Golden Gate Bakery, San Francisco CA

Golden Gate Bakery

Black Bean Moon Cake

Egg Custard Tart

I really have no excuse as to why I’d omitted Golden Gate Bakery from my Bay Area dining itinerary in the past but for the sake of saving face I’ll pretend it was because of the rumored long lines and random unannounced closures, neither of which was present when I arrived to find hot egg custard tarts emerging from the kitchen just after noon on a Monday. Warm and jiggly I quickly ate the first before more slowly enjoying the second, the pastry crisp and intensely buttery when sampled alone while the custard was sweeter than my past experiences yet still pronouncedly eggy – a great achievement, no doubt. Happily taking my server’s advice as other warm items were just coming out of the oven I also ordered a dense Moon Cake, my first experience with this pastry, and loaded with sweetened black bean paste my only regret is that I did not try the taro or lotus options as well.

http://goldengatebakery.com/