The White Bird

On my way home from an exercise class on a Saturday morning I spied a little blackboard sign directing me to the White Bird Bakery, an Asian inspired bakery on Halmyre Street. How had I not heard of this before? Off I popped and found, on a small, quiet street in Leith, a little bakery nestled amongst the tenements owned by a very friendly woman who was keen to tell me all about the various cakes she had on offer.
It’s all takeaway at the White Bird, and you can choose from Japanese cheesecake (very light, fluffy and low sugar — more like a soufflé than a Western cheesecake), shu puffs, rainbow cake, honey cake and Swiss rolls flavoured with green tea. It’s all very cheap too, with the cheesecake the most expensive item on the menu at a hardly staggering 95p! Figuring that a low in sugar and high in protein (egg) cheesecake seemed like the ideal post exercise food, I bought a couple of slices and headed home.
I believe White Bird has a stall at the Tram Stop Market too, so please do pay a visit if venturing down to deepest, darkest Leith isn’t convenient. I can’t think of another business in Edinburgh that sells the same products, and so cheaply too! It deserves to thrive, and I’ll be back again soon.