, the taste and quality are rather low.
The breads are not as soft or are too soft. The buns are either too dry or the fillings make them too soggy. The "Belgium waffles" tasted like cardboard.
Had a thing called "Milk Bread/Toast". It wasn't toasted at all, and it's basically a very thick slice of white bread drenched in melted margarine and firmed up again, and also drenched in sugar. When you bite into one, your entire mouth, lips, face, get all oily and sticky form the sugar. It would have been better if it was pure creamery butter used instead of margarine! You can taste that it's not real butter... butter is too expensive... It was really rich and rather sickening by the end of it. Like eating a big piece of margarine covered in sugar. But a few days later, I'm craving for it again! Weird!
Had a wholewheat tuna bun which had TOO MUCH onions so that the rest of the day I had onion breath. It's ok if you're on an onion diet and need lots of onions in your diet, but for normal folks, it's overpowering. Tasty but overpowering. And again, a few days later I'm craving for it again! Very weird!
Tried most of the rest of the shop since we go there often and it's so convenient and it's really a "fast food". Nothing outstanding or memorable. Nothing worth getting twice. But it's good as a "fast food". you get so much variety and choice. The steamed cakes and some other breads are pretty good and quality is pretty consistent and reliable.
Recommended for the reasonable prices and some of the better choices available compared to Crystal Jade My Bread or the store next door. Really do NOT like the oily trays and tongs!!
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