Sheng Kee Bakery

Sheng Kee Bakery
Cupertino Village
10961 North Wolfe Road
Cupertino, California 95014
(408) 865-6000

The smell of butter wafts from this establishment and entices me to come inside. Inside, you are greeted with an assortment of breads, buns and pastries. Take a tray and just start picking through the buns and pastries, which range from the salty variety (green onion and pork sung) to the sweet (coconut and/or almond paste). The offerings here are pretty cheap (ranging from $0.90 to $2.00). You can get the usual breads such as white and wheat here, but try to coconut or the raisin breads. One of my favorite buns here is the green onion and pork sung bun as the slight sweetness of the bread contrasts nicely with the salty green onion and pork sung. The coconut buns are good too as I can taste some sweet coconut in each bite of this sticky bun.

You can also order cakes here as well. I generally prefer cakes from Asian bakeries as the frosting is made of real buttercream and the cake is spongy, light and isn’t too sweet.

There is one thing that you can find here that you don’t find in your usual bakery and that is, in the warming oven, they have a variety of savory tarts or popovers. Whenever I’m in the mood for a good salty snack, I head over to this bakery and order the popover with curry beef. The warm, buttery and flaky crust has a nice crunch and inside is filled with beef with some curry sauce. I can easily have a couple of these and be satisfied.