Napoleon Super Bakery
When:
Monday-Sunday 7am-6pm
BART Station:
12th St. Oakland City CenterWalk Time:
5 minutesPhoto courtesy of Napoleon Super Bakery’s Facebook.
We can’t get enough of those Chinese egg custard tarts (known as dan tat) that pop with yellow brilliance as you pop each bite of flaky goodness into your mouth. And then there’s the red bean moon cake or the myriad hot buns. Napoleon Super Bakery lives up to its dynamite name In Oakland’s Chinatown, where people stand in line beneath a red awning to fill a pink to-go box with any selection of baked goods. Year of the Dragon or not, patrons leave this bakery feeling lucky.
by Linda Koffman
Linda Koffman is an SF-based freelance writer and editor. Also a beginner gardener by day/performing songwriter by night, she feels grateful to live a life of extremes balancing plenty of contemplative silence with rocking out in a band. When not writing, she keeps her hands busy (and dirty) with old guitar strings and soil, and enjoys engaging with the Bay Area’s diverse environmental and cultural beauty. She loves puns to a fault and shamelessly laughs at her own jokes.
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