taipan bakery: when only the tart is needed
i do love the egg custard tarts at the end of a dim sum meal, and depending on how flaky, how warm, and how eggy they are, they are a make or break deal for me on the success of the meal. and since i’m not always in the mood for dim sum, and don’t tend to like the manhattan or brooklyn places (usually, i trek out to queens for a proper dim sum meal), i was happy to find multiple recommendations for the taipan bakery and their excellent egg custard tarts. make sure to get the tarts fresh out of the oven. don’t expect anything resembling service or friendliness. and be super glad that this place is so super accessible. someday i hope to do an egg custard tart tasting (starting with all of these spots) but that has to wait for another day after i finally do my long planned brooklyn croissant tasting which hopefully will happen this summer. taipan bakery, 194 canal street between mulberry and mott streets, manhattan, new york, .
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with two small and darling kids and one lovely husband who all occasionally need some amount of tending to as well as a full-time job, this blog is an excuse for me to explore the streets of new york, with a focus on brooklyn -- my home -- and manhattan, for those great little finds that seem to appear randomly on all sorts of blocks around new york but are sometimes hidden from plain view. i gravitate toward small, beautiful, independent places with interesting things, fantastic and friendly service and mostly affordable stuff (or at least an excellent value) and food that is extremely tasty, reasonable and in a great space -- though taste will trump design every time. to help put all these ideas in one place, i also will provide a series of new york mini-guides. in each of these, i will highlight something fun to do and then give some food, shop and doing suggestions nearby. these mini-guides, soon to be accompanied by mini-maps, will help to fill an afternoon -- where to pick up a snack, what shops to check out nearby and is there a really sweet little park along the way for a much needed rest. and i am always looking for ideas -- so if you have any suggestions for where to eat and shop or what to do please let me know. . you can also follow me on twitter at cherrypatter.
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