Zhongshan District, Taipei City｜Shun Chen Bakery

delicious old shop

tasty

This is a fantastic bakery. I've been trying about 2-4 desserts every day for the past 13 days in Taipei, because America doesn't make good baked foods like Taiwan and Japan does apart from California and New York (sorry other states, but your desserts are TERRIBLE. Stop being proud of making bad desserts! Improve!). Most of the desserts and baked goods have been good but Shun Chen was clearly in a different league when it comes to classic baked goods. I saw someone complaining about how Shun Chen's baked goods were outdated like their grandma's but if my grandma (rip) made baked goods like this, I would make sure that EVERYONE knew how good her desserts were. I ate their matcha bread first thing in the morning and WOW. It was GREAT. I went back again at night after have 2 disappointing desserts, bought a few buns, threw them into my hotel fridge, then passed out. I ate them the next day thinking, "what a waste, it's probably not going to be as good as the other 2 desserts I'll have today" and WOW was I wrong. Their red bean and pork floss buns were still SO fragrant after a rough night in the tiny hotel fridge. Go get that bread.