Qiang’s Bakery

This bakery is authentic in every way. Although the workers here don’t speak English very well, you know they have a sincere desire to share their culture and its sweets with others. I ordered about half of the goods on display. With a wide selection and such genuinely kind employees, this place deserved more widespread recognition.

Great service with low prices. $ 1 bbq pork buns and hot dog buns, and even cheaper egg tarts and custard filled buns. They were also selling two types of chinese newspapers on the counter.

Favorite Place to get Chinese baked goods. My favorite desserts are thr cocktail buns, pork buns, and also the Mochi buns. Great alternative if you want to try a different style if desserts.

I really wanted to like this place as there are no good Chinese bakeries in Stockton besides China Palace…
The last time I was there everything looked great. But when I bit into my food, the meat pie was expired and so was my pastry…
I thought it was a fluke and went a second time later on and had the same issues.
If they would make things fresh and toss them appropriately, this place would have potential.

Chinese bakery galore! *I hear angels singing
The egg tarts and fried meat dumplings were amazing!
I can’t wait to try everything else.
Great food at even greater prices.
Bring cash because they do not accept credit cards or debit cards.

Mmmmm… so good! I’ve been wanting to stop in and try this place out for some time. My daughter and I finally had the chance to check it out this morning.
She’s been craving egg tarts, so we got a couple of those, two sticky cookies with custard filling, and two hot dog filled buns.
My daughter started in on the sticky cookies before we even got out of the parking lot. She nearly became overwhelmed with emotion. Apparently the treats reminded her of a Chinese bakery she had went to when she was visiting the Philippines this summer.
So the sticky cookies were really good, even my husband liked it. They got the «white boy» seal of approval. My daughter however was disappointed in the egg tart; custard wasn’t firm enough and tasted too «eggy» for her tastes. The hot dog buns were pretty tasty, my husband was pleasantly surprised how good it was.
I’m already thinking about going back first thing tomorrow morning for some meat pies and BBQ buns.

I use to really like this place. But they like to use old meat in the buns and it taste nasty.

reasonable selection. cheap. sesame balls w red bean were pretty tasty. chewy and fresh. not enough red bean on the inside. cream cones weren’t as fresh, but cream was light and naturally sweet.

Their BBQ pork buns are super fresh! I was craving a BBQ pork bun this morning so I looked up a Chinese bakery and came across Qiang’s. When I bought them, they were still nice and warm; perfect to consume. They also have a very nice bread to meat ratio. I definitely recommend this place to anyone looking for a good BBQ pork bun.

Been coming here for years now. The owners are truly honest and humble folks. Went in one day and the owner recognized my face –she went to the back and handed me my long lost wallet! I had lost the wallet months prior but I had no idea I left it at the bakery! Everything was still in it — felt so touched^^*
The rice cakes are my family’s favorite — there aren’t many places in STK that make it fresh like they do.
Egg tarts are good and don’t last on the shelves for long! The crust is firm yet flaky. The filling is also just the right amount of sweetness.
BBQ pork buns have definitely improved over the years. They are more filled now w/​bigger chunk of meat too! Plus plus!
They also sell special moon cakes with assorted flavors! Don’t get the preserved ones from costco –these are way more worth the money!

I just love this place! I love their egg custard bun! It’s super yummy and not too sweet! When I come here I usually grab a lot of their sweets. They have rice cakes, sesame balls with red bean, a lot of moon cake, and bean cookies! They also have pork bun and it’s yummy! The dough for the bun is just soft and moist! They also do sponge cake which I have not tried yet but soon enough I will be ordering a sponge cake! Also it’s a order you must make. They don’t have cakes out for you to just come in that day to grab.

My mom wanted me to find a place that makes the Chinese sponge cake since the one in Sacramento closed down. I was able to find this bakery. I placed an order for my cake on Tuesdays to be picked up on Saturday morning when they open. I went and paid for it on Wednesday. My mom called me Friday at noon telling me to see if I would be able to pick up the cake that day. So I called and ask if they would be able to make my cake for me to pick up by closing time that day. They were so nice about it and said yes. This is a great place to get a Chinese fruit cake. It was so yummy, even though we ate it the next day still so soft and moist. Best cake I’ve had in years. I’ll be placing another order for this weekend for my dad’s birthday /​father’s day celebration.

2.5 stars
I wanted to love this mom and pop bakery, I really did. But sadly, I left unimpressed and sorely let down.
Homesickness and my love for vietnamese/​chinese pastries kicked into high gear at the beginning of this semester right around chinese new year. So I started combing through every Unilocal review of stockton in hopes of finding traditional moon cakes and pastries in the supermarkets and bakeries. I stumbled upon «moon cake» in the reviews of Qiang’s bakery and leaped at the chance to try out a new bakery.
The bakery is a tiny shop situated smack dab in a very irrelevant plaza that you pass by on march lane on the way to costco from UOP. If I hadn’t googled the directions, I would have never thought the bakery would be set up there. You walk in and see a dreary glass donut display cabinet-​esque manned by an elderly asian man and his wife. They’re both sweet and observant as they watch me peruse the glass case for their baked goods. I asked if they had any moon cakes and the lady points out a yellow square with a chinese insignia on it.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t the moon cake I was craving and on the hunt for. I decide to just pick up an egg tart, an apple turnover, and a red bean filled pastry. The total was about $ 3 – 4. I calm my stomach as I get into the car and drive back hurriedly to sample my little baked treasures.
First bite of the egg custard was ok, nothing spectacular. The custard inside was a little too loose for me but a-​ok. I was also happy that they opted for the flaky, pie-​like crust rather than the denser, and more crumbly version. The apple turnover was a really big let down. The outside was kind of greasy and the inside had such a scant amount of apple filling, it was ridiculous. Costco turnovers and danishes probably have way more filling packed into their pastries! The red bean pastry was meh. I love red bean but the pastry dough around it was really whatever to me. I kind of blame myself for getting this last one though. This is generally what the traditional chinese pastry is like and it was an impulse buy at the end. They were staring at me while I was trying to decide and I just bought an extra pastry to support the couple’s bakery.
Honestly, I’ll probably come back and give this place another shot. Is it weird that I feel guilty for not liking this place the first time? Something in my asian gut just tells me I should really love this place lol.

