Baker’s Village

We have been regular customers for over 2 years so we owe them a review. I have rarely seen a small place with such remarkable quality consistency. Their sponges (green tea, chocolate, vanilla rolls, castellas or cakes) are always perfect– light, airy, flavorful, mildly sweet and not doused with cream like american bakeries– and we get some every two weeks!
I also love their Tapioca buns and their cream filled pastries. Always fresh! Trust me, this place is much better than Paris Baguette in terms of quality even if you ignore their lower prices.

Great cakes and great service!
The cake was fresh and delicious. Not too sweet. It was moist, and everyone at the party loved it. Highly recommended.

Great Mocha cream cake which comes in a half sheet and was ordered for my mother-in-law’s 90^th birthday. It wasn’t too sweet and very light with whip cream frosting. She loves mocha cakes and this one was quite delicious since I normally don’t eat sweets I had a big piece!

Delicious fruits cake with strawberry layering in between. This place is hidden gem, everything looks fresh and tastes good (I had pie castella and vanilla roll). I ordered birthday cake and it was super delicious and sweet to perfection. The cream cheese topping was awesome and cake was super soft and rich in flavor. Everyone in the party relished it to the last bit. Just awesome !!!

The sweer owner lady always gives me a bread of the day at checkout :) their mini cream cheese muffins are such a delight along with the tofu skin chips which i snack on all day. I dont eat baked goods too often but when i do, i come here from Sunnyvale.

This used to be my favorite bakery back in Korea when I was a child. I’m happy to report that it’s still as good as ever. Their castella is soft and fluffy. I’m surprised by the lack of people that come by here. But at once, I’m happy because that way there’s no line for me (and more bread for me!)
I especially love the way that they make cake. They made it for my birthday one year and it was beautiful! They used no fondant or fruits as decorations. It was roses made out of the cream that they use to cover the entire cake. It was pretty amazing craftsmanship. (the writing on the cake as well). I believe you can personalize the cake (the decorations and size) if you request it in advance. I don’t know how much it is, but from the decorations and the taste of the cake, it was worth the money to me.

I didn’t realize that this has become my default bakery for birthday cakes! The cakes are fresh and not too sweet, just the way i like ‘em. The place seems to be a hidden secret, visited by the regulars, but otherwise has low traffic. So I am always out with a cake I want in less than 5 minutes.
Bonus, they almost always give me a little muffin or roll as a freebie with my cake :-)

I bought a birthday cake last week from this store, unexpectedly, it was so good. My friend love it. I will come back again.

Everything is so fresh and tasty. I am shopping there since a year, very happy to discover that place. I hope they continue the good business.

We tried strawberry and coffee macaroons and it tasted yumm! Also their pie cake and vanilla cream cake was jus perfect with the right amount of sugar. We love coming to this place more often.

Yuck!
The store itself (as well as a smaller counterpart inside Hankook Supermarket) are presentable and clean enough.
I have purchased make baked goods from this bakery in the past. Then I chewed into a metal wire inside potato crochet (gorokae). The metal wire was badly rusted, most likely stuck in deep fryer for awhile. My mother ran a restaurant many years ago and her restaurant always cleaned the deep fryer twice a week. I suspect Baker’s Village never bother to clean the fryer, and probably none of the other cookware. AVOID LIKE A PLAGUE!

long time my favorite bakery
when i am craving korean bakery, i am going this place
mocha bread, red bean bread… many things are good
will go back if i am tired to eat paris baguette or tour les jours.

Gotta lotta stuff last Sunday for Father day! Ate Korean food and buy Korean bakery hahaha! Bought custard bread but no custard inside but it taste so good! Price is very reasonable there and very nice people in there! They have roti bun too so it’s a 5 stars!

As far as asian pastries go, this place this is my personal favorite. Korean pasteries seem a little less sweet and tend to be nuttier. Nothing here is asthetically elaborate, so it’s obvious the the person in charge is a master baker and not a pastry chef. I suppose this is more consistent with the name of the bakery.
Try the sweet potato cake. It’s unlike any other cake you’ve had, both in taste and appearance. Lightly sweet with a subtle sweet potato flavor.

