Modern Vietnamese bakeshop w/ inventive, not-too-sweet pastries like pork floss buns & pandan croissants. Must-try: viral Longan Jasmine Tea series!
This East Village bakery offers a modern take on Vietnamese pastries and desserts, earning a reputation for its consistently soft, flaky, and flavorful creations that are never too sweet. They are particularly noted for their innovative use of ingredients like salted egg yolk and pandan, as well as their popular Longan Jasmine Tea series. The bakeshop provides a delightful fusion of familiar and exotic flavors, evoking nostalgia while introducing new obsessions.
This bakery specializes in modern Vietnamese pastries and desserts, with a strong emphasis on creative flavor fusions. Popular items include pork floss buns, pandan croissants, taro rolls, and salted egg yolk-infused treats, all noted for being soft, flaky, and perfectly balanced in sweetness. The Longan Jasmine Tea series, featuring cakes and iced teas, is also a significant draw, offering refreshing floral and fruity notes.
"Highly recommended are the pandan sticky rice cake and the salted egg and pork floss cake. The Longan Jasmine Tea series, including cakes and iced teas, is also a popular and refreshing choice."
Customers overwhelmingly praise the bakery for its unique, flavorful, and well-balanced desserts. The consistently high quality and creative flavor combinations, such as salted egg yolk and pandan, are frequently highlighted.
Important Note
One reviewer found the pork floss sausage roll to be dry, hard, and overly sweet, which was a disappointment compared to expectations.
"Agreed that the coconut pandan sticky rice cake from La La Bake Shop is literally one of the best cakes in all of NYC."
Positive"Recommended the coconut pandan sticky rice cake from La La Bake Shop."
Positive"La La Bakeshop is included in a list of recommended bakeries."
Neutral"This commenter highly recommends LaLa bakery for their great pandan sticky rice cake."
Positive"This commenter highly recommends Lala bakery for their great pandan sticky rice cake."
Positive"This commenter adds their vote for LaLa bakery, specifically recommending their pandan sticky rice cake for its unique flavor."
Positive"La La Bakeshop in the East Village offers a pandan coconut sticky rice cake that is good, though not inexpensive."
Positive"The reviewer found the matcha lava cake to be visually appealing with a moist dough and strongly flavored matcha cream. However, the pork floss sausage roll was very disappointing, dry, hard, and overly sweet, unlike expected Chinese bakery versions."
Neutral"This commenter noted that La La Bakeshop offers a variety of durian items, including durian vietnamese iced coffee, cakes, and croissants."
Neutral"La La Bakeshop is mentioned as a recommended bakery for cakes."
Positive"The user provided a list of bakery recommendations, including La La Bakeshop."
Neutral"The user prefers La La Bakeshop's pandan sticky rice cake, especially recommending it for those unfamiliar with pork floss cake."
Positive"La La Bakeshop is recommended for its pork floss cake, suggested as a unique sweet treat for visitors to NYC."
Positive"This user recommends LÀ LÁ Bakeshop."
Positive"This user recommends LÀ LÁ Bakeshop."
Positive"The commenter recommended Lala Bakeshop in the East Village for unique cakes, specifically highlighting their 'salted egg and pork floss cake' and 'pandan sticky rice cake' as noteworthy."
Positive"The commenter reaffirmed Lala Bakeshop as a suitable option for a birthday cake, referencing it along with other previously mentioned bakeries."
Positive"The commenter included Lala Bakeshop in a list of bakeries recommended for someone seeking a unique and delicious birthday cake in NYC."
Positive"Praises La La Bake Shop for its creative pastries, highlighting the salted egg and pork floss chiffon cake."
Positive"Recommended checking out La La Bake Shop in the East Village."
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