Baker & Spice
1/F, 195 Anfu Lu,
Changning
near Wulumuqi Lu
安福路195号1楼
近乌鲁木齐路
5404-2733
Open 7am-9pm
Price Less than Y99 per couple
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- City Weekend says
This Wagas-owned bakery pumps out all the bread for its parent company, but it's got a great selection of baked treats as well. Drop by for a taste of everything from baguettes to specialty loaves of bread to cupcakes and desserts.
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Only tried the Cinnamon Rolls, either not fresh or just the way they prepare it, were a disappointment. Too wafery, hard, cold and not enough cinnamon flavor.
as a croissant lover, baker and spice is sadly the only place to get something more or less "decent". however, compared to french croissants, the ones at b&s taste like rubber and bad quality flour...maybe I'm asking too much.
one of the very few places in Shanghai where you can reliably go and have somewhat a variety of very good quality bread.
The pastries are also very good. Not a bad a place to stop for lunch either. They have a couple good sandwich choices and decent spreads as well to purchase for yourself.
Additionally, they do have "bagels".
The best bread in Shanghai. As you open the door you are hit with my favorite smell, of freshly cooked bread. I live in pudong and make at least 2 trips a week to this amazing bakery for freshly baked bread (my favourite is the olive loaf ¥30, it has a brilliant saltiness and a satisfying chewy crust). The granola mix is house toasted and is great with bannanas and yoghurt for breakfast. Appart from the amazing savoury goods you cannot pass up a slice of one of the many cakes on display in the glass cabinet. I cant get enough of the orange medditerranean cake or a wicked slice of chocolate cake, both ¥16. Also the coffee is good too. The communal table in the centre of the bakery/cafe is great to sit at and watch the bakers hard at work behind the counter.
I believe this is the best bread in town currently (except if MMB comes out with a bakery). The baguette, olive sourdough, & the flaxseed are great! The walnut tart & the cinnamon swirl are good too though I am not sure if the carrot cake and chocolate cake deserves such high praises.
On my recent re-visit, I found the carrot cake to be overly sweet and heavy and the fruit tart to be mediocre. However, the latte was very good and the takeaway olive bread was very good in texture and taste.
We enjoyed the chocolate croissant with almonds as it was fluffy and crispy but gooey inside.
The granola mix that comes in a clear plastic bag is delicious! A rich toasted flavour and a lovely mix of ingredients.
The orange and almond cake is moist and so is the chocolate cake. However, the slices are SO INCREDIBLY TINY it was a shock. I't s a sample size, about half of a regular slice. For the price, it is a HUGE disappointment and makes Baker & Spice seem incredibly stingy (let's face it, their prices ar ehigh for their portion sizes).
A shame, because more substantial sizings would make Baker & Spice a top notch bakery.
A welcome addition to the Shanghai baking scene. Love the moist orange cake (16RMB per slice), but the orange & polenta muffin is toooo dry. Also great that you can get a range of B&S goodies at Wagas.
The 15RMB price tag for ONE hot cross bun is a bit ridiculous though - flour and raisins, what else?
Best carrot cake ever!! Even better cupcakes!! YUM!
My bread was sliced and taken out with bare hands(same as at Paul's last week, my destiny I guess....) by an annoyed looking girl, who stuffed it mixed up in a bag. Mac Donalds seems to have a more decent way to fill a paper with french fries....Place looks nice although :)
This place turns out the best tasting baked goods that I've had in town. I prefer treats from this place over some of the more ritzy alternatives you might find in places like XTD. The communal bench is a nice touch and a cool place to enjoy a tart and coffee.
The carrot cake is just a wonderful surprise. Almost all the elements come together. For a casual, after-dinner birthday celebration for a friend we tried several cakes, inluding one whole chocolate ganache. Not everything is hitting the sweet spot, but definitely worth the return calories.
What a fantastic concept.....obviously one much needed and a long time coming. I tried the fruit and nut loaf - it was practically a meal in itself, jam packed with loads of chunky fruit and nuts, it was delicious toasted with loads of butter yummm! I tried several varieties of their breads, but I must say my favourite is the multi grain loaf covered in flaxseeds, that was really good, especially with vegemite. What I love about this new shop is that you can go along, purchase your items plus grab a real coffee and a pastry and sit at their fabulously rustic commune table and watch the comings and goings of their clientele. Not only can you get bakery items, they also sell varieties of wines, teas, oils, cookies, jams, not to mention their "to die for Lemon Butter"...kinda reminds me of Simon Johnsons in Australia. If you're an aussie and you're hankering for some bread from home you must try this place, definitely one of my favourites along with Wagas, La Strada and Mr Willlis! I must tell you...the other day when the temperature was minus 3 degrees and my chin and lips were just about dropping off from the cold after a long walk, the pumpkin soup in Wagas was a godsend, it was food for the soul, definitely warmed up my tummy!!
...And Everything Nice
Sit at any bakery long enough and you’ll start noticing a decidedly female trend in the clientele. Fact: Women love bakeries. Luckily for us, the newest addition to the Wagas cartel on Anfu Lu is a very proper bakery complete with a hot baker from New Zealand named David. This small, rectangular shop epitomizes what a bakery should be–a huge open kitchen in the back, a massive glass display in front and the smell of freshly baked bread throughout. We dove right in and it ... was ... delicious. The stout lemon and carrot poppy seed cake (¥15) was topped with a light mandarin-tinged icing. The chocolate ganache (¥16 per slice) was darkly rich. The blueberry almond tart (¥16) was golden and crumbly in a way only pastries made with sinful amounts of butter can be. Even the dubious sounding gluten-free orange Mediterranean cake (¥16 per slice) had a richness and depth that we didn’t know gluten-free products could possess. Our only complaint is that the sandwiches were a bit stingy on the fillings. For ¥45, we expected our parma ham sandwich be a tad more substantial (a few more slices of meat, please). On the other hand, they left plenty of room for dessert which, if you’re at Baker & Spice, is never a bad thing.
■ Dan Ouyang