Public Service Announcement: Golden Gate Bakery is NOT open.
In case you were planning to spend part of Christmas vacation lining up for an egg tart, forget about it. In what should be one of their busiest weeks of the year, Golden Gate Bakery is still on "vacation."
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Folks - there are the european alternatives:
The ancestor of the dan tat, Pastel de Nata, at Silva Bakery in Hayward: 18563 Mission Boulevard, (510) 278-3322, off of Highway 238. Much denser, more cream in the custard, burnt edges on purpose, lemony and fabulous.
The custard tart at John Cambell's Irish Bakery in San Francisco, 5625 Geary @ 21st Ave, 415-379-9965. Again, a denser more western custard.I like all three, unfortunately.
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Walked by Golden Gate Bakery today and was greeted by the strange sight of a line in front of the ostensibly closed premises. Turns out they were selling baked-to-order egg tarts by the dozen out the door to anyone who cared to wait in line. There was no posted notice, the place was dark inside and the "Closed For Vacation" sign still on the door. Every few minutes they would open the door and deliver another couple of boxes to customers waiting, money in hand.
I asked a couple of women in line how they had heard about the sale, and they told me they just happened to walk by, saw the line, and joined in.
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re: hyperbowler
Melanie Wong
May 5, 2012 05:27 PM
The matriarch has been spotted inside the store when it's closed for "vacation", prompting this concerned post,
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/3104...-
re: Melanie Wong
The Dairy Queen
Jun 15, 2012 12:52 AM
Oh, that makes me sad. That post you link to is from 2004. Do you think she still does that?
~TDQ
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re: timeo
Yes I think Golden Gate Bakery is the consensus best. Interestingly when I went by yesterday there were lines from both directions into the bakery. As I recall there's usually a single line going south, but this time the larger arm was going north. I wonder if any incidents resulted.
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re: Chandavkl
They were open sometime before July 8th. My sister was visiting and after she left on that day, I saw one of their bags in the trash.
Personally, I am not a fan of GGB's don tok, although I can see why many might prefer them. The egg custard is very eggy and the crust very flaky. I grew up on Eastern Bakery's version in which the egg custard is sweeter and the crust more pie-like. I don't particularly like custard, so it stands to reason I would like a sweeter, less custardy version. As I understand it the two bakeries are related in some way. Only other place I have had any recently would be Good Luck Dim Sum, which I remember liking.
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