Sheng Kee Bakery

I want to give it even lower star of possible. We ordered custom cake with angry bird design. They forgot to put that on the order! We end up had a very ugly cake with ugliest flowers I have seen. Huge disappointment. Avoid it if you can!

Good food but Terrible service!
This is the first time ever I give a bad review to a store because she really pissed me off!
I came here for ordering cake at morning time because they told me to do this if I really want the specific type.
I picked the cake and pick a small bread for breakfast as well, I try to pay by credit card but the cashier said I need to pay separately. So I told her I didn’t know this and i don’t have any cash right now, I apologize for this, could you please remove that bread and I can just pay for the cake.
Her face just changed suddenly and say: you don’t have a dollar?! How dare u come to buy our cake without cash?! I don’t understand you people, you don’t know we cannot remove the record?! …
She said a lot bad things and complained to the next customers, which totally ruin my mood.(her manager didn’t stop her at all) I had a early class at 7:30 without eating anything, I wished I could receive a smile face from her but she didn’t.
If I knew she can’t remove the record I would never do that, I said i apologize but she just start to rail incessantly. I would never come back to this store because the cashiers here are really mean.

Very traditional Taiwanese bread though they’re starting to venture out into the more creative bread styles like 85C has.
I come here when I want more authentic bread, simpler albeit plainer. I really like their normal Taiwan Toast (super soft and fluffy) and the Raisin toast is great too. Love their pineapple buns (again really soft) and the variations to the pineapple bun such as the pineapple bun with custard (great custard filling, perfect sweetness), chocolaet pinapple bun (when I’m craving something sweet). The taro bun is great too! Very soft and fluffy but different from the one 85C has. 85C’s taro bread is more chewy and has a lot of liquidy filling inside whereas the taro bun here is more fluffy and flaky and inside the filling is more of a liquidy solid.
Small shop but décor is simple and clean, just like the bread. If you’re looking for something simpler, cheaper, more authentic and less extravagant than 85C, this is the place :)

Taiwan style bakery in Asian strip mall. Inside Marina Food, a Chinese supermarket. Less modern than 85 Degree Bakery, both are Taiwan style bakery. This one is like Kee Wah bakery, for everyday needs, not for luxury.

Very convenience store inside marina supermarket. Great service and i will def come back again.

Bought a honey cake wrapped by a layer of cheese (individual piece, not the whole roll) yesterday, and found mold on it this morning. You can’t see the back of the cake when you bought it because they faced down the side with mold then wrapped it with plastic bag. This also reminds me of a terrible scene there about one year ago. A sick coughing and sneezing lady was wrapping all bread into individual plastic bags. I went and told their manager, but they seemed didn’t care.

This bakery is small since it is part of a supermarket but it does quite well given the amount of space it has. I always come here for the chocolate pineapple bun which never disappoints. I have also tried their egg and ham bao and coconut bread which is all delicious. When I came I came in the morning on a weekday so it was pretty empty and things were still coming out of the oven fresh =)

I didn’t know where to go but thanks to other Unilocalers I figured out that this location is inside Marina foods.
I really like huge assortment of moon cakes & freshness of all the baked goods.
I was a little hesitant to go into Marina foods because I am not Asian & like only Asian people shop there. I couldn’t figure out what flavor moon cakes I was getting and thankfully without feeling awkward the young man who rung me up labeled each item that I purchased. The fact that he was nice that I couldn’t read or understand any of the signs for any of the bakery goods and helped me figure things out made me feel more comfortable.
The fact that the young guy was patient & kind to explain in English is the biggest reason why I’ll come back; and for the awesome moon cakes too!

