Miele Bakery

This place is Miele-​y good! I would return for the bingsoo a Miele-​ion times!
Do my puns even make sense? I don’t know how to actually pronounce this bakery’s name. Anyways!
My mom and I shared the injeolmi bingsoo and it was definitely the best bingsoo I’ve ever had. I love that they make their bingsoo out of snowcream which has milk and sugar mixed with the ice. This adds a rich, velveteen consistency to the ice that has subsequently and single-​handedly ruined and shamed all other bingsoos I’ve eaten in the past.
Fenweh (n.): a German word that means «to feel homesick for a place you’ve never been.» As I left Miele, I felt something similar towards the bingsoos I never got to eat. I will be back for you, green tea, mango, strawberry, and black sesame… I will be back.

Best bing soo (Korean shaved ice) in the Montgomery County area! And super yummy western and Korean pastries! Also very nice and clean sitting area. Mmm can’t wait to go back!

2.5, rounded up because the employees were nice.
Let me preface, I admit I can be snobbish when it comes to my desserts and baked goods, especially my Asian desserts.
They have average selection, mostly sweet items so if you’re looking for like a ham and cheese bao (they had a croquette but it was too heavy for what I wanted) or scallion bun, you won’t find that here. That was really disappointing to me because I was feigning for Chinese baked goods. Not their fault though.
I got a honey bun ($ 2.5), two macarons (apprx $ 2.5 ea), and an ice mocha ($ 4+).
The honey bun is so-​so. The sponge part isn’t as fluffy as I expected, there are harder, denser, less moist pieces that confuse me because they taste so bad, why even put it in there?
The iced mocha has way too much milk but the espresso was bitter enough to break through the base. But for $ 4+, it’s just not a good value. At almost $ 5, I expect real espresso.
Haven’t tried the macarons yet. They’re big though.
They have hot sandwiches priced at $ 6.99+ and use Boar’s Head.
All in all, I doubt I would go back unless I worked in walking distance. Unfortunate but not overly surprising they disappointed.

The review is for 4.5 stars
Some of the macaroons were more fresh then the others. The freshly baked green tea buns and bread where great. I would definitely return for breakfast as it looked like most of the patrons where getting breakfast and it smelled wonderful.

We don’t live in Rockville.
We don’t even live in Maryland.
We don’t own a car.
How come we keep coming up here to get Bingsoo?
Do you put crack in your bingsoo? Is there some mind altering substance inside your matcha? Will I go into withdrawals if I don’t get another hit?
I’ve never tried anything else but their bingsoo. But um… it looks good…

Miele bakery is right in Medical Center drive, sitting right by the new National Cancer Institute building. There’s a free parking garage or parallel parking in front of the building.
I think Miele is really interesting. It’s a bakery/​café and a deli. During their lunch rush, it serves deli sandwiches and salads and all day it serves baked goods, coffee and desserts.
I’ve only tried the desserts and baked goods, and they’re amazing. The bingsoo (shaved ice) is made with milk, so it has a sweeter flavor to it. Try any of them and you won’t be disappointed. The coffee is also on point.
The patisseries and other baked goods are really soft, moist, sweet and I like the variety of flavors and combinations. One of the owners personally bakes each variety, including the cakes, from morning to after close. Food is always fresh there.
The ambiance is nice – very coffeehouse like and it actually has a lot of space. They should have coffeehouse performances since they open to 10pm.

Went to this place again to show my friends the green tea bingsoo but the lady said that the green tea and strawberry ice cream delivery didn’t come today. If you wanted to call about those, it may take awhile for them to answer the phones… there is not always a staff member waiting at the counter. They should really install cameras in the back so they can see if a customer is waiting or at least have a bell for the customer to ring.
Besides that, the mango bingsoo that we settled on was delicious. The ice cream was amazing, but they gave less red bean than last time. They surrounded the ice with a generous amount of cubed mango that made for a tangy flavor that some may enjoy. I personally thought it was too sour and would choose the green tea bingsoo over this one.
Other than that, we enjoyed some croquettes that were were crispy and filled with potatoes. My friend said it reminded her of an empanada.
Btw parking is free at the retail garage on the left so you don’t have to street park!

