Bread of Life Bakery

They do not have a huge variety of baked goods but all their buns and tarts are very good. You can’t beat the price! Plus the staff are very friendly. I’d recommend the coconut tart and coffee buns.

Drove 30 minutes to get me some dan tat (egg tart) after searching forever on Unilocal for authentic HK style ones. Overall, I can say that the ones here are much better than the ones at Sheng-​Kee bakeries 1) cookie crust is a lot better than flaky crust and 2) much less oily. The egg filing is a-​ok, I wouldn’t say it completely satisfies the craving but it will do. It’s slightly better than the ones at 99 ranch; however, the search for egg tart continues!
On the other hand, also picked up some mini pineapple buns (3 in a package). Wow! THESE ARE FAN-​TAB-​U-​LOUS! The bun is soft and doughy while the top crust is crispy and once you bite into it it just falls nicely apart. I totally thought the egg tarts would win, but these buns are def worth the 30 min drive along with a-​ok egg tarts.
If it wasn’t for the yummy pineapple buns, I probably wouldn’t come back. But the combination of delicious pineapple buns + a-​ok egg tarts — it’s well deserving until I find another bakery!

Bread of Life Bakery offers a small variety of pastries. Although there are not too many selections of breads and pastries, all of them are delicious. I usually purchase the turkey hot dogs and the blueberry cream cheese bun. They are both very delicious and super affordable. These are great for a quick meal to bring along with you if you are in a rush and can not afford to spend time sitting down and eating a full meal. Anyways, I love this bakery in general and remember to bring cash if you ever make a purchase from here.

3.5 religious bakery storefront more like a bake sale. inexpensive milk tea and various buns (small bites). the bo cha bao with pineapple top is a bit sweet, made in some kind of container to give it its shape. but a couple imitations here: honeyberry roti buns, 85 deg blueberry buns, and a few other standbys.

I’ve gone here a lot within the past couple of weeks.
There’s really not too much to say, it’s a very simple bakery with only around 6 – 9 variations I could see.
The buns are soft, chewy, and have a slight sweetness to them.
And you get multiples for around $ 1.
It’s so easy to just stop by and pick up a bunch of these, they are very tasty and convenient! As far as a bakery goes, what else could you ask for?

I am so glad I stopped by! The owners are so sweet and they even offered us free tea. The pastries are sooooo good. The blueberry cream bun is just heavenly! Can’t wait to go back for more!!!

Service– ⁵⁄₅
Very nice service except they charge 10 cents for bag…:P
Food is really tasty…4/5
They have small variety… We tried red bean bun, coffee bun and egg custard… all are really good.

Pretty quiet when we went in around 1 PM on a Monday. This isn’t a typical Chinese bakery with all the traditional baos (buns) you would expect to see. Most of the goods they sell have the bolo (pineapple) topping on the bao.
We tried the red bean and cream buns along with the coconut tart and a cold milk tea. The cream bun was unique and quite yummy. The red bean was good as well, with a good amount of filling. And like the red bean bun, the coconut tart was generously filled with coconut. The crust was a shortbread rather than a flaky crust as with their egg tart. The milk tea was a good rich HK style milk tea.
Their prices were fair and the selection was a nice change of pace to the traditional bakery. I will definitely back to try the coffee cream bun and egg tart.
Oh yes, remember CASH only!

Simple is probably an understatement. Perhaps empty is more fitting to describe Bread of Life Bakery.
From what I learned, they started off in Oakland as a charity/​non-​profit organization. However, since they now have multiple locations, I don’t know if it is going to stay that way. Either way, if it is for a good cause then why not, right?
The space is mostly empty but clean, with posters of their baked items on the wall. The store is big enough to be a regular bakery, but there are only 1 to 2 shelves of baked items. My guess is that they don’t make anything there, but just use this space as a store.
On the right side of the store, they offer milk tea and coffee, but it didn’t look appealing to me.
The price is pretty cheap, $ 1.25 for 2 coffee & cream bun. The coffee topping and cream cheese fillings are all good, but the bun itself is a little too tough and chewy for me. They also have egg-​tarts, but since I’m allergic to eggs, I didn’t try any. You can’t really beat the price until it’s Oakland or Chinatown, but definitely needs some improvement on the bread.
My TIP to you, BRING CASH!

