Mr Mark Bakery is a bakery in Songshan, Taipei.
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.
Address: No. 11, Section 5, Nanjing East Road, Songshan District, Taipei City 105
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
PAN on Fujin Street is a small artisan sourdough bakery on the Songshan cafe corridor in Taipei, country loaves, laminated viennoiserie, cocoa-cherry babka.
Tip: Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Best selection on Wednesday and Saturday mornings.
Worth the queue: Country sourdough and cocoa cherry babka
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.
Worth the queue: Original pineapple cake and cranberry 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
85C in Taipei is the local chain that exports Sea Salt Coffee globally. Taipei Main Station flagship runs hot bread schedules from 06:30 daily.
Tip: Sea Salt Coffee is the marquee; pair with garlic-pork floss bun for breakfast.
Worth the queue: Sea Salt Coffee and milk-bread loaf
PAN on Fujin Street is a small artisan sourdough bakery on the Songshan cafe corridor in Taipei, country loaves, laminated viennoiserie, cocoa-cherry babka.
Tip: Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Best selection on Wednesday and Saturday mornings.
Worth the queue: Country sourdough and cocoa cherry babka
Wu Pao Chun's Taipei store sits in the basement of Eslite Spectrum Songyan, baking the 2008 Coupe du Monde and 2010 Bakery Masters champion loaves daily.
Tip: Champion breads sell out by mid-afternoon; arrive by 14:00 for full selection.
Worth the queue: Lychee Rose Royale bread and Red Wine Longan bread
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.
Worth the queue: Original pineapple cake and cranberry pineapple cake