I love this place. The pastries are fresh and delicious. The star of the place is their shaved ice desserts. I have only tried their black sesame one but it did not disappoint. I’m sure there is more to it but the simplified explanation, basically, water and condensed milk frozen into a block of ice and shaved into a bowl. It almost has the consistency of light, sweet vanilla ice cream. The dessert also has little chunks of sweet rice cake called mochi, my favorite. Service was great and the place is super clean.
My only complaint is the desserts in the windows could be labeled so you would not have to constantly ask what they are. The macrons are really good as well, not too sweet and just the right chewiness, so far vanilla is my favorite.
Next time I want to try their lunch sandwiches.

I was finishing up some hot pot at Riverside when I decided that I might as well finish my Korean lunch with some yummy bingsoo. I researched for local bakeries and this one caught my eye the most. This bakery is amazing! It is very spacious and has a lot of seats. They have almost every Korean pastry available and they all look pretty scrumptious. They have a variety of bingsoos to choose from (mango, strawberry, green tea, premium milk were what I remembered). I came for bingsoo, but I left with a lot of treats.
Highlights:
–The cakes are decorated beautifully and have a variety of flavors
–Lots of seats available for people who want to sit in and chat
–Strawberry bingsoo was layered well, so I never really felt like I was eating just ice
–Angel Pan bread delicious. It’s buttery and filled with crème and jam.
–Macarons were fresh and did not taste like they were in the fridge for long
Warning: You might leave with more than what you originally wanted

I got to try something called a bingsoo. I know it had lots of shaved ice with flavors, fruit, some sort of sweet beans (red bean they call it), ice cream all drizzled with a sauce… well that is my description of it. There are several types of bingsoo here and on this visit I had the mango flavored one. I think it was called Premium Mango Snow Bingsoo. It was very delicious… even the mango pieces were sweet, however it is a lot of ice, so be sure when you get your own, it is big enough to share between 2 people and you may even have some left over — yes, it is that big.
When I first went to the place, before ordering, I felt like a kid in a candy store as I want to buy up everything else they had in the store — I did make a few other purchases, like their bigger sized macarons and a slice of green tea cake which was light and tasted like green tea. I also purchased a slice of cake that looked like a rainbow — it basically had 3 or 4 different flavors within the cake itself and that tasted even better than the green tea cake by itself. It was my way of trying a different flavor of each thing — never seen that before.

Stumbled upon this place after eating at Riverside Hot Pot nearby. This place has snacks covered. If you like Asian-​style pastries, there’s a large selection of cakes behind the counter, and a number of packaged, fresh items to purchase for later as well. As full as I was from hot pot, I still took several items home.
Teas, coffees, bobas, and most importantly, shave ice are all on offer. The shave ice was a nice surprise – I recommend the black sesame flavor, which tastes like fresh snow with a sweet, nuttiness. The shave ice is big enough to share.
The interior of Miele is spacious, and they’re open relatively late, even on Sunday nights. This spot was a great discovery, and I’ll definitely be back with friends and a larger appetite.

Came specifically for a deep dive into a bingsoo. This following rave reviews from the intern at work who attends nearby University of MD at Shady Grove.
The choices go from mango, strawberry and green tea to the more traditional black sesame and injulmae (?). The lovely Korean lady at the counter said most American people don’t like the black sesame and red bean, and so obviously we went straight for that.
The $ 10 price point seems slightly steep… until they come out with the tray bearing a mountain of ‘wicked snow’, that looks massive. It’s topped with a delicious and generous spray of sesame seeds. The serve also included all kinds of chewy mochi tucked inside, crunchy almonds and corn flakes, condensed milk oozing through the flaky milk ice, and a hefty heap of red bean on top. The red bean is not a paste, but a semi-​smashed consistency so you can still see the rounded shape. The mounded heaping was super tasting, although my lips froze and I babbled because I was in ice-​heaven. Wow, with two of us tackling it, we still could not finish the dessert, it was such a heaping serving! I would suggest split between three!
Their nicely appointed café space in back has substantial, heavy timber tables and lots of space. It’s actually rather rare to see such solid furniture modern establishments anymore, so I enjoyed the setting.
The rest of the bakery has lots of individually wrapped buns, amazing looking macaroons (black sesame and green tea included), cup cakes, exquisitely decorated cakes, and breads. At 6:00 p. m it still all looked fresh, and architecturally interesting. I must say their cakes looked extremely fashionable, modern, and sexy.
The whole bakery-​café felt clean, designed, and modern. Didn’t notice strong background music… But still delectable enough for a sexy ice cream date.

