Blum s was particularly famous for its whipped cream filled coffee crunch cake.
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I had coffee crunch cake before from eastern bakery in san francisco chinatown several times at my job.
So move over eastern bakery and let me enjoy yasukochi s coffee crunch cake with a cup of hot green tea.
We have to carry on the tradition of the place all the old recipes like the coffee crunch cake and mooncakes he said.
Orlando kuan and his family bought it from the lee s in 1985.
720 grant ave san francisco ca 94108 2114 chinatown 1 415 433 7973.
Eastern bakery is the oldest chinese bakery in chinatown.
Shiu definitely agrees with kuan in this regard saying that eastern s coffee crunch cake is truly unique one that is often imitated yet never duplicated in my eight years of living in the states which of course meant being constantly homesick chinatown has evolved into a personal refuge for some notion of cultural familiarity.
Eastern bakery 720 grant avenue san francisco ca 94108 email.
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Bookmark i think you can also get the coffee crunch cake at a bakery in chinatown.
But it isn t too bad you could get away with better quality and prices at the shops off the beaten path in other parts of the city.
Delivery pickup options 692 reviews of eastern bakery it s in the touristy part of chinatown actually what part isn t and with huge pics of clinton s previous visit to the shop it seems like you ve walked into a tourist trap.
It was okay but the texture of eastern s cake was coarse and dry cornmeal cake.
For thousands of families it was the only possible birthday cake.
A lot of chinese immigrants got jobs at blum s back in.
I think you can also get the coffee crunch cake at a bakery in chinatown.
Blum s on union square or california street.
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Aside from it s it ice cream sandwiches if there s one dessert that is inextricably linked with san francisco it has to be the coffee crunch cake from the.
San franciscans over 40 remember san francisco s premier place for ice cream sundaes and amazing cakes.
Blum s coffee crunch cake.