Chia Te Bakery is a bakery in Songshan, Taipei.
Chia Te Bakery has been baking pineapple cakes since 1975, winning the 2006 Taipei Pineapple Cake Festival's top prize and shipping global ever since.
Tip: Queue runs about 30 minutes. Pre-fill the order sheet in line. Cash and card.
Address: No. 88, Section 5, Nanjing East Road, Songshan District, Taipei City 105
SunnyHills' Minsheng Park flagship greets every visitor with a complimentary pineapple cake and a cup of oolong tea, baked from Tu Feng native pineapple.
Tip: Free tasting on arrival. Open daily; pack the gift box at the counter for export-ready boxing.
Worth the queue: Tu Feng pineapple cake
Mr Mark Bakery is a Taiwanese bakery chain with a flagship on Nanjing East Road's pineapple-cake row, the corridor that runs from Chia Te to Sunmerry.
Tip: Open daily until 22:00. Boxed pineapple cakes well priced versus the marquee names.
Worth the queue: Original pineapple cake
Yu Jan Shin in Taipei runs the salted-egg-yolk crisp cookie that lines Taipei airport gift counters, a Taichung brand with a Songshan flagship.
Tip: Open daily 10:00 to 20:00. Boxed gift packs travel well; salted-egg-crisp is the marquee item.
Worth the queue: Salted egg crisp
SunnyHills' Minsheng Park flagship greets every visitor with a complimentary pineapple cake and a cup of oolong tea, baked from Tu Feng native pineapple.
Tip: Free tasting on arrival. Open daily; pack the gift box at the counter for export-ready boxing.
Worth the queue: Tu Feng pineapple cake
Le Gout in Da'an is one of Taipei's serious French pastry counters, run by a Pierre Herme-trained chef. Laminated croissants, Paris-Brest, seasonal entremets.
Tip: Closed Mondays. Hot croissants from 11:00; the Paris-Brest sells out by 15:00.
Worth the queue: Croissant and Paris-Brest
Nozomi is the vegetarian bakery downstairs from Yang Shin Vegetarian, run by the same group. Egg-free milk bread, vegan croissants and pineapple cakes.
Tip: Open 09:00 to 21:30 daily. Cash and card; busy at lunch with Yang Shin overflow.
Worth the queue: Egg-free milk bread
Mr Mark Bakery is a Taiwanese bakery chain with a flagship on Nanjing East Road's pineapple-cake row, the corridor that runs from Chia Te to Sunmerry.
Tip: Open daily until 22:00. Boxed pineapple cakes well priced versus the marquee names.
Worth the queue: Original pineapple cake
Kuo Yuan Ye in Shilin has been baking Chinese traditional pastries and mooncakes since 1867. Five generations on, the brand runs the Shilin museum flagship.
Tip: Open daily 09:30 to 21:30. The museum upstairs explains the four-generation pastry tradition.
Worth the queue: Lemon and red bean mooncake
Yu Jan Shin in Taipei runs the salted-egg-yolk crisp cookie that lines Taipei airport gift counters, a Taichung brand with a Songshan flagship.
Tip: Open daily 10:00 to 20:00. Boxed gift packs travel well; salted-egg-crisp is the marquee item.
Worth the queue: Salted egg crisp