Awful service. Can’t get anyone’s attention to order or to get a cup of water and there were two employees and absolutely no other customers. laziness is what i call it.
The injulmee patbingsu was good. I thought it tasted similar to Manoa. Love the snow bingsu and definitely did not skimp on the toppings.
However, need better service.

It is good and bad having a Korean bakery in Rockville. I love it, but I worry about consuming too much sugar at the end of the day… lol
(Warning: although we love Miele’s desserts, we were disappointed with their sandwich. Please, throw in some more meat and do something/​anything!!! to make it better…)
I personally love local bakeries like Miele bakery. Big franchise companies are all great, but there’s something unique about these local bakeries. I love Miele bakery for the following reasons:
1. Their Bingsoo is actually better than Siroo’s (Annandale, VA).
I used to think that Siroo had the best bingsoo in DMV area, but after comparing both, Miele’s bingsoo was superior. The owner imported a very expensive ice shaving machine from Korea, and their bingsoo has very soft and fluffy texture. (Probably very similar to sweet milk shaved ice at Sul Bing — a huge Korean bing soo franchise café). Well, Sul Bing is in Ashburn, VA. so I am happy to have Miele in Rockville. My recommendation is the black sesame bingsoo, and if you ask the owner really nicely to add extra toppings, he does so at $ 1+ per topping.
2. I didn’t try their cakes, but I actually really like their buns. Personally, I like them better than Silla’s and Tous Les Jours’. All of their buns have this pleasant salty taste and chewy texture. My favorite bun is always the red bean, but I recommend yellow cream bun, too. It is not the best yellow cream (or choux cream) I had, but it is ok.

Wow, this place is amazing, they serve cakes by the slices, full cakes, assorted breads, bingsoo (Korean shaved ice dessert), large macaroons, deli sandwiches, as well as are getting ready to launch the frozen yogurt options.
Everything looked pristine and just gorgeous… Almost too good to eat, just almost. I was also in love with how pretty everything looked that I spent at least 10 minutes walking around the store looking at all the snacks on sale.
BP and I decided on a bag of Zapp’s Chips and four large Macaroons: Chocolate and Coffee were my picks and BP chose Black Sesame and Green Tea. The Macaroons were the best I have ever had, but I all be honest and say that at times, the flavor of the macaroons could get overwhelming.
I really like the coffee and chocolate ones, and black sesame was also very good, but the taste of Green tea overpowered basically everything else we tried. I just loved everything else about the macaroons, their unique size, the nice crust and how chewy and decadent eat bite was. The filling in between each macaroons was also flavorful and matched everything perfectly both taste-​wise and visually!
Customer service here was also nice, I like how I was greeted before ordering and not harassed to tip or buy more items (it has happened before)!

Miele Bakery (formerly West Wing Café) is located off of Medical Center Drive near the John Hopkins University Rockville campus. They have a small retail parking lot and 1 hour street parking.
They serve sandwiches, salads, soups, bubble tea, coffee, soda, slices of cake, whole cakes, large macarons, asian buns, and bingsoo. My favorite sandwich is P1!
Today’s featured soup was homemade Chicken Noodle soup. It looked super healthy and hearty but had a zesty herb flavoring.
The Green Tea Bingsoo consisted of a large bowl of finely grated ice, topped with red bean and green tea ice cream, drizzled with condensed milk, and sprinkled with green tea powder. In my opinion, it was better tasting than what Snowbots offers. It liked how it wasn’t as dense. Today’s bingsoo didn’t have as much red bean as pictured but it still tastes great! It’s a great dessert to amongst at least two people.

Fantastic place to pick up Korean style bakery items, desserts (big macaron’s!), and eat their most delicious bingsoo!
Bingsoo is shaved ice with condensed milk and filled with lots of toppings. For a detailed explanation of bingsoo, read Jason C. reviews.
This place is huge! 1000 times bigger than Shilla on Viers Mill, with lots of tables and seats. Their bingsoo is so tasty, and quite filling. One order easily feeds 3 – 4 people. Really like their black sesame bingsoo.
This place also serves breakfast and lunch items (salads and sandwiches) too. Will have to try one of their sandwiches next time I’m there.
For newbies to bingsoo, give it a try and especially at this place. I’m a fan!

