Sogo Bakery

Aww, such a sad bakery. I hope this place survives. My dad used to get their little garlic rolls from here every weekend, but not so much anymore. From what I remember, they serve the freshest, softest breads ever! I mean they still do, but after going here the other day I felt sorry for the place.
My girlfriend and I came here because we were craving Hot Dog buns. Satisfied! but eh it was alright. We kept looking around for more bun and bread options, but there weren’t any! There are only limited baked goods and we wanted to buy Taro bread but there weren’t any! I mean they do have «Manager’s special» but it doesn’t do any good if there aren’t that many breads to choose from. Too small of a place! Needs more selections. Although, everything is definitely freshly baked which is a plus!

I have a huge sweet tooth and I am always on the look out for tasty pastries and desserts in general. There are a few bakeries that make great cakes and Sogo Bakery is one of them.
I’ve tried numerous cakes from Sogo Bakery but never ventured into the stores until I had to buy a cake for a friend (usually cakes come to me). I bought the Tiramisu cake and it was the favorite dessert at my friend’s party. The flavor was great but does not compare to really high-​end tiramisu desserts I’ve had before.
Service is friendly at this location. Pricing of the desserts is within reason (cheaper than I expected). I will continue to support this business for other desserts!

I used to come here a lot when I was younger to get pastries and bread for breakfast — ranging from their sweet buns to salty buns (the ones with hot dogs, green onions, etc.
I’m not sure what happened, but I feel like the quality of the food, especially the Taiwanese egg tarts, has degraded over time. I no longer crave for particular items from Sogo and I’d rather go somewhere else for pastries.
Their cakes are nicely decorated and extravagant, especially the ones you pre-​order, but are kinda expensive for the quality of the ingredients and the complexity of the cake.

my mom raves about their green tea cake, and i got it for a friend’s family. they liked how it was very green tea like, and it was very reasonably priced, i believe $ 23. they also take credit card, unlike sheng kee bakery.
i got it once for our family as well, and its pretty good. very mousse like. they also have a good selection of pastries and chinese breads. never a problem for parking, and the workers are also nice and friendly as well.

This is a cute, simple bakery within the Asian outdoor shopping mall. It’s easy to find, easy to navigate in and nice. No real decorations inside but it is very clean and organized.
Coming in here on a Sunday afternoon it was a small store, white walls, counters to the left with bread rolls filled with pork, green onion, hot dog or sweets. I got the pork bun and it was very fresh, super soft bread and yummy sweet meat inside. To the right is the glass counter with lots of cakes and desserts to choose from. On top of the counter were some warm buns filled with pork or curry pocket. The curry pocket was just ok, a little too flakey for me and just ok on the blend of spiced flavors.
There was definetely a fair amount of people and only 2 cashiers, so the line takes a while to go through to pay but not too bad. Service was quick but not friendly. They also do not take credit cards.. .

This place was just OK. This is down the street from my office so I thought I’d check it out. It’s small… Like the V Bakery in SJ small. 1 wall with goodies, and L shaped counter only ½ full of cakes and such. I grabbed 2 of the hot-​dog/​green onion bread (nom nom), chocolate muffin, bread filled with whipped crème and topped with coconut (nom nom nom), and 2 egg tarts.
Egg tarts get 1 star for the good crust… The egg filling was so weird tasting that it lost the other 4 stars. Can someone tell me why it had a lemony taste? I’ve never tasted a chinese egg tart that had a lemony taste… It kinda makes my stomach turn a little when I think about that flavor combo…
Choc muffin was like a mini muffin. I was kinda glad it was mini, because the chocolate chips are only on top (not even a lot of chips, just like 4 – 5) and the rest of the muffin was a bland muffin with a TINY bit of chocolate flavor. False advertisement with the chips on top!
The coconut bread thing was de-​lish as was the hot-​dog bread concoction (minus the center blob of «i dont know what the FuuuuH that is»)

I have not been there, but my colleague’s get cake from this place during b’day’s. Mocha cake was heavenly, it was so soft and smooth. I have never tasted a cake like this in a long time now. We tired the Tiramisu cake this month and it was pretty good too, but nothing like the mocha cake.

Most people have reviewed only the cakes and pastries… but Sogo’s is sooo much more! When I lived in the area, this was my favorite place to go for a quick and cheap lunch. They have many sweet buns but they also have garlic bread rolls, green onion rolls, and my favorite… hot dog rolls! It’s essentially a hot dog but instead of the traditional bun it’s served in the asian-​style bun. The green onion/​hot dog bun is my favorite!
But, yeah, the deserts are good, too. :P

Their Black Forest cakes are to die for. Everything else is pretty nifty too =]
One of my favorite bakery’s, especially since it’s very close to my house.

I ordered a birthday cake for 20 people only 1 day ahead of time. It was a white cake with strawberry mousse, whipped icing and tons of fresh fruit on top. It was a big hit with everyone – so pretty with little chocolate accents and decorative pieces and so light and fresh and delicious, unlike any cake I’ve ever had before. I’ll be back for sure.
The only bummer was they didn’t accept credit cards but didn’t tell me that ahead of time. Good thing my checkbook was in the car.

One of my favorite co-​workers brought a cake in from this bakery for a double-​birthday-​celebration. A beautifully-​presented Black Forest cake, topped with fruits, and wrapped in a shell of chocolate. And while I am used to Black Forest cakes to be delicious — but intensely rich — this one lacked the intensity, in a good way. The cake was light and subtly sweet, and thoroughly enjoyed by everyone.

I dig their individual bread/​desserts and these weird rectangles made out of congealed milk, covered in shredded coconut. the taro bread was not sweet, which was a little weird. the coconut bread is good, as are the other ones I’ve tried. they have green tea and chocolate Madeleine’s, which look tasty, but seem a tad pricey at $ 2.85 for 6. You can buy their stuff at a lot of other places (grocery stores and the like), but its best to go to Sogo itself for the freshest breads.
Their cakes dont rock my world. they are a little on the dry side (I had the mocha reg cake). about half of their cakes are mousses, the other half regular flour-​based ones or cheesecakes. they are really cute tho. I got a orange mousse one for my b-​day, and it was really weird texture. not so much mousse, which should be moist and creamy, but more like jello. it was opaque orange. weird.
But I still like the place. the women who work there are really friendly. they have a sign that says «it would be appreciated if you use cash for purchases less than $ 15».

I agree with everyone else. Their cake is fabulous. I will be going there. I just tried it today!

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOF!
Mocha cake…
As evil and as decadent as i like! This was my first experience with Sogo Bakery and I will DEFINITELY be back soon!!!
If you are looking for a yummy, smooth, non greasy cake, DEFINITELY visit Sogo!!!
Even their log was edible chocolate with gold lettering!!! LOVES IT!

Such good grubbing here!
What’s not to like?
Steamed buns… good
Blueberry buns… good
Mexican choco buns… good
Coconut buns… good
Green onion buns… good
«Grenade» rolls… good
I have yet to try the cakes… but they look good too.

Sogo Bakery is the leader in cakes which are light and airy. Birthdays, anniversaries, any occasion you might want to celebrate, you can order a whole sheet of this style of cake and you can bet on it disappearing very quickly. I’ve literally seen people who can devour 4 pieces of their cakes in a sitting and not getting sick from it. Another thing Sogo does is they don’t use peanut oil in their mooncakes (and probably other items as well) so if you have peanut allergies, you might want to consider them for your next celebration. They also have lots of Chinese style pastries and snacky items.

Mango Mousse Cake, Taiwanese Pastries & many other great desserts.