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6 reviews for Goldilocks Bakeshop
6 reviews in English
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Review from Jasmine T.
Burnaby, BC
5/9/2012 1 Check-in Here
Remember how I said I save my pennies for cake. This is where they get spent.
Since the beginning of Jas, I have had a relationship with Goldilocks. Thirty one years ago, when there was only one store, my parents and my aunt have been buying my birthday and other special occasion cakes from Goldilocks (well, minus those dark years that they decided to skimp and buy grocery store Black Forest Cake)... my first Goldilocks cake was for my baptism. I have a picture... true story.
Fast forward many, many years and I still love them. I am so glad they are even the einsiest bit closer to me because of this newer store... there is free parking in the area if you are willing to walk. For you cake, anything. This is why I am fat... because delicious cake is only $9 for half a log. Because I come here to buy a cake for no reason at all. This year, to celebrate my birthday, I bought a 1/2 roll mocha cake a week early (so I wouldn't have to share). $9... shocking. That's the price of a SLICE of mediocre cake from a restaurant. I only buy the mocha cake. Well, my aunt drags me to both locations looking for Sans Rival, but that's her, not me.
I try to get my coffee to taste like this cake. The cake is moist and keeps moist because of the thick, rich layer of mocha buttercream icing on the outside. This cake can last in my fridge, in the box wrapped in a bag for about two days. Not because it goes bad or anything, but because I can only keep wrapping it up and shoving it back in there for that long. It calls to me... like those old Deep&Delicious McCain cake commercials. My husband tells me that my slices are larger than his. Duh.
They have other traditional Filipino cakes, pastries and bread. Not sure if they make it on site... I don't care either. I know how hard it is to make polvoron... I don't come here for any other reason other than cake though. I wanted to get my wedding cake from them, but I was looking for fondant and the lady helping me told me their fondant didn't taste so nice. I am never disappointed with the mocha cake.
They have seating, but again with the people seeing me with cake and wanting a slice and having to spit morsels of mocha cake all over them as I say no with my mouth full... -
Review from Marc D.
Vancouver, BC
5/8/2009
Ahhhh....Another location of this wonderful Filipino bakery.
This one is much smaller than the one one Broadway (http://www.yelp.ca/biz...) and has a slightly smaller selection. They also don't have the hot food area like the one on Broadway.
But the biggest bonus - they don't have the crowds either! So no body checking to get to the counter and get your buko pandan hopia!!!!!Listed in: Dentists' Dreams in Vancouver
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Review from Kreag S.
Vancouver, BC
12/23/2008
Living close to a good bakery is dangerous..especially since I can smell them baking about 2 blocks away at my house...like a moth to a flame...I am lured by the intoxicating smell of sweet baked breads, cakes, coconut buns...mmmmmm...coconut buns...
This Filipino bakery has a wide range of traditional baking as well as other Filipino traditional fare to enjoy! I have yet to venture on from the baking to a lunch dish but I will get to it one of these days.... -
Review from Luisa S.
Vancouver, BC
11/19/2008
On the main, this little ray of sunshine of a bakery is the perfect place for a pit stop en route home.
They specialize in Filipino fare, ranging from baked goods to savoury-type dishes suitable for dinner. Filipino tradition hangs in the air, governing the type of food produced. Flavours like ube (taro), macapuno (young coconut) and red bean are standard here. If you're feeling les adventurous, there are some more accessible flavours like chocolate, mocha and vanilla. They've done an excellent job of modifying the recipes to better suit Western palettes.
The staff here is always friendly and will gladly explain some of the more exotic dishes, like dinuguan. Be sure to have a look at their amazing cake display. -
Review from beki L.
Vancouver, BC
4/6/2010
ever since i tried this bright and interesting purple looking log cake @ my nieces 1 month birthday last summer... i have been craving its soft spongey sweetness again.
I had it again for easter dinner at my bro-in-laws place...and i kid you not, i can probably eat that cake everyday for a week and not be sick.
so when i was in charge of getting dessert for another friends easter dinner the following night...i had to locate that cake since i was STILL craving it!
ecstatic to know goldilocks opened up right around the corner from where i lived, i set off by foot to find it. when i got there, i had no idea what it was called. the girls behind the counter were busy with 3 customers and another one just walked in after me...i stared at the yummy display of goodies but couldnt figure it out..a quick call to my bro-in-law and was told it was called Ube.
I saw Brazo Ube and got myself a half log. $10.75... not bad at all! A full log is $22 i think...
When it came time to have dessert...after cutting into it, i was disappointed to find that it wasn't the purple cake =( it was still delicous...super soft and moist... just not the same. the next time, i will make sure to ask the LADY WORKING there instead! lol -
Review from Victoria R.
BC
12/23/2008
I love the spring rolls. Goldilocks Filipino bakery is dangerously good. Using traditional ingredients like coconut, red beans and taro, it's a dessert place that you might need time to get used to. The fried foods and honey-glazed varieties of sweets are very sinful but worth it. More for a western palette, the chocolate, mocha and vanilla flavoured sweets are delicious. I really like the cakes and donuts as well. The staff is really friendly.
