Bake Sum Mochi Muffin appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Bake Sum mochi muffin · Oakland
Oakland's most-recognized pastry is the mochi muffin: glutinous rice flour, brown sugar and pandan, with a chewy bite. Bake Sum runs the city's version.
The mochi muffin originated at Third Culture Bakery in Berkeley in 2016, an Asian American take on the cupcake. Bake Sum opened in Oakland's Lake Merritt in 2021 and built its own version into a daily-sellout staple, alongside Spam musubi croissants and ube cookies. The pastry style is now a Bay Area Asian American canon.
Where to eat in Oakland:
- Bake Sum
- Timeless Coffee and Bakery
- Sweet Bar Bakery