Sogo Bakery

Not happy with this bakery. I’ve tried a few different Asian bakeries and this is probably my least favorite. Not horrible tasting but I would rather go somewhere else.

Out of all the Asian bakeries, I think this specific Sogo Bakery is my least favorite. The pineapple bun here is always gross and it looks like they put the bread in the packaging before it officially dried because I always get it moist and soft from the condensation. Sometimes it even tastes stale.
85c is right down the street. It’s honestly not hard to drive a little bit further.

This review is for their on-​sale items, which are $ 5 for 5 pastries. And I should realize that I cannot trust discount pastries because their breads are as stale as rubber. I had to throw away all of them. Come to think of it, $ 5 for 5 pastries is not cheap either.

This Sogo bakery had the $ 5 for five items special when I was there. Numerous items were sold out so I didn’t get to try more items. From what I had purchased most items tasted average to pretty good. Having said that, I strongly recommend the delicious pineapple shortcake.

eh. I prefer Kee wah and Sheng Kee much more than this place. The location is a bit odd too. I like it when the buns are not already pre-​wrapped. I’ve been lucky each time I’ve gone to KW and SK because there have always been buns fresh out of the oven and on the trays, and the smell is to die for. The selection at Sogo didn’t seem as large as KW and SK; I think they focus more on cakes, if I heard others say. I think their cakes are much better than their pastries.

We used to come to this plaza on De Anza Blvd a lot & the trip would always include getting some pastries from Sogo. They have a great selection of Chinese style pastries, cookies & cakes. Their cakes are definitely less sweet than their American counterparts for sure, but oh so good! I recently picked up a strawberry mousse cake for my friend’s baby shower & it was a hit! I’d totally recommend coming here for a gorgeously decorated cake or a quick little pastry run :)

I come here for my «triple play”– bread from the bakery, bubble tea from QQQ, and lunch boxes from the restaurant. The bakery is just as good as your typical Chinese bakery, though it’s pretty small, so the main advice I’d give is to show up early in the day; otherwise, your favorite breads may all be gone. The restaurant part is great. Rice/​noodles + 3 hot items + soup for just $ 7.06 is a deal that can’t be beat.

Sogo is always good for the over-​40 Chinese set, so this is probably where you should get cakes for your in-​laws or grandparents. Lots of fruit, not as sweet, and less frosting. I recently discovered the Japanese steamed cheesecake here and it’s uhhhmazing.

This place is tucked into a little plaza on DeAnza Blvd and it’s hard to find sometimes, but you MUST go. It’s right next to QQQ tea which is some place you should try too. But it’s small and you might not think it’s much, but just try it. The fruit tarts are so perfect, the pastry on the tart crust is just remarkably soft but just hard enough to keep in the cream. The cream under the fruit is the perfect balance of sweet and creamy and not too firm and not too mushy. The fruit is also really great! It’s fresh and sweet and balances out the cream and the tart. The fruit is topped with a clear sugar gel coating which some how brings it all together. They also have amazing Tiramisu. Sometimes I’m wary of tiramisu after having over-​alcohol tasting ones that they somehow included lots of rum flavoring but Sogo does it perfectly. I prefer Tiramisu when it’s cold and almost frozen so that every thing is stacked well when it’s sliced into. Somehow Sogo gets it right. Also, they have a wide variety of buns, pastries, and small desserts. For example, they have pineapple red bean bun, BBQ pork bun, moon cakes, egg custard buns, and so many other ones. It’s a great place to go to get dessert for a party (which I’ve done and brought a large cake that has fruit on top or Tiramisu– all have been hits!) also I like grabbing buns or something small when I’m waiting for my milk tea from QQQ tea anddd it’s all around a go-​to place! Must try!

Good treats (cookies and pastries) at this small bakery along with nice fresh breads. All baked goods are Chinese style. I am a fan of their small cookies, but their breads are also very good. They used to make Chocolate Croissants there were excellent, but for some reason they stopped making them :-(
It’s inside next to the Pearl Tea place, so you can get stuff from both and have a nice afternoon snack.

