Napoleon Bakery & Restaurant

This bakery sucks. We bought a cake from here and it was like all cream. like they made the cake flopsided and they padded it with cream! wtf.
oh and it didnt help that the fruit was moldy too – mmm bacteria! appetizing!

The owner of this bakery shop has been changed in last month and it’s named Cherry Blossom Bakery now. The bakery chefs and the front desk still are the same except that the owner is now a young lady. She introduced MUCH BETTER LOOKING AND TASTY cakes (both whole cake and in slice are available). It becomes my official place to order birthday cake.
The mango moouse cake is so popular and every of my guests love it. Princess cake is so pretty but the almond paste on the outside runs too sweet, the cake itself is tasty. I have also tried chocolate moouse, tiramisu and mocha moouse. Chocolate moouse will sure win your heart if you’re a chocolate fan, tiramisu and mocha are both delicious but not outstanding as compared to the others. There are also some more varieties such as cheese cake, strawberry cake and mixed fruit cake.
BTW, their bread items are cheap and nice. I like to get the mini cakes (my kids love it and the size is just right for them), red bean bread, shred coconut bread… Oh, the dinner bun is a steal, super cheap and reasonably good in taste.

Typical chinese bakery goods but they look like they are constantly baking all day long and that’s a good sign. Don’t be surprised to be able to pick up warm buns straight out of the oven even late afternoon. The best thing about this bakery is that they make mini versions of pineapple buns and sponge cupcakes. They are perfect snacks for us mommies to take to the kids’ basketball games and school events.

This bakery replaced a popular Chinese take out place more than a year ago. Don’t know about the «restaurant» part of the name, because I’ve only seen baked goods. They have a bigger location in Chinatown. Almost everything on display is under a dollar, except for a few breads, croissants, etc. You can also order cakes. You’ll find most typical Chinese bakery items: sponge cakes, egg custard tarts, almond cookies, curry beef in pastry, buns with bean paste, twisted bun with raisins, etc. The ham and egg bun is not exactly what you’d expect, the egg (powdered eggs?) is cooked as a custard layer and cut into rectangles, so the texture is different. The weirdest bun I’ve seen is the ham and corn. Looks like a bun shaped Danish, but with a pile of corn kernels in the center instead of fruit. I was not brave enough to try it.
Nothing spectacular or outstanding. Just a nice affordable addition to the Clement street corridor.

I ordered a cake here a while back if you don’t mind the old fashioned design on the cake it was good. The fruits were fresh, cake was light and fluffy and not too sweet.

I had high hopes for this place.
The pineapple bun & egg custard were decent… but the chocolate/​mocha swiss roll was totally unedible. It was so dry that I just took one bite and had to throw it out.
Sheng kee or Schubert’s are better alternatives.

A picture perfect moment from Matt G; The Fantastic-​4 taking a stroll around Clement St. Would you say we blended in well with the other Chinese crowds and families along that strip?
«Well…I don’t like to go to Clement St. and I missed my beloved home!»
We were on our way to a potluck house party. So we landed at the newest Napoleon Bakery to grab a variety of treats. As you can tell from my whining quote that we don’t go to Clement St. often, and it appears that the newest bakery, which is located at the tail end of the busy strip, has just been opened not too long ago. The bakery is brand-​spankin’ new with a smaller crowd unlike the other two locations. (San Francisco and Oakland Chinatown)
We bought a dozen of the fresh custard tarts, which just came out of the oven as we stepped in the door, at $.75 each. We also bought assorted buns (baos) with flavored mixture and contents in them. My personal favorite from the bakery is the Chicken and tomato in a cheesy bun. And since I’m a huge eater, one of those pastries is very filling and affordable as well. Each of the filled buns are $.80 each, which might be higher of the three locations.
Unlike the other two busy locations, this Clement St. bakery has self-​serve refrigerator with sliced cakes, and drinks. We bought four of those Chinese-​style cheesecakes for $ 2.50 each. All three locations are cash only, and we spent quite of bit of cash here.

Haven’t been this excited about baked goods since Krispy Kreme opened up in Colma/​Daly City. Yeah, yeah I know baked goods have refined sugar and the unhealthy white flour. But man! Their taro bun and coconut bun are soooo good!
During Thanksgiving we had an out-​of-​town guest and went to this place like four times in four days. Sadly, I’ll have to stay out of Napoleon Bakery for a while. I’ve been eating healthier for a while now, but I will return… someday.

My mom’s been buying quite a few of the buns and pastries here and keeps forcing them on me. I can’t eat all of it (stupid diet!). Some of the buns are really weird combinations or flavors (tuna, cheese and corn). But there are a handful that I would absolutely go out of my way to get. The egg custard tarts are pretty good (not too sweet but the crust could be a little flakier) and only 60 cents. The taro root bun is tasty, as is the chicken mushroom. I want to try the green onion bun next time. The only thing that stopped me from trying it this time was the size, it looks almost as big as my head!

Part of the Napoleon Super Bakery chain the new Napoleon Bakery & Restaurant on Clement Street is, at least for now, only a bakery and not a restaurant. I stopped in on the weekend after noticing it there for the first time. They have a nice selection of freshly baked buns and other pastries. Although I didn’t really concentrate and study the entire pastry case I did notice that they had whole apple pies, loaf cakes and egg tarts also.
As Lolia S. mentioned in her review most of the buns are 70 cents each. I have tried five of the selections.
The Chicken and Mushroom bun looks just like a baked pork bun, a round dome-​like bun with a shiny glaze on top marked by a single piece of green onion. The bun itself on all of the selections was very good with a slight sweetness, a soft texture and good elasticity. The filling of this bun was cubed chicken (both white and dark meat) and pieces of Chinese black mushrooms in a savory sauce. I think I like this one the best of the five I’ve tried.
The Curry Beef Bun is shaped like a torpedo roll and has a tasty mixture of ground beef, corn kernels and celery bits in a bright yellow curry sauce.
The Raisin Bun (60 cents) looks like a donut twist again with the glazed layer on top. There were not a whole lot of raisins. Maybe less than a dozen raisins in the one I sampled but these were large, plump raisins. The bread was especially chewy on this selection … good stuff.
The Mexican Bun (50 cents) is another dome-​like bun. It is a plain bun with a thin crust baked on top that is a bit salty and a bit sweet.
I found the Chicken and Cheese Bun just really weird. I noticed the mixture of white and yellow cheeses melted on top of the oblong shaped bun, but I really wasn’t expecting the gross piece of breaded, chicken loaf patty nor the sweet ketchup sauce on the inside. This one just tasted strange to me.
I’ll definitely be back though to try more selections. There are some nicely decorated cakes in a refrigerated section off to the side that I’d like to try also. The two friendly and courteous young ladies behind the counter were also very helpful and quite patient with my indecisiveness.

Nice looking golden, shiny round buns. I tried three (70 cents each — cheap). This is their third location (they have one on Stockton St. in SF Chinatown and another in the Oakland Chinatown) and it looks like it just opened. The bun part is good (tender, sweet) but the fillings need some work.
* Tuna fish: the tuna salad was sour and like pâté rather than flaked fish. I didn’t like the texture or the flavor.
* Curry beef: the best of the buns that I tried. Curried ground beef was pretty good though quite salty. The curry flavor comes from yellow curry powder. Rather oily.
* Chicken with cheese: a strange combination. I wasn’t sure what to expect. The chicken is a breaded patty (like a chicken finger) and the bun has a sweet ketchup sauce on top. It was okay.
They have sponge cakes, egg custard tarts, moon cakes, and quite a few different buns. It didn’t seem like they had a plain red bean bun but I saw a pineapple red bean bun.