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Foods from St Honoré Bakery
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Jan 21
This would be a huge travesty. They were always busy when I dropped by, lets hope its a mid winter break and reno.
Jan 21
Fresh Foodie I am worried about the same thing. The bakery at Kowloon is impressive in size but after doing a taste test I can safely say that the bakery products at St. Honaire win by a long shot. Where am I going to eat now?...
Jan 20
I dearly hope they weren't put out of business by the convenient bakery counter at Kowloon Market, which I visited yesterday and declared to be inferior to St. Honoré by a good margin. :-(
Jan 20
I'm now just back from a trip to Chinatown all to discover that St. Honaire Bakery is closed! Not only that but the interior is stripped of all its furniture. Does anyone know if it is closed temporarily, closed permanently, or moved? There is no sign in the window. I would be terribly sad if they are gone from the Ottawa foodie scene forever...
2012 Jul 11
Stopped for some take outs while out running errands. They stop baking at 4pm so by 5pm it was pretty picked over.. But managed to find 3 coconut cocktail buns, an egg tart and 2 savory buns.
2012 Jun 8
A decent chinese bun bakery and much better offering than some of the others in town.
When there in the afternoon on way from running some errands in town.
Looked around and the coconut cockatail bun was fresh out of the oven as well as a few others (but less interesting ones like ham and egg and frankfurter bun, etc.) Bought a 6 pack coconut cocktail bun, coconut twist, BBQ bun, curry beef bun, fried curry beef bun and egg tart for prices between 89 cents and $1.25. Then tossed a mini portugese chicken bun and 3 sticky rice into the purchase. Some for me and some for my parents to sample.
I quickly munched through the warm coconut cocktail bun and the curry beef bun. the coconut cocktail bun was excellent, help by being fresh from the oven and very tasty.
Had a mini taste of the egg tart when my Dad was sampling it. Decent enough but had some at dim sum aroun town that were much better with flakier crusts and warm custard.
They actually have a decent selection of mini buns and that might be the way to go if you like variety but do not want to eat through multiple large buns since it is a lot of white bun and sugar in some of the offerings.
I think it might be good to zap the bun in the microwave for say 30 seconds to warm it up.
When there in the afternoon on way from running some errands in town.
Looked around and the coconut cockatail bun was fresh out of the oven as well as a few others (but less interesting ones like ham and egg and frankfurter bun, etc.) Bought a 6 pack coconut cocktail bun, coconut twist, BBQ bun, curry beef bun, fried curry beef bun and egg tart for prices between 89 cents and $1.25. Then tossed a mini portugese chicken bun and 3 sticky rice into the purchase. Some for me and some for my parents to sample.
I quickly munched through the warm coconut cocktail bun and the curry beef bun. the coconut cocktail bun was excellent, help by being fresh from the oven and very tasty.
Had a mini taste of the egg tart when my Dad was sampling it. Decent enough but had some at dim sum aroun town that were much better with flakier crusts and warm custard.
They actually have a decent selection of mini buns and that might be the way to go if you like variety but do not want to eat through multiple large buns since it is a lot of white bun and sugar in some of the offerings.
I think it might be good to zap the bun in the microwave for say 30 seconds to warm it up.
2012 May 23
Pretty much anything with coconut is my favourite here. It's a busy little shop because it offers excellent value.
2011 Aug 31
Second visit to "Saint Honore Bakery Cake Shop" - I picked up BBQ Pork buns, fried curry beef buns, and sesame seed covered, sweet red bean paste and glutinous rice filled sweet buns.
I was a bit disappointed in the flavour of the pork bun as Chinese BBQ Pork is pretty tasty; the baked bun is filled with a saucy bbq pork and onion filling that doesn't have a lot of flavour. Still, I liked it warm.
The curried beef bun was deep fried so the bread has an interesting texture, and the filling (hamburger with onion, celery, & spices in a little sauce) was tasty and a bit spicy; I don't know what the seasonings in the spices were, they didn't stand out as very distinctive, but did add some flavour. Pretty good, but greasy!
The sweet bun wasn't what I thought it was (Jin Dui) and was a bit disappointing with a small amount of sweetened red bean paste and large amount of glutinous rice flour filling, and was really way too greasy, especially a few hours after getting it home. It tasted mostly of oil when cold. It may be gluten-free except for any gluten in the oil from cooking other things.
Dang, I had intended to bring home some coconut twists as I liked them on the first visit.
2011 Jun 19
The last time I was here, they were out of BBQ pork buns, so I picked up a minced pork and preserved vegetable bun. It was pretty delish. Not as excellent as a curry beef bun, but that's because nothing is ;)
2011 Jun 19
Wow! The bargain hunter in me loves this tiny shop! Tasty and filling baked and fried treats galore. Glycemic indices out the wazoo make this a place to visit as a treat rather than a daily staple, but if you're craving a doughnutty thing you can't beat it.
In the picture (clockwise from top left):
Hot Dog - Bread with a wiener inside.
Fried Curry Beef Bun - A tasty curried ground beef filled doughnut!
BBQ Pork Bun - Filled with tasty Char Siu (BBQ Pork)
Coconut Twist - Sweet and filling. Huge.
Doughnut - Plain doughnut, shaped like a palmier, rolled in sugar.
The quality was great -- I especially loved the beef and pork buns and the coconut twist (eat it fresh!). Value is jaw-dropping compared to the overpriced bakeries we see elsewhere. These items ranged in price from $0.69 to $1.09.
A whole family can have dessert/snack here for the price of one pastry at Art-is-in Bakery (where the quality is distinctly higher but the value is lower). Perhaps a more fair comparison might be against Tim Hortons, where the prices are similar but the quality is far lower.
I just noticed how small everything looks in the photo. They are not!! That Curry Beef Bun in the center is about 6 inches long.
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