If I ever have a craving for asian bread this is the place I always go to. They have a large assortment of breads on the side and if you prefer less sweet bread then I recommend: walnut bread, europeanism bun, butter bun, and garlic rolls. Also, their roll cakes and panda cookies are super yummy too. The workers are really friendly and nice.

My family has been getting the Tiramisu cake from here for yeeaaars. We had a year or two long hiatus and recently went back to pick one up for my mom’s birthday. It’s way more expensive now and they didn’t warn us that it was half frozen! Went home to surprise my mother and sunk our teeth into ice cold cake… no bueno. After it thawed out, it tasted the same so it’s still bombdiggity. Creamy and not too sweet :)

i started going to this sogo bakery before the other one on blaney because its so close to my house, i can literally walk to it. its located in the random chinese building near the bank of america and shell gas station on the corner of prospect. parking is a bit difficult here.
the bakery is really small, and the selection is very sparse. sometimes we’d get roll cakes here for a function, and the options are very limited. one time i went on a sunday afternoon and they only had taro, which is not a fave for us, so i drove to sheng kee. the worker there also seemed a bit rude, trying to sell me on the taro. no thanks.
glad i know about the other location since they seemed fully stocked and have a wider selection.

My family gets all our birthday cakes here. All of the mousses are great, and I usually also pick up some other baked good (muffin, pastry, pound cake, etc.) for breakfast the next day. I also enjoy their brittle-​like almond cookies, whatever they’re called, which have unfortunately become more expensive over the years.
Mousses I love:
— Mango
— Chocolate
— Strawberry
— Orange
— Raspberry
— Tiramisu
— Probably every other one they have
They are sold in individual slices, 9“x5”-ish rectangles, or 10″(?) rounds.
They always have my orders ready exactly on time and are always prompt with service. When there’s a line, I’ll usually get boba from the place right next to it in the building… but that’s besides the point. I like this place, I always have, and will be eating one of their cakes in just a minute so brb…

All of the cakes at Sogo are pretty standard for an Asian bakery, with the usual fruit tarts, mango cakes, tiramisu, and green tea cakes. However, if you ever stop at Sogo, be sure to try their TARO CAKE. This is one of the best cakes I’ve ever had, and it’s one of my family’s favorites!
As long as you like taro, you’ll absolutely love Sogo’s taro cake. The cake itself is lightly flavored with taro, with a thin layer of taro flavored whipped cream and tiny bits of taro. The entire cake is then frosted with whipped cream. It’s light, fluffy, and not too sweet. Highly recommended!

Alright people. I used to work at this Sogo chain from ’00 onwards for 2 years, and damn let me tell you I have never eaten here ever again.
But let that not be a reflection on the quality of baked goodies here… oh no! That’s heresy… blasphemy!!! It’s just that smelling butter splashed upon butter sloshed upon butter at 7am would probably turn anybody off any pastries for a while…
From what I remember (I don’t even know if any of these things still EXIST here), the taro delectable biscuit tart doodles, green tea mochi, tiramisu, HOT DOG AND GREEN ONION BUN (got a little excited there), and portugese egg tarts were my fave. I did have to run about 5 miles a day since I lived off this one food group for 4 days out of the week… but holy balls. Delish.
Some the cakes are a hit or miss for sure. I personally would never get anything fruity here unless you want something that tastes like it got dumped out of a can. Anything coffee-​flavored tasted amazing, and most of their buns are straight up top quality.
Totally promoting the establishment that offered me my first job, but honestly, I prefer Sogo to all the other Chinese bakeries out in California. Period!