As others have noted, this location is inside of Marina Food. Right inside the leftmost entrance door to the store, Sheng Kee is a fairly typical Chinese bakery. It’s a very tiny location with narrow isles, so you may be bumping elbows with people. You’ll find all the usual Chinese bakery staples here.
Of those usual suspects, my gf and I picked a handful of stuff. Namely, we got the hot dog bun w/​cheese, green onion bun, pork sung bun, and pineapple custard bun. Every one of these things we thought was very good.
The best part is everything is so cheap! Those four items were $ 5.14 altogether. Talk about budget eating! Quite frankly, depending on your situation, this might not be all positive; it’s easy to overindulge at such low prices!
But hey, I’m not here to judge. Get as much as you like, it’s all good… and it’s ALL good!

omg, the Portuguese Egg Tart is really good, but how does anyone eat a whole one without dying?! Is there any ingredient added to this or is it just… pure fat? XD
It’s really good though, so if you like fatty things, you should eat it, it’s reeeeeeally good. Just. I took a bite and probably gained 5 pounds. XD;;
I must share this fat pie with my health-​conscious mom =]
I bought a bunch of mini moon cakes today because everyone should eat a moon cake on Moon Festival, regardless of your ethnicity ^^ I love how they’re mini because you can try so many flavors! But sigh, there was no giant one with a yolk in it x_​_​x My day feels a bit empty because how could I go through a Moon Fest without a mooncake with a yolk in it u_​_​u

One bread: HK pineapple raisin custard !
This is how good this pastry is: I get totally disappointed and sad when I come by and there’s none left — especially before closing time at 9 pm.
I am here almost every afternoon and by opening during weekends.
Can’t get enough of freshly baked bread in so many fashions… super delicious.
Sheng Kee has turned me into a carbaholic.

Sheng Kee’s fruit cheese tart has been a staple dessert in our house since I was a child. One day I’ll write a list of my favorite desserts in the south bay, and this will surely be at the top.
If you order in advance, you can be selective as to which fruits you want included — strawberries, kiwi, and/​or peaches. Their filling is made with cream cheese, and unlike the custard that you typically find in fruit tarts. Back in the day, these tarts cost ~$ 12, now they’re up to ~$ 20.
Beware, they sell out of these suckers quickly, so come early if you want one! See you there.

I absolutely adore chinese bread, cakes and pastries; and my favorite place for them in the Bay Area is Sheng Kee. Even though it is a bakery chain (originally from Taipai), I always find that their pastries have the perfect balance of sweetness and are light/​fluffy. Customer service here is generally very friendly; bakers are detail-​oriented and timely. Having been customer to this specific location for the past 15 years of my life, I have never been disappointed!
Sheng-​Kee is conveniently located inside Marina Foods, on the right as you walk in. They have a window display of cakes (and individual slices) that range from western and eastern varieties, that aren’t too sweet. I have consistently celebrated my birthday each year with their Taro cake, which is unique and absolutely DELISH! It sounds a bit unusual but is definitely worth the risk! :)
I have also often purchased their puff pastry dim sums like char siu pork pastry, curry chicken pot pie, egg tart, Portuguese egg tart; and have thoroughly enjoyed each countless times. Last but not least, they have a reasonably large collection of Chinese breads and toast. I like how each bread is moist, fluffy and flavorful. You begin by grabbing a tray and thongs, then just pick whichever breads intrigue you, bring to register to pay. Toasts refers to «chinese bread bricks,» which are very different from american breads. They have plain, raisin, red bean, milk curd etc… My favorite has been raisin-​milk curd with a pineapple topping. It’s awesome!
When I was a child, I always got really excited when my parents treated me to Sheng Kee bakery. So have fun peeps!

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It’s convenient for people shopping at Marina Foods, but there are definitely other places to get pasteries. We used to get Chinese cakes from Sheng Kee but after a while, we realized it wasn’t as good as other places in Cupertino.
They are located in Marina Foods and it’s always really crowded and kind of dirty, so if you’re looking for a clean, sleek bakery, try elsewhere.

My family has been buying from this bakery for more than a decade, and guess what~ everything still taste the same!
I love the egg tarts and pineapple buns here, but their chicken pie and curry pies are yummy too!
My mom gets cake from here every chance she gets, usually the mango or the taro one. I think with the cakes it’s hit or miss depending on how long the cake sat in their walk-​in fridge.
Overall not a bad place to go if you want some not too sweet cake and different types of buns and pastries :)

ive been coming here for years, although not as often anymore. i am a fan of their ham/​corn pastry and the green onion bread. yum! its just a bit oily, but really good. ive also purchased their fruit basket cakes (about $ 25) and their roll cakes as well. everything is consistent and good. oh i also love the egg tarts! so delicious, but probably really bad for you! they’re located to the left as soon as you enter the store.
also, i believe after 8 PM, if they still do it, its buy 3 get one free. you might not have as wide of a selection, but ive been really lucky getting my treats!

