Tao Tao Ju Bing Jia 陶陶居餅家 (Guangzhou, CHINA) ★★★☆☆

A few days ago, when Yellen had a meal at century-old Tao Tao Ju (陶陶居) to kick off her visit in Guangzhou, the news immediately started a media frenzy. Since we were checking out different attractions on Dishifu Lu (第十甫路) on our way to Nanxin Milk Desserts Expert (南信牛奶甜品專家) anyways, I thought we should stop by for their flagship location that dated back to 1880 for a few selfies. It's one of Guangzhou's oldest dim sum restaurants. Too bad, we didn't have time to squeeze in a meal here.

While we didn't have the luck to dine at the old institution of Canton dim sum, we managed to find time for its bakery shop. Located right next door to the restaurant, Tao Tao Ju Bing Jia (陶陶居餅家) offers a wide selection of homemade Chinese pastries, both sweet and savory. 

One of these would make a very good souvenir for our friends in Hong Kong.

Behind the glass walls is their in-house bakery, best known for their freshly baked sweetheart cake (or wife cake 老婆餅), chicken shortcake (雞仔餅) and crispy grain (馬仔).

We won't be doing our job right if we don't get a few of these home.

I think that's all we need for ourselves and our parents...

Crispy grain (馬仔) – This came with some pretty nice crunch. It's not too sweet but very eggy. I like it~!

Egg yolk puff pastry (蛋黃酥) – The pastry was a little too thick and chewy for my liking.

Chinese walnut cookie (核桃酥) – People from Guangzhou are pretty obsessed with their walnut cookies and the local bakers are very good at making them too. This was very flaky with rich walnut flavors. Not bad.

Our next stop was supposed to be the nearby Shangxiajiu Pedestrian Street (上下九步行街) but as the sky was getting dark, we agreed to skip it and move onto our next destination which should have us undercover.

Food Rating: 5/10

Price: ¥¥

Address: 20 Dishifu Lu, Liwan District, Guangzhou, China

广州市荔湾区第十甫路20号

Closest Metro Station: Huangsha (黃沙)

Opening Hours: 9:00am - 10:30pm daily

Map: https://j.map.baidu.com/e2/CUgJ