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Furama Cake and Desserts Garden
- Attire:
- Casual
- Noise Level:
- Quiet
8 reviews for Furama Cake and Desserts Garden
8 reviews in English
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Review from Lisa K.
Toronto, ON
2/22/2012
Was searching for a Chinese bakery that sold a quality "Mixed Fruit Cake", which is basically white sponge cake with whipped cream and pieces of different kinds of fresh fruit inside and on top. (Melon, strawberries, pineapple, mango, mandarin oranges, etc)
At Furama you need to call 2 hours in advance and the cake will be ready and waiting for you.
The small cake is $15, and the larger 2 lb cake is $20.
Considering the freshness and high quality this is a great deal.
They also added the Happy Birthday chocolate disc and some candles at no charge nice touch!
While there I picked up an egg tart and a BBQ pork bun, both were very tasty and the crust on the egg tart was light and tender, not the frozen type that you get at cheaper places.
I will definitely be back. -
Review from Flouny S.
Toronto, ON
3/7/2012
Went to pick up a mixed fruit cake, and I've got to say everytime I have been here the service has always been less than stellar.
Listen, I'm not asking for alot. I went in not sure if I wanted to buy the mixed fruit or strawberry mousse cake. When I asked what was in the mixed fruit let's just say the answer was 'mixed fruit'. I assumed there was 'mixed fruit' inside but a bit more specific would have been nice. Oh yeah, it wasn't an issue of translation because I spoke cantonese.
Unfortunately I had to get a cake from this place, after the person who I was asking decided to leave me and go do something else, I had to flag down the other person working here. She was a bit more pleasant but I use that term loosely. Candles are given upon request. They will put a greeting on a chocolate disk.
In a day and age where there are so many bakeries in chinatown I still don't get why this one is still around. They definately need some training on customer service -
Review from Peter L.
12/30/2011
This was the only Chinese bakery we stopped by on our trip. The u-pick style/set up is GROSS.
In the ideal world, you open a pastry cover, select the biggest, creamiest, or whatever floats your boat bun/tart and close the cover afterwards. In the real world, the pastries are flipped upside down, poked/smashed and literally, I kid you not, ALL the covers were left open (Definitely not for a germaphobic person)!
Some of the buns had familiar names but certainly wasn't the same thing as SF/LA.
Prices, although still budget friendly, was higher than the USA. -
Review from Melissa L.
10/12/2011 1 Check-in Here
This is not a bad place to pick up a snack and or a quick lunch.
We opted for the latter today and for $8,70 we got
- a small tuna bun
- a small ham/cheese bun
- a big ham/cheese bun
- 2 chicken teriyaki buns
- 1 almond cookie
The tuna bun was great. I wish I had gotten the bigger size.
I didn't like the ham/cheese bun, however my husband enjoyed his'.
The chicken teriyaki bun was OK. I actually didn't eat the bun, but just the chicken.
Again, this bun was well received by my better half.
And then there is the almond cookie.
It is ginormous.
It still sitting on my desk and looking at me as I am writing this.
I think I am intimidated. LOL -
Review from Lauren M.
7/3/2011 6 Check-ins Here
I used to be a regular at Furama but I've recently converted to Mashion Bakery which has a better selection.
Still, Furama is a reasonable choice when you're looking for Chinese and Vietnamese baked goods and desserts. The items are very picked over towards the end of the day (typical of all bakeries really, so get there early).
I like their egg tarts and the coconut buns are decent too.
They have seating inside and a long counter along the back with fresh cake slices and fruit custard tarts. If you've never tried Asian baked goods before, be aware that they are much less sweet than Western desserts.Listed in: An "Egg's" guide to eating in…, Sugar Rush
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Review from geraldine g.
Toronto, ON
12/6/2010
This place is always busy no matter what time of day you go.
Now, for all you folks that aren`t sure what to do when you go into a place like this, I just followed the previous patrons lead. Oh yeah, that`s what I did! Grab a tra , tongs and go to it!! This knowledge bodes well for me looking like a pro when I dragged a friend of mine to try stuff in this place.
What sets me apart from someone that actually knows what stuff is (besides the label, of course) is I have no clue what the items without a label are. What do you do? I`m too chicken to ask so my friend and I decide to just try some randomly unlabeled goodies.
They were tasty but when you don`t know if something is going to be savoury or sweet - it is always a shock.
Mad props to anyone who tries anything in an Asian pastry shop that has no label. Be warned this happens often! What`s life without adventure?
What we had ended up tasting like some sort of donut concoction.
We guessed the other item might be a red bean paste cake thing.
When you want to sit and enjoy your baked goods with a beverage. Note that the ever popular cheap coffee is made with evaporated milk. -
Review from Renee E.
6/21/2010
After a day of checking out a huge chunk of Toronto on foot and walking up and down the streets of Chinatown, my appetite for baked goods was near fever pitch, so the mere title of Furama Cake and Desserts Garden nearly had me swooning.
We stopped in and after watching how the process works:
- grab tray
- grab tongs
- grab delicious baked goods to put on tray
- proceed to counter
- pay
- nom nom nom
I ended up with a pineapple red bean bun. I'm not at all familiar with Chinese pastries, but I did enjoy my bun. It made me think of donuts. -
Review from Kat T.
5/20/2010
For Chinese pastries, this one appears to be a hit. There are always a room full of patrons slurping coffee and eating some of the sweet and savoury goodies offered at the "Desserts Garden".
After doing some shopping at Chinatown Centre, this is a good place to stop off for a snack. However, they close pretty early, so by 6pm, there were few options left. I circled the cases a few times before discovering a sweet bit of yum. A mochi-filled with sweet peanuts. This was the perfect golfball-sized snack and filled with super sweet peanuts. I have also had the pineapple buns, and red bean beans which are a little greasy and buttery, which may be just the best way.
Also sell a variety of lightly iced cakes and asian 'sweets'.