Panda Cupcakes for $ 1 each!!!
What Asian girl could resist? I already like anything (cute) panda, and that plus cupcake rendered me defenseless. I promptly bought a cupcake and took pictures of it too. And after that, I found the panda cookies so cute and delicious that I bought a box of them for $ 2.50. They are quickly being devoured! They are kinda crunchy (I liked the one on the cupcake more – softer), like shortbread with a bit of a chocolately taste… yum!
The cupcake was alright – it’s what you’d expect for $ 1. The frosting was actually whipped cream, and the cake was just chocolate. Of course I’ve had better, but for triple the price! And less cute too! Presentation matters when it comes to food… and other stuff.
Sogo Bakery actually has several other goodies… and a few misses too.
My likes:
–The dinner rolls: They are sooo cheap and soft, pillowy and fresh.
–Mochi: I love the mochi here! Can’t get it like this anywhere else. The mochi skin is incredibly thin, kinda gooey really… eating this gets messy but it tastes so great with the large amounts of adzuki bean.
–Pineapple bread: Nope, no pineapple in this bread. It’s just this round bun with a buttery, sweet crust… I like the ones filled with raisin custard the most. Butter is great.
–The rectangular cake/​bread: It’s got this flaky croissant-​like crust on the outside and soft cake on the inside, with layers of custard and crust running through in stripes.
My dislikes:
–The madeleines: I was so excited about my pack of 6 (for $ 2.50), which consisted of (2 each) normal flavor, green tea flavor, and chocolate flavor madeleines. But when I bit down I found that there was nothing authentically madeleine about these besides their shape. They lacked that characteristic buttery taste… the texture was also all wrong. They were kinda… fluffy. Those aren’t the madeleines I know. I like the ones at Starbucks.
–Why are the suncakes $ 1.75 each? Talk about steep.
Overall, I still love me my cheap Asian bakeries… pandas all the way!

Bought a cake here for my husband’s bday. The frosting is very light and airy, tasted like whipped cream. The cake itself was on the dry side and the fruits adorning the top were a bit tart. The cake was okay, not very sweet and a little bland IMO, but Husband liked it, so that’s good enough for me. But I do feel the cake is very forgettable and of all the Chinese bakery cakes I’ve had, this one ranks pretty low on the flavor scale.
One big complaint I have is that the girl who was getting our cake for us, put her thumb accidentally through part of the cake, so one side looked like someone had, well, put their finger through the frosting. It was gross. But when I asked the girl about it, she quickly turned the cake so the thumb print was away from me and denied she touched it. I told her I saw a thumb print and asked for another cake, but she just stood there with a dumb look on her face and kept denying it. No offers to get a different cake or try to fix it or even apologize, even though she knew it was for someone’s birthday. I would have been ok if she admitted it and tried to fix it, but I can’t stand it when people don’t own up to what they did wrong. Her boss wasn’t much of a help either. Turns out it was the only cake left, so I just bought it, but I definitely would not come here again.
And btw, I had also bought a cute little cupcake for myself… that same girl who put a finger into the cake placed the cupcake upside down in the box so that the frosting came off and made a mess… argh! Idiot! Its not that hard to put a cupcake in a box or get a cake from a shelf… If you come here, avoid the girl with the glasses and get someone else to help you.
Update: The next day, before eating my cupcake, I noticed a little dark hair sticking out of the frosting. I went to pull it out and out came this LONG BLACK HAIR covered in frosting… it had been mixed in! Ew! Needless to say, I did not eat the cupcake. Never going back to Sogo Bakery.

My friend bought me a small green tea cake here for my birthday and the cake tasted SO DRY! Yucko! It tasted like it was in the freezer and then thawed. It tasted even drier than the Goldilocks cake that I had the other week!
What happened? It was such a disappointment. -.- I’m sad now.

I’ve tried almost every Sogo flavor cake that is available in the bakery. Although I find the cakes way too light, I do like the tiramisu. I would probably have to eat double the cake to find myself full. The mango, chocolate, strawberry, and green tea have nice flavors but are probably quite different for those who are used to eating american or french type of cakes. The sogo rolls (big cream rolls) are good for their price and come in an assortment of flavors.
I was very impressed by the way they decorated the cakes. They are gorgeous! They seem like little bundles of perfection– I love the way they arrange the fruit and chocolate. It makes it very appealing and beautiful.
I personally recommend this place for people who are looking for unique cakes (green tea, mango flavors). Also if your not a fan or rich cakes– this is the place to be. My family loves the cakes– I’m not just a big fan of light cream and cake.