I love their cocktail buns, they are great! I’ve also tried the chicken and beef curry bread and they are good.
Not a fancy place at all buts it has some pretty unique bakery items you won’t find anywhere else in Stockton.
I’m still exploring their menu every time I stop in, which is a couple times a week.

Great little bakery. The food is great. The bbq pork buns aren’t filled as much as the ones in SF, but solid for the trivalley. I will definitely come back. The egg tarts were flaky and creamy custard goodness. I also had two sesame balls. Eaten over a course of two days mind you, and they still tasted great. Cheap and friendly service. Anyone in the area who likes Chinese baked goods should try this gem out.

I have a thing for pudding and egg custard is close enough. I’ll buy it for $ 3 dollars but not a penny more. The egg custards here were $ 0.70. I bought two.
To get:
+ Egg custard
+ Mung bean cake
+ Chicken pie
Ate it, finished it, loved it! The lady and I had communication problems because I was trying to make things easier for her by speaking in Mandarian but I think she speaks Canto. Ah, it doesn’t matter. The store is not very attractive but it doesn’t make a difference if you’re not trying to loiter.
If you see fresh pastries on a rack you can ask them for those instead of the ones on display, but I saved my mung bean cake for a day and it tasted just fine!
Will visit again for egg custards!

*** ALERT *** === *** ALERT *** === *** ALERT ***
Price Increase! And /​Or Size Reductions!
Biked over to Qiang’s this morning… first thing I noticed was more $$$ for these Bakery Items…
Egg Tart (***** $ 0.70 increase of $ 0.05)
Mochi (**** ½ $ 0.80 No change)
Lotus Seed Cookie **** ½ $ 1.00 No Price Change BUT Big Size Reduction)
Melon Cookie (**** ½ $ 1.00 increase of $ 0.15)
Red Bean Cookie (**** ½ $ 1.00 increase of $ 0.15)

This place is actually really good for Stockton, being one of the only Chinese bakeries around. But I’m giving this place three stars because while it’s pretty good for Stockton, the pastries are pretty average compared to some of the other ones I’ve had in more authentic Asian bakeries in LA and actual Chinese pastries in Hong Kong.
I got the red bean bun, BBQ Pork bun, a circular sesame ball pastry that is filled with red bean, and a pineapple bun.
PROS: This place, like all Asian bakeries should be, is really cheap. The owners are actually Chinese and everything is baked there and not mass produced. They have a wide variety of pastries offered and you can find almost any Chinese pastry you’d like in the store. The lady gave me a pineapple bun right when it came out of the oven and it was very very soft and crispy on top but the sweetened butter topping on top wasn’t as sweet as it should be.
CONS: Buns were cold when I got them. I’d be nice if they could keep their meat buns, etc. in a heated box such as those ones with a heat lamp. But even though the pastries were cold, they were still soft when I got them. Their bread isn’t as sweet as the traditional Chinese pastries are. The bread portion of both the pineapple bun and the BBQ pork bun usually has a kind of sweet Hawaiian roll like taste and their bread wasn’t as sweet as this.
Overall pretty good place to get your Chinese pastries for a pretty cheap price but just average compared to other places I’ve had.

With midterms coming up, I stopped by Qiang’s to pick up some yummy comfort foods to snack on. I went in the early afternoon (2pm) and I was worried that everything was sold out but everything was pretty much there except for the pineapple buns :/​
I tried the sesame ball, beef curry bun, bbq pork bun and chicken bun and they were all pretty good. I wish they were warm because I think then it would’ve tasted even better but sadly there are no microwaves in the library. I took one bite of the Lotus Cookie and spit it back out. I was totally not expecting the medicinal aspects of the cookie. The owner suggested that we get the coconut stick and it was surprisingly good. My bf described it as lighter macaroon.
Overall, Qiang’s has pretty good chinese pastries but not amazing. However I’ll still come back when finals roll around. Also I love the prices! Everything is about $ 0.80 to $ 1.00 :)
p. s. couldn’t resist taking a bite before taking my photos: P

I purchased $ 10 worth of baked goods this afternoon.
Pastries with meat in them… for lunch tomorrow,
and apple turnovers and some kind of bean cookies
for a late-​night snack tomorrow night…
GUESS WHAT… yup, I couldn’t wait. I am eating some
of the yummy bbq pork and chicken buns. both steamed
and baked. My favorite are the baked bbq pork buns!
Ahhhh. it feels sooo good to have a full tummy! :)