Tanbii Bakery

Love this bakery! I really like their grilled pork sandwich, only $ 1.25 and very tasty! Their cakes are good, too!

I’m about to get REAL chinese right now and tell you that they have the best Durian type-​of cake you will ever find (mind you, I am no super duper durian devotee — just a cake whore who gets her cake and eats it too). The Durian roll is super moist and super thick, and has a generous amount of cream filling. Usually I find roll fillings a bit of a nuisance but this one was mixed in with actual Durian, which gave it a really yummy fragrant flavor rather than that fake whipped cream taste. Also, it’s pretty cheap at $ 5ish per roll (minus a bit for their current Grand Opening discount) which is a great deal for rolls these days .
The rest of their bread selection is pretty standard for a chinese bakery. There was nothing really extraordinary here to try, but that Durian roll is pretty damn good. I had a piece of their Taro roll once, but my mom had stacked it next to the Durian roll so that absorbed all the jacked up goodness.
All in all, if you’re looking for your typical breads and want it at a low price — Tanbii does it. They even have a discounted selection of breads! Tough times yo!

this place JUST opened up in the hong kong plaza and they have 25% off their baked goods and what not until July 16^th i believe!
I went here kind of late. around 5 pm and most of the baked goods WERE ALL SOLD OUT. so i settled for a bun w/​taro filling. cost me 1.10 but w/​the discount it was 82 cents.
the cakes are temping. you can get a mini cake for only 5 – 6 dollars and the cake rolls for around 5 bucks! i think the prices here are great. but i’ve only tasted their taro bread. which didn’t really give me a great impression
the filling was not firm enough. never had such. unfirm taro filling. i dont even know what word to describe it. and i just wish they didn’t run out of bread so fast. but then again. that makes sense for bakeries to run out. esp if they just opened because they don’t have too many customers yet.
the bread texture was nice and chewy but most asian bakeries are the same. so what can i say. none beat 85 degrees in irvine but for the price you settle