Paran Poong Cha

The outside of the cream puffs tasted like onion.

Recently ordered 2 custom cakes for my baby’s first birthday. They came out just perfect and tasted amazing!

Lots of selection when I came in around 7pm on a Saturday. There were so many yummy items. Little cookies you can take with you as a souvenir, sweet breads galore for breakfast, and Asian one’s with red bean and rice flour and stuff. Lots of pretty fancy cakes too. They take card.

I came here for some bappingsu about a month ago and became a big fan of this place!
They open at 6 am that’s quite early in the area .
All bake goods are baked inside the shop, so fresh!

A lovely, local Korean bakery! The bread here is so fresh and delicious, and you can really taste the difference from those big name chain bakeries like Paris Baguette or Tous les jours. The bread at these big name places feel skimpy, machine-​made, and overpriced compared to the fresh, fluffy, filling bread at Paran Poong Cha. Just try the soboro bread (basically sugar-​coated bread) or red bean bread, and you’ll immediately understand the difference. Also, the chocolate cookies are to die for!

My boyfriend pointed out this bakery after leaving Old Time Noodle House and we decided to pop in for some sweet bread. They have a wide selection of bread-​from cream filled, bean filled, and fruit filled. But I got the Cinnamon Manju. It’s not too sweet and not too heavy… perfect with a cup of cold or hot tea or water.
I also saw they had moist looking fruit bread things (sorry I can’t describe it more than that!). They looked good… something nice to bring into the office or for a small gathering. I’m going to try that next.

May be it was the late time I came, but I ordered quite a few items and the one thing that they All had in common was Unfresh. Though it could just be their baking style, everything tasted day old to me. All of my goodies ended up being one Biters. Plus the lady wasn’t nice, she seemed more into yapping it up with her friends, than tending to customer inquires. I asked about the shaved ice, she pointed to the picture on the wall and said thats what it looks like– as if that told me anything about it! Rude. Go to Bosco Bakery or even 85°(I know its not totally the same but waay better)

This is my favorite Korean bakery in the South Bay!
I love this place because of the fresh breads and the awesome friendly service! It’s also not crazy crowded like 85C. They have a pretty wide variety of breads to choose from! A lot more than I expected. I love their Fried Croquette! Definitely a must-​try if you’re looking for something more savory and hearty for breakfast or a snack. Their Cream Cheese Bread is delicious too! All their breads are yummy and cheap! They even have macarons which I have yet to try.
Parking: free and easy in private lot, located in a plaza.
Note: there’s another Unilocal site for the same business under the name, «Blue Windmill» which is the English translation for «Paran Poongcha.» It’d be ideal if Unilocal could combine the reviews into one page…

This is a great Korean bakery, everything is excellent, my Korean wife and her family loves it!

Like this place.
Great service.
Great selection.
I love their cinnamon twists.
Can’t wait to stop by again!

This Korean Bakery is a social spot for the older Korean generation. The gentlemen are at the tables outside, lounging and laughing, with smokes in hand and enjoying the sun. The ladies are chit chatting and gossiping inside. God forbid the ladies spend unnecessary time in the sun, and mar their porcelain, doll-​like complexions.
It’s heart warming to see people congregate in such a manner. It’s nice that they found a business that is cozy and comforting, that they can routinely come to and relax. The presence of the older generation also is a good indication that they approve of the baked goods that this little business produces.
With products like «wormwood castella» I think they pass the authenticity test. I tried the castella and the slightly bitter taste was not something I enjoyed but it was something I appreciated. I liked the prevalence of traditional recipes. There were baked goods that were sweeter than others and some more delicate.
The pucchae was eggy and the fluffy cream filling held a nice nutty surprise, although the whole thing was a bit too eggy and creamy for me. Of the things I purchased I liked the green tea sesame rice, and sweet rice bread the best. I loved the extra gooey texture that the rice flour gave the inside of the breads.
Lots of chestnuts, sweet potato and red bean paste are used in the different types of baked goods. Lots of old school Korean goodness is housed in this shop. Lots of baked goods to try means lots of reasons to return.

Found out about this bakery when we attempted to go to Hwangs korean bbq next door which was closed and doesn’t open till 4 by the way.
Its like taking my mom and grandma on a pastry shopping spree every time I bring them. So far I’ve tried the cheese Danish looking pastries, mocha handmade cookies and almond sheets. That’s the best I can do at describing them since I have no idea what they’re really called. Everything is delicious, def recommend.
Also, there’s a $ 5 minimum to spend if your paying with a card. Caught that sign at the register.

So many goodies! i want to try them all! they offer a wide variety of baked goods, so far all i have tried was tasty and the prices are good. Give them a try!

