Tai Pan Bakery

Great Chinese bakery. Good milk tea. It looks like this location may have closed.

The location was closed

Not a big fan of this Tai Pan. It is a lot less crowded than the one in the heart of Flushing, but it also looks a lot less appealing. You can tell that this bakery has been around for a while.
The breads are good but they usually run out early and do not restock as much as the other Main Street location.

If they had an option for no stars, that’s what I would choose. My birthday cake was messed up twice. last year my Ice Cream cake melted before I got home, and I live only 15minutes by car… This year I ordered a 3 colored cake, but I got a 3 layered cream cake… where the cake was less than ½ an inch each.

This Tai Pan may be less crowded than the other Main St. location, but it is still pretty jam packed in the morning hour. Loads of Chinese here for familiar snacks, but despite that, the staff are working hard to get you in and out with what you want.
When I entered I immediately headed towards the baked goods to see what I’d like. I only wanted something behind the glass, and remembered to get an empty tray to hold my spot in the queue. Then a lady helped me write down the items I wanted on the paper.
When it was my turn, a lady behind the counter took up the tray, and loaded up the items I wanted, in addition to an iced milk tea and coffee. She was friendly and helpful, and patient, despite all the buzzing people all around.
For 7 baked goods, and the 2 drinks, the bill came up to a little over $ 15, plus a free Chinese newspaper. The taste of the goods are so so, and nothing special, but fine overall.

This Tai Pan is less crowded and has more seats than the one on the other side of Main St, close to Northern Blvd. However, this Tai Pan sure attracts more of the older crowds of people. So it is just as bad in my opinion. Not to put the elders down but it just downgrades Tai Pan a notch. You see, the elders normally hog up the tables for hours making it hard for other customers to find seats to enjoy their food in the bakery. And of course, I do not want to fight them over a seat, but in my mind I do lol. Therefore, by default, I just buy and go.
Moreover, this Tai Pan is not that clean. You see wrappers and left over food crumbs all over the tables, chairs, and floor. To me, it seems like no one cares about the cleanliness of this bakery. If the manager and employees don’t care, than why should the customers care? I don’t even bother with eating in. Feeling a bit germaphobe, I’d rather get the pastries and/​or drinks that I need and leave immediately.
Lastly, the prices are rising and pastry sizes are shinking. #sigh

Egg tarts! must try the egg tarts!!! sooo good

Tai Pan… A chain for unsuccess? Me thinks so. It’s really only a matter of time until people open their eyes and wake up and think «Hey! Why am I paying money for below mediocre service, food, atmosphere?». I understand that with Chinese bakeries such as Tai Pan, you would expect low class, low level service but this particular location goes above and beyond to give you the worse service possible. Over the serving counter, it’s not even first come first serve, it’s whoever has the loudest voice with the money flailing out will get served first. I’ve decided to order the a Honey Lemon Iced Tea in english and she couldn’t understand. Fine, I asked for it in Canto and she only speaks Mandarin. I said, «If you don’t understand, please get someone who speaks Canto» and she just nodded and smile… ok whatever. Drink ordered and drove away, girlfriend said «this isn’t the right tea, it’s flavorless». No problem, I drove back to ask for an exchange. Had to explain it to another server in English and after debating with her manager, she exchanged it for me and asked for 50 cents more. That really pissed me off. It’s not about 50 cents, it’s the principle. I told her «You want to charge me 50 cents more for something YOUR worker messed up on, are you going to reimburse me the $ 1.50 in gas then?. Are you telling me you rather have my 50 cents today and receive no money from me in the future ever?». She just stood there. I slammed the 50 cents as hard as I could, and just yelled out in English and Chinese «VERY bad way to do business». Today, there are bakeries popping up everywhere and with terrible service, terrible attitudes, terrible food, terrible pricing, it’s really only a matter of time.
P. S. I had to write a complaint e-​mail to them… and upon visiting their website, they have a dedicated hotline for complaints! I mean seriously, who has a dedicated hotline for complaints unless they’re getting a lot of complaints to direct people like me to!

where else can you get seafood spaghetti lunch special under 5 bucks? flushing. yep. asian heaven for food.
Spaghetti was actually baked; the dish was hot and delicioso. It take me 4 mins to clean my plate. Place is extremely busy during lunch. the aroma aorund this bakery invites you to eat all the baked bread, cake and desserts. Service is not too bad actually cause they have a server bringing the dish to you.
I will go back for some more next time. Place is about 2 – 3 blocks from the 7 train.

Rating mostly based on my last char siu bao from them (Oct 2012). The bread was fine, nothing special, but the filling was terrible… just a mass of reddish stuff. It’s supposed to be roast pork, but it might be just some shreds of roast pork. I’m almost inclined to buy another one and rise the red glop through a strainer and see what solids are actually left.
I’ve had other items in the past that were fine, just in the mood for a good char siu bao — and was extremely disappointed.

It’s like every other Chinese bakery… they do have a fresh fruit juicer though. It doesn’t get too crowded, there’s always somewhere to seat. It seems like its somewhat of a hang out place for the seniors of the community because they are greeted one another as they come in…
I guess my biggest turn off is that they place wasn’t well kept. There were napkins on the floor and my seat cushion was cracked.

Stopped by for an egg custard tart after the golden mall. The flavor and texture were quite good, but the downside was that it was only lukewarm. For some reason, the egg custard taste better when piping hot.

What I like about this Tai Pan Bakery is that it’s not as crowded as their other locations. What I don’t like about it is that it’s a Tai Pan Bakery, which means if you don’t speak their language, you’ll be here forever trying to explain to them what you want.
Seriously, Their cakes and other baked goods are decently priced and taste good. They have a wide variety of options and some of the cakes look pretty cool.

Everything here is sooo delish! I live in Cali and there are many Chinese Bakeries, but nothing like this!
They have all types of custards, pies, tarts, etc. they mix everything and anything together and it still taste good. The price is awesome as well. I love it! :)
I will def. be back next time I’m in NY.

This chains location has less traffic and is just as good if not better than the other locations. They have the usual egg custards but also Almond custards and Malaysian custards. They are great especially the Malaysian and Almond custards! This location is not as busy as the others and it is cleaner. The other location is chaotic. This is more of a take out place. Only $ 1.25 for the egg sandwiches. Everything is good!