BAMU Boulangerie Macau 八目烘焙 COCO Park (Shenzhen, CHINA) ★★★☆☆

We were aiming to hit a home run with a last-minute trip to Shanghai over the long weekend but the tickets from our mileage claim didn't provide very good value (due to poor departure and return time). At the end, we decided to back pedal a bit and switch to Plan B – a day trip to Shenzhen, or more especially Futian (福田).  

It's been a long time since we last visited Futian and news had it that it has become one of the most modernized cities in Mainland China just behind Beijing and Shanghai. And now with the rapid train, it's going to be a whole new experience not only for us but our folks and little nugget alike. 

 

We didn't want to venture too far away from the rapid train station in central Futian so we were happy to make 福田星河 COCO Park our first and perhaps only destination of this trip.

Interestingly, the first shop we stopped by at COCO Park was BAMU Boulangerie Macau (八目烘焙咖啡), a bakery and coffee shop originated from Macau. It was on my radar screen for our last Macau trip but due to the tight schedule, we were unable to squeeze it in. This time around, I was all too happy to scratch this itch.

The bakery shop was advertised as a French boulangerie with signature items including croissants (in different flavors), danish pastries and financiers. 

For a bakery shop from Macau, of course they won't miss their pastel de nata, or Portuguese egg tarts for the world.

Jelloman had her sight set on these croissants with truffle/mushroom or cheese/ham.

Pastel de nata (焦糖酥皮蛋撻) (¥12) – The egg custard was fine but I expected the crust to be a lot more flaky and buttery.

Croissant with truffle and mushrooms (黑松露蘑菇可頌) (¥20) – To the contrary, the croissant was way too flaky according to Jelloman, and the thick slab of truffle cream was a little over the top.

Pecan cream cinnamon roll (碧根果奶油肉桂卷) (¥20) – Mom loves pecans so this was a no-brainer for her. Thought the roasted pecans provided some nice, crunchy texture to the cinnamon roll.

Everybody was thrilled to get this first official meal out of the way quickly. Okay, it's not really a meal but more like a snack; nevertheless it was a solid experience and we were all feeling good about the bright start to our first journey to Shenzhen together.

Food Rating: 5.5/10

Price: ¥¥¥

Address: Level L1S, Shop 106-107, COCO Park, 268 Fuhua Road 3, Futian, Shenzhen, China

Closest Metro Station: Shopping Park (購物公園)

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

Map: https://j.map.baidu.com/02/ADMJ