Yummy blueberry rolls… Very friendly and generous with samples!

Bread of Life Bakery has their latest fully baked ideas on the walls. pictures of, that is. B.O.L.B. has come a long ways since it’s beginnings. their bread is actually edible now, not just bland air. and doughy bread
they are not a full line bakery like Sheng Kee, Kee Wah, or any chinese/​taiwanese bakery, they only make imitations of the most popular baked items.
eats: coffee & cream (2/1.25)
–mostly air inside, the bun is regular bread
–nice cream cheese filling
–top of bun imitates a roti bun (honeyberry) nicely.
–ok bun but not addictive.
the yeast is rising:
–not many offerings in the afternoon
–all bun/​breads baked in oaktown, trucked here
–cashier speaks mandarin, english
–baked products passable, usually cheaper since they make it smaller.

Pretty cool concept (all profits go to the church) so long it’s a church that teaches good and the food is good I think that’s great.

This Bread of Life location has only been open for about 3 weeks but there is already hustle and bustle due to word of mouth I’m assuming. It’s not your typical Sheng Kee or Keh Wah bakery with displays upon displays of bread. It’s pretty much a casual storefront for the sake of having a storefront with a limited supply of items (I would say less than 10 as of now). I’m not even sure if they bake it on site because I couldn’t smell anything.
When I went on Saturday, there was a small table with a lady giving out generous sample sizes. After looking at the egg tart for a while, my dad said «they must not know how to make this» because the crust wasn’t the traditional multi-​layer flaky crust. It’s more American pie crust style and I’m sure that’s a stylistic choice. Despite this, the egg is REALLY creamy and smooth. Delish.
I also got the Bo Sa which is a pineapple bun with red bean filling. They do a good job with the fillings apparently because this was also baby butt smooth. I liked it a lot and especially that it wasn’t overly sweet. These are smaller than your typical pineapple bun by probably half the size so it’s also about half the price and the right portion for me. This also comes filled with cha siu /​bbq pork if you prefer something savory.
Next on the list was the coconut tart. It’s deceiving because you think it’s just like an egg tart but with the coconut filling but there’s barely any crust and a LOT of filling. Some of you might like this but it was a slightly imbalanced ratio. It was really delicious though so you can take the extra and spread it over some bread.
Everything is already pre-​packaged into 2, 4, or 6 items per box but the prices are good so I didn’t mind buying a bunch of each. I also liked their mission for the bakery.

Yum and very fresh buns! Good price too. You got to try it. They also let you sample their breads and milk tea. The coffee buns and Bo Lo Bao are really good!

Was heading to Tea Six to quench a milk tea thirst when we spotted Bread of Life a couple of doors down on the left. They recently opened in April and is still setting up their storefront. They’re part of a chain stemming from SF and Oakland. We were just going to peek inside when the lady said, «Would you like to sample a BBQ pork bun?» Uh… hell yes! Damn, she’s good at selling stuff.
The interior is simple and concise. Free sample of hot Hong Kong Style milk tea on the left (selling for $ 1.50/ cup), pastry buns in the center and coming soon a COLD milk tea dispenser on the right (that will be available next week). We WILL be returning for that.
Pastry bun fillings include: cream cheese, blueberry cream, coffee and cream, and BBQ pork!!!
Their egg tarts come in regular and mini sized for super cheap ($ 1.25 for 2 regular sized tarts)! Moist and light egg filling while the tart itself isn’t dry like other egg tarts I’ve had. Really good. Better priced than the other bakery down the corner… ahem.
They also have a coconut tart that looked really yummy, but I didn’t try it.
We ended up getting 6 mini blueberry cream buns, 2 regular sized egg tarts, 2 cream cheese buns, and 2 coffee and cream buns… all for $ 6 something. That’s really unheard of.
The BBQ pork bun was okay. It was a mini bun that we sampled. Not sure if they had regular sized ones. The pork itself was flavorful, but I wish there was more meat to bread ratio… but I’m an oinker who likes her meat. I am totally willing to go back to sample it again just to be sure.