"Open for over a century, Eastern Bakery is Chinatown's oldest Chinese bakery. It's also the only place in the city-outside of Yasukochi's Sweet Stop-where you should get coffee crunch cake, a yellow sponge cake layered with mocha whipped cream, and studded with toffee to give it that titular crunch. Even better, perhaps, are the mooncakes. Eastern Bakery sells the Mid-Autumn Festival pastries year-round."
"And while many other bakeries and shops import their mooncakes, Eastern Bakery goes through the painstaking process of grinding the lotus seeds to make the trademark velvety, dense filling. The other items in the display case are solid, like the sesame balls and char siu bao, but if you're looking for egg tarts, you're better off going to Golden Gate Bakery down the street, which was opened by the same owner."
Eastern Bakery has operated for more than a century and is Chinatown's oldest Chinese bakery. The bakery is known for a coffee crunch cake: a yellow sponge layered with mocha whipped cream and studded with toffee. Mooncakes are available year-round, with lotus seeds ground in-house to produce a velvety, dense filling. The display case also holds solid items like sesame balls and char siu bao. Egg tarts are better sought at Golden Gate Bakery, opened by the same owner. The shop is takeout- and cash-only, with preorder via email and Zelle payment available.
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