Kiki Bakery

THEY MOVED to GARVEY and Garfield. Still good! Went in there late night and grabbed all sorts of goodies. I like the chocolate bread, taro bread, egg tarts and grain bread.

Ashley Tisdale puts it best: «It’s Alright, It’s OK.»
The few times i have been, I thought they were running a bit low in the selection. I ended up buying the last ones of several of the varieties. I am a big fan of the ones with meat (pause), particularly with pork «sung.» They only had a few of these.
One issue with the bread was that it had a little bit too much glutton (which is used to seal the bread after stuffing it with meat (pause)).
But otherwise, the bread is as one would expect from a Chinese bakery– sweet, a little bit oily, and delicious.

On my rush to school, I almost missed Kiki’s bakery tucked in the corner and overpowered by some jazz café or something. However, it was the early AM hours, so I only have myself to blame. Against the glass are rows of buns, buns, buns. Any type of bun you could ever want from an asian bakery. I picked out the pineapple bun, taro and mochi bun and red bean. While I prefer the pineapple bun with alittle something something inside of it, the taro and mochi bun was fresh out of the oven and gooey delicious while the red bean bun was just average. Good price and ignore the B rating; my tummy didn’t suffer the consequences. However, my buns did =)

Yay! This place lives up to the hype and my expectations! I called in Thursday morning hoping to reserve a tiramisu cake for my mom’s bday on the same day and they helped me do exactly that.
The cake was delicious! I haven’t tasted many tiramisu cakes so I wasn’t sure what to expect, but the cake was creamy and had a nice blend of chocolate-​y (coffee ish) cake and creamy cheesy-​moosey filling. A bit too sweet, but that’s okay.
To better preserve the cake, we decided to freeze half of it, and it actually tasted better when it’s frozen.
I’m not sure how big the cake is but I would say it’s good for at least 6 – 8 people assuming everyone’s just getting a slice.
The cake was around 27 dollars with tax, oh by the way, 10 dollar minimum for any credit card transactions. So keep that in mind. I will come back to see what else they have to offer!

All I can say this place is that you will love it! lol I usually like getting the French Rolls there (: I also love the cake there: o
This place is probably the best bakery in California or even in the world ! LOL I’ve been to other bakerys but I just don’t have the happy feeling of eating it :/​But when I came here, it was pretty good (: And the price is pretty cheap. Kind of moderate. lol It depends on what you order.

While cruising through the 626 area, I did a double take as I saw the word «Bakery». Since I was in a high populated Chinese community, I figured:
Chinese + bakery = taro rolls!
Yup! They have my favorite taro rolls ($ 1.10) with other baked goods (e.g. red bean, meaty type of rolls and fancy cakes). The taro was sweet and had an ample amount to balance with the breading.
This bakery is definitely smaller than your typical self serve bakeries with trays and tongs for you to pick up your selection. Everything was neatly packaged in plastic which is a must now and days. Park in the street and bring cash.
Overall, I would give this place 3.5 stars because I want to help out the small businesses in the area. Next time, I’ll buy more pastries to get the full carb experience.

Mmm. I love coming here to grab some buns for breakfast. They are still warm in the wrapper and ooo sooo yummy. The place is clean and the cakes are pretty and delicious! One of the best bakeries in the area!

This place is CUTE. I bought two mini tiramisus to go yesterday. They put the tiramisus in the cutest little box and included the cutest miniature plastic spoons! The tiramisu (also cute) was delicious, although it was more like a tiramisu cheesecake rather than tiramisu (but I’m not complaining). I’ve had the pork buns before and those were good too. They’re rated a «B» in the window, but the bakery looks very clean. I deducted a star for not having a full stock of goods when I visited, but I’ll definitely go back next time I’m in the neighborhood.

My Sweet, Sweet Kiki,
You know how much I love you, and how I can spend hours nestling with you in bed.
Your buns? Forgetaboutit. Soft yet firm, delicious through the end, I can scarcely contain my excitement every time I’m about to see you to «get some.» I’m like a kid who’s won a shopping spree in a candy store and it is definitely hard to hold myself back as I nuzzle your soft cheeks with my lips.
I’ve heard people call you «cheap»; and you may be, but that doesn’t bother me. Everyone knows it’s what’s inside that counts, and baby, you have a nice soft center that is simply irresistible to me.
This breaks my heart, and I wanted to wait a couple of days past Valentines day to have «the talk», lest I fall into that clichéd «break-​up the day after Valentines day» trap, but I don’t think we should hang out with each other so much anymore.
Shhh, I know, I know. Please stop. Going into it is just making it more painful. Let’s just say you’re not good for me… or my growing ass. We can still see each other from time to time, but let’s not count on it.
Regardless of what happens, I’ll remember you always.
–EJ
Red bean, taro, buttermilk — This is a triple threat of buns. It’s like having three buns at once, each one containing a different, delicious filling: red bean, taro, and buttermilk (note this is the Asian-​version of buttermilk, which is more of a coconut butter filling, and not the buttermilk they sell at the local grocery store).
Cheese stick bun — Couldn’t quite place the type of cheese, but it was delicious nonetheless. I’m willing to try another one, maybe another ten, to figure it out.
I’m currently eyeing the cream pastry bun, ham and cheese bun, vanilla cake, taro bun, and mini hot dog pastries I bought.
Lord help me.