After several years of Unilocal reviews, there have only been a handful of places that excite me enough to write a review on the day I try a place out. More surprisingly, it’s a rare occurrence and a pleasant surprise to find a place north of Rockville that will match the best of what DMV has to offer. Miele Bakery is my surprising find for this month and in my opinion is one of the two best places in the DMV to get Korean shaved ice «Bingsoo».
The style of Bingsoo served here is a popular Korean style known as «sul-​bing» (also known as «snow» bingsoo). Instead of traditional shaved ice, frozen milk is used for the shaved ice. As far as I know, there are only a few places that use this method in the DMV (the other place I know is Siroo in Annandale but there may be more).
Of particular interest to me was the black sesame seed Bingsoo after hearing about it from Fred K and reading Eddie K’s review. It was very pleasing to experience the bursts of flavor you get from the sesame seeds in combination with the almonds and a slightly sweetened milk shaved ice. One of the key differences which I think that made this Bingsoo stand out compared to Siroo’s was that it didn’t feel like the ice was «sticking together» in my mouth (as strange as it makes to say this my mouth gets a bit dry with Siroo’s bingsoo).
My final verdict is that Siroo’s bingsoo beats Miele’s by a hair’s length. However, my guess is that there will be a near even split between Unilocalers on whether they prefer Siroo’s or Miele’s bingsoo. For myself, while Miele’s bingsoo is definitely hits the right spot for sweetness, I have a personal preference for less sweeter foods/​desserts. The second reason is that a bulk of the Miele’s flavoring comes from the sugar added (or condensed milk) into the milk and the sesame seeds rather than from the red beans (there’s only a small portion of red beans in Miele’s compared to Siroo’s). Lastly, adding fruit topping into Miele’s bingsoo can get rather expensive ($ 1-​$ 1.5 per topping). I like to add 3+ fruits into my bingsoo which can easily make the Bingsoo at Miele cost upwards of $ 15 or more which is pretty expensive for Bingsoo.
While all of these factors may make it seem that they are deal breakers, they actually aren’t. I think that Miele makes a wonderful Bingsoo and considering they are in the MoCo area, have a wonderfully decorated bakery, friendly staff, and convenient parking in a beautiful suburban area, I find no justification to travel all the way to Annandale to eat at Siroo. Five stars to Miele and many thanks for setting up shop in Moco!!!

Yessss!!! No longer do we have to drive to Annandale for snow bingsoo!!! What an awesome place!
This is like shilla bakery but better. Lots more bakery selections and cake selections. This may be our new favorite bakery/​bingsoo place in Maryland!
We ordered the black sesame snow bingsoo. For those wondering, snow bingsoo is a combination of snow ice and bingsoo. The snow ice is so finely shaved or crushed that it just melts in your mouth — no chewing ice, just toppings! Anyway, ours was topped with red bean which was less sweet than other red bean pastes we’ve had. This was perfect since the snow bingsoo was already sweet so the tastes balances each other out.
What a gem! We will definitely come back! It’s a little expensive but I would pay because it’s that good ;) woo hoo for this place! Love it!

I love sweet things, frozen sweet things more, and shaved ice with green tea ice cream on top melted into the red bean paste and slowly sipping into the slush ice is about as good as it gets.
Walked out of the NCI Rockville campus one evening and walked right into this store with large advertisement of all varieties of delicious shaved ice. The ladies at the counter were extremely friendly and helpful, I pointed to the shaved ice I wanted on the poster, was told it was big portioned and meant for two people, I nodded yes it is still what I want but knowing I’ll have the entire giant portion to myself.
While my coworker was trying to decide between red velvet, raspberry, and other bakeries, which all looked fantastically delicious. My king of shaved ice was served in a shallow bowl, presented beautifully in a reverse conical shape, I almost didn’t have the heart to tell them to destroy the work of art and pack it to go — since we were in a rush to catch train/​flight. The devour-​ment took place on the Metro, the ice cream sipping into the fluffy layers of shaved ice and acted as a natural flavor enhancer for the shaved ice and the shaved ice balanced the sweet flavors of the ice cream. This is certainly the best compromise between calories guilt from eating a pint of frozen ice cream and the delicious satisfaction that provides. Perfect Kakigori.