Came here for the first time. When it comes to korean bakery in Torrance area, this place is much better than TLJ or the Breadbouse. Good stuff

Good Bakery. It’s very similar to the stuff you would buy at Cake House in the Koreatown Galleria. There are all kinds of baked goods here.
In addition to that, they also have cake as well as pat bing soo. (I’m not sure how it’s spelled). Don’t forget to bring cash when you go here though. There is a $ 5 minimum you’d have to buy to use credit card… although it’d be pretty easy to spend more here because of all the goodies they offer.

I love eating @ Tofu Village (a few doors down) and stopping in here afterwards to look around.
I would come in and never want to buy anything because nothing seemed appealing initially. I noticed a lot of the pastries try to incorporate healthy but some odd ingredients such as green beens, chestnuts, sweet potatos, pumpkin and mugwort. They have a bunch of donuts and pastries coated in a yellow powder, whatever that is?
One day the lady gave me a slice of cake to sample and it was surprisingly good.
Since then I’ve been buying the cream puffs (really good) and mocha bread (similar to the ones @ Pappa Riche but with a mocha cream inside).
Once I needed a lunch to bring to work and the lady convinced me to try a salad sandwich. In it was potato, apple, egg, tuna, imitation crab meat and a bunch of other random stuff as if someone was cleaning out their fridge but not because they carry this sandwich all the time ;P

There are actually two Unilocal sites for this bakery and the bakery is one in the same as Blue Windmill Bakery. I decided to post on this page because the sign looked newer for Paran Poong Cha and there are three reviews on here. There are two places for dessert in the same plaza. The last time I ate at the Tofu place, I went to the tea house. This time, the bakery got my attention.
I picked up some breads in the afternoon. One of my favorites is the bread with the strawberry cream. For whatever reason, the breads I had were just AOk. The Cream was AOK. A few minutes away is Mamoth Bakery. I personally like their version better… just my own opinion.
There are two more reviews on the Unilocal Page for Blue Wind Mill Bakery. Same place.
Parking is easy.

This is a relatively new haunt for me. I had been coming to the Seoul Plaza for quite a while before I decided to venture in.
I was surprised at the sheer amount of variety in the store. Keep in mind that these are ethnic baked goods, so you won’t find many of the things that we might typically associate with a bakery. Many of the things are variations on a theme, like pound cake with different fillings.
The first time I went in, I just picked up some ginger cookies. They are small, about the size of a quarter and light. They didn’t really taste much like ginger, but they were good.
The second time, I picked up some different cookies, again variations of sugar cookies. These were good, so I shared them with my sister.
The third time, I made two discoveries. Romeo cookies and cream puffs. The romeo cookies are hard to describe. They are a sugar cookie with a brittle-​like center. It looks a little like a stained glass window in the middle. They are about the size of two of the regular cookies. I think they are perfectly sweet. If they don’t get eaten quickly (which is never a problem in my household), they do get soft and the texture changes.
The second discovery was the cream puffs. I’m not a huge fan of them, generally, but these I love. I think the cream inside is delicious and the outside is not too dry nor too oily, like some places. They even sell little 4-​packs, so that you get what you want and don’t go overboard.
There are all kinds of things that I have tried. Most, I wouldn’t get again. I did like the cooth cake. No idea what it is, but it is nice.
They do have little sandwiches in the cooler, but I haven’t tried those.
They have a few small tables and chairs outside, too.

Mmmm, baked goods. Mmmm, ethnic baked goods. Down with it.
After a most satisfactory meal at Tofu Village, and while waiting for my most unsatisfactory boba from Boba Time, I wandered into the Paran Poong Cha Bakery. I have no idea what the name means, but man does it sound awesome.
This place has no thrills attached. It is a small display room, with tons of baskets everywhere… containing all sorts of breads, pastries, and other goodies with names that I couldn’t even begin to read.
So I grabbed a couple of things, paid the nice lady at the register, and absconded with my newfound friends (pastry friends). And oh boy, was this a good idea. Because the pastries were delicious!
I got a red bean bun ($ 1.00), that was fantastic. Not too sweet, but just the right sweetness, and the bun was moist, tasty and fresh. I also got something that was shaped like a fat (heavy) little leaf, and ended up being some kind of a poundcake type thingamabob ($ 1.50). Perfect snack with coffee (or actually it was my breakfast this morning to be specific).
I’m not sure when I’ll find myself down in this strip mall in Gardena again, but if I do I’ll definitely be back. Very good stuff, very fresh, and they didn’t look at me like I’m an alien because I’m white. Word on all accounts.