This place is similar to vanille in San Marino, which I used to swear by by until I realized Kiki was much cheaper.
Their cakes are adorable and hand-​crafted. We get them to celebrate events, and pay less than between in the low $ 20 for a beautiful, very presentable cake. We usually do not preorder, and the ones in the store taste fresh and moist.

I have been craving Asian pastries, cakes, bread, and etc. I know… carbs…totally not helping my diet, but I really wanted taro bread. yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmy taro bread. I have to say finding taro bread left on the shelves at Kiki’s is a miracle. The taro bread is fresh on the shelves every morning and gone by mid afternoon. I have to say that they make the best taro bread ever… the other types of pastries are great as well. but I come for taro bread!!!
Kiki’s bakery has a variety of pastries that are also good like the red bean pastries, mochi taro and red bean, sweet pork bun, pineapple pastries, butter cream pasties, coconut pastries, etc
The cakes also look really pretty and taste really good! If you have never tried Asian pastries before, this is a good place to start and try everything at least once… I am sure you will like it =)

My boyfriend’s grandma gave me one of their pastries to appease the awkwardness of my visit to her house to pick up his aunt. She figured if I was eating then she wouldn’t be expected to play this messed up game of charades that we always do since I don’t speak Chinese and she doesn’t speak English.
It worked, I was handed the taro mochi bun. Holy crap it’s my favorite stuff in one yeasty bun, I mean we all get red bean mochi, but taro mochi? GENIUS.

If I knew their scallion/​pork sung bread was so good, I would’ve bought at least a dozen of them, and keep eating them until I get sick of it. But I bought just one, and I shared it with my mom. I felt real stingy at that moment as i took the first bite. I wanted to finish it all by myself. OK enough about that pork sung bread. Most of their other breads are good. Bakery is nice and clean, all the breads on the shelf are individually wrapped to ensure freshness and cleaniness. Although they have less selections than Sheng Kee Bakery here in the Bay, but they taste just as good.

This place has one of the best cakes and baked goods around. Definitely a notch above your average asian bakery. Try their custard breads… it’s not too sweet and has the perfect texture.

I love the bread here… just taste a little better-can’t really descibe it. maybe a little more texture in it. I hate that they never have wheat toast in the morning as that’s when I always go… and they don’t have much in the way of multi-​grain like JJ’s. But the pineapple bun, red bean bun, and the roll with raisins and cream filling are my favorites. They make the pineapple buns in little sizes too 3 in a pack – so PERFECT for my toddlers to eat!
THe cakes are okay, good fancy decoration for about $ 22 – 28 but I thought it was a little too moist last time – almost soggy and the middle layer was filled with fruit that resembled can mixed fruit.

I stopped here because I needed a few baked good. They have the usual suspects here: pineapple buns, dried pork hsiung in a bun, taro bun, hot dog bun. Most are $ 1.10 each which is pretty reasonable. After tasting each bun, they are moist and chewy. Nothing really stands out here for me but I would come back here when I’m in the area again.

They now have one next to San Gabriel Superstore on Valley. I usually go to that one since it’s closer to my house.
The store is ¹⁄₃ at least smaller than the one next to Jazz Cat. However, the variety of bread/​pastry is about the same, except I never see egg tarts in the one I usually visit. The pastries are GOOOOOD. When J.J. bakery is so far away in Arcadia, I think Kiki wins a lot of the customers of how convenience it’s located. I like the hot dog bun, milk custard and pineapple custard bun. For savory pastries, I like their simple 3-​layer breakfast sandwich. There are two kinds, one is baked (i think it’s actually fried), another kind is just made with plain white bread. I like it because I prefer no complicated food, such as spam and egg bun or curry beef bun, in the morning.
Their cakes are SO-​SO, nothing impressed me. Don’t get tripped by the pretty looks of those little pieces.
It accpets credit card if you buy $ 10 or above.

This place has the best bakery items in LA! Fresh as they can be, only because they often sell out everything by 6 or 7 PM. I love their mini dog buns… There are actually four Kiki bakerys two of which are on Valley. One next to Kiki an don on San Gabriel Blvd, I think…
anyhow, they have variations of bread with cheese, meats, and chinese fillings such as BBQ pork, taro, redbean, etc. you get the idea. And it’s fairly cheap! One of LA’s best HK style bakery.

Comparable to JJ Bakery in Arcadia, but cheaper. They have delicious mini pineapple buns. I love their french baguette (it’s not actually a french baguette but bread shaped like it). Their cakes are very moist and not too sweet. They have good sized birthday cakes for small parties (if you don’t want leftover cake). The cakes are inexpensive compared to other asian bakeries (not as pretty as JJ though).
The other location on Valley is in the San Gabriel Superstore plaza (Valley and San Gabriel, facing Valley).

I could not spare an additional star because there are only 2 items I like in this bakery.
I have tried several selection of their baked breads and find them too buttery. Especially the pineapple bread. No comparison to the bakery in Arcadia «Shao Ya Wu — Mandarin» (sorry, couldn’t remember their English name).
My 2 favs:
Cake bread loaf. It’s like eating a slice of sponge cake with white toast. And so good. and fluffy. especially after it is slightly toasted.
Any of their sandwiches with Ham n cheese, ham/​egg/​cucumber, tuna n cheese.