I went to the sad Salvation Army next door and was surprised to see this little bakery right next door!
It was a pleasant little shop, with assorted cookies and other goodies pre-​packaged in plastic cello bags. I was immediately drawn to the mini cookies — sesame in particular. They looked like tuile cookies covered in black and regular roasted sesame seeds. Delicious for a fan of sesame like myself, though there are way too many in the bag to finish in one go! The next time I stopped in, we tried thin flat coconut cookies and I loved these. Crisp, nutty, and slightly sweet with lots of coconut flavor. This was a must, with three large cookies in a package. I think that’s what I like about Baker’s Village so far, lovely sweets that aren’t too sweet, and a good alternative to Paris Baguette across the way.
I’ve also tried the corn cookies, which though intriguing sounding, turned out to be cornmeal cookies … Which were dry and crumbly and not very good.
Both times I visited there were lots of older Korean ladies gathering here to grab a snack together, so they must know what’s good. I’ll be adventurous and try something in the pastry case next time around.

Been here years ago with a Korean friend and treatment was more friendly.
Went in recently and older lady (possible owner) was not very nice. In fact
She was on phone entire time and then she looked up and we took THAT second to
Ask a question. While still on phone, she grabs the bread and «thumps. it on counter.
She rang us up (still on phone). All we can say is… EXTREMELY BAD SERVICE
Now to the bread… TASTED STALE, VERY DRY BUT YET BAG WAS OILY.

Small Asian Bakery.
They don’t have quite the selection that Paris Bagueete or Sheng Kee Bakery has.
I must have had some old stuff as it was pretty dry/​stale.
The Macarons (I know I shouldn’t have tried it since this is an Asian Bakery, not a French one, but I couldn’t resist) were hard/​stale, and not tasty.
Note: $ 10 credit card minimum.

Baker’s Village is a holdover from quainter days of Santa Clara Koreatown. Remember the coffee place where 99 Chicken now resides? Well, Baker’s Village totally matches my memory of that place with its warm, idyllic, «continental» vibe. The vibe of the breads is similar.
Everything here is mildly sweet – completely opposite Safeway-​level «spit-​it-​out» garbage. Some of the breads run a little dry which is little trouble for me as I always have baked goods with tea or coffee. The full-​size bread loaves are spongy and beautiful. I made some french toast out of their raisin bread and it was excellent, though I still prefer the chewy, spongy Taiwanese bread at L’epi d’or in Cupertino.
Their mochi is very good. It’s Korean style – more rice vs. red bean, less sweet and saltier. It’s very, very chewy and definitely made from scratch.
The people working here are always friendly and helpful and occasionally hand out «service» freebies. Few of them speak much English, so bring your Korean friend or finally take that Conversational Korean class you’ve wanted to take.
Baker’s Village is a nice, homey Santa Clara spot that reminds me of my teenage years spent exploring local businesses which I only vaguely understood existed to serve a growing Korean community.
(I miss that coffee place.)
(I’ll have to get one of those buttercream buns.)

I would have to say. I prefer this place than Paris Baguette. Why? There’s not a huge line and the selection is as good. Well most of all they have mochi bread. MOCHI in bread. *dies* I had to stop myself from buying the whole store. There were so many different breads like the Mugwort mochi bread and castellas. Everything I bought today was delicious.
The mugwort mochi bread is green, but don’t let that scare you. There’s mochi and red beans strewn about. The mochi bread itself tastes eggy, but I like it. It’s so soft and just kind of melts in your mouth. The third bread… I forgot what it was called, but started with an «s» and has a cookie crumbly top which kind of tastes like it has hints of peanut. That was soft and crunchy and perfectly dances with all my senses.
Overall I will come back and try more delicious bread!

I love Asian bakeries! The pastries are less sweet than those sold at non-​Asian bakeries. The dough more spongy rather than dense. The cream more light versus heavy. I personally think you can get away with eating 3 items from asian bakeries for the same amount of calories you will find in one pastry elsewhere. That’s just my opinion:)
Baker’s Village is awesome! I came in here yesterday with my boyfriend in the afternoon after spending the day exploring the Peninsula. We were at Hankook Supermarket earlier where I wanted to pick up some Korean pastries. He told me we should check out this place instead. Boy was I glad he took us here. I was so excited when I walked in and saw so many yummy offerings! The only drawback was that the pastries were labeled only in Korean, without any English translation to describe what were inside these delicious looking pastries and buns.
Luckily, the adorable cashier was able to help. I asked her what her favorite item was in the entire bakery and she grabbed me a green spongecake with a layer of cream in between. She spoke little English and my boyfriend’s Korean needed polishing, so I didn’t quite understand what my pastry was exactly, but it was very good. My boyfriend picked up his usual favorite. Fluffy bread filled with sweet cream. He picked up two to be exact. It was seriously to-​die-​for.
I can’t wait to come back to try other varieties. Hopefully next time their frappuccino machine is up and running because according to my boyfriend, it’s better than Starbuck’s!