The breads wouldl’ve been 5 stars but wayyyyy offset by its location. The Asian market that houses the bakery is gross, although not as gross as some of the other markets or Taiwan’s night markets where you have to hold your breath when you walk in.
I had the taro bread and Portuguese egg custard. The egg custard is the BEST I’ve ever had, better than Taipei or Houston’s Chinatown. The taro bread was slightly burned but still so good.
I wanted to buy more but am reluctant about hygiene of the place. Probably will hit up the Wolfe location as other reviewers recommended.

I like Sheng Kee bakeries but I would recommend you drive the 3 minutes to the Wolfe Road Sheng Kee Bakery in the 99 Ranch Market complex. That one is a standalone shop, nicely lit, clean and just a huge improvement.
I actually didn’t think much about the difference until a Marina Food Supermarket visit (this bakery is in a corner inside the supermarket) and saw an employee cutting a long roll of some sort into smaller rolls to package and sell. The roll looked like it was filled with corn. She had on plastic gloves BUT I kept seeing her slice off a chunk and then pop in whatever corn and other filling bits that fell out into her mouth. What’s the point of gloves then? You’ve contaminated them!
I’ve bought pastries here before but ever since seeing that woman munch her way through wrapping up pastries, I haven’t.

This bakery is inside of Marina Food supermarket. I came here in a little desperation and they came through. It was a teammate’s birthday and we had everything planned out to get a cake at La Patisserie, but somehow now one really knew that he wasn’t a huge fan of chocolate.
FAIL.
Fortunately, I think on my toes. We were having lunch at Mandarin Gourmet and I stayed back as everyone left and ran over ot Sheng Kee. I had never been here myself but I know a lot of co-​workers do.
I needed enough cake for 16 people, which meant getting two large cakes or one large and a bunch of small stuff. After some deliberation, I decided on an all-​fruit cake and a few smaller dishes like the mango mousse and tiramisu. The lady at the counter directed me to which ones had fresh fruit vs. canned fruit, which was helpful.
After about 7 minutes, I had my cakes in boxes and left for the office. The cakes were a hit. Some of the foreign co-​workers are unfamiliar with the lightness of chinese cakes. They thought we had the sweet, heavy American cakes and refrained, but once we told them they were Chinese, they suddenly got interested.
Needless to say, the cakes were a hit. The birthday boy even got to take a mango mousse home.
The place is busy and although the cake didn’t look super fresh it was just fine. A little busy and loud and they don’t know English that well, and they only take cash. But bottom line, they saved my butt so it’s a solid 3.

Inside Marina Food, so it’s chaotic and a little gross because Marina’s a gross supermarket.
I actually ordered my wedding cake from here because I wanted a Chinese cake (light in every way), and because it was right across the street from where the reception was (Hong Fu Restaurant). Working with a Chinese bakery for a wedding is generally cheaper too. But even though the reception venue was right across the street from the bakery, they still charged me full price for delivery. Kind of ridiculous, but I guess it’s delivery none the less. So I let that slide.
What I DID NOT let slide was the fact that when I ordered an ALL WHITE cake, they put UGLY LITTLE PINK AND BLUE FLOWERS ON IT! What did they not understand about ALL WHITE CAKE? Now, everytime I go to someone else’s wedding, I get sad about how my wedding cake looked like crap and how everyone’s cake looks so beautiful and classy. Good thing I had a talented friend to arrange some flowers on it to cover it up a little.
Bottom line: do not get your wedding cake from here. Other cakes are good though for birthdays and such. The black forest cake is good. Other baked goods are okay too — my family used to get breads from here. But any type of «salty» bread with cheese or garlic is super greasy.
2 stars for screwing up such simple instructions for one of the most important occasions in my life.