Tasty Bakery - La Jolla

I ordered a birthday cake here, and it was exactly what I wanted. It was a vanilla chiffon cake with a light frosting and topped with fruit. It was delicious!

The standout item in the shop is definitely her Pâté Chaud—savory puff pastries filled with meat, available right at the cash register. The best things I've tried were the coconut and hot dog rolls. However, I was disappointed by the BBQ pork roast, as it turned out to be quite dry. The Questard beans also seemed to have been sitting for too long and had a slightly fermented flavor. Unfortunately, I wasn't impressed with the woman cake either.

I absolutely love the pâté here! It's fantastic. Whenever I have a small meeting, I usually order it from this place.

Tasty Bakery is one of the best bakeries in San Diego! My family and I have come here for years and it's never disappointed. You have an extensive menu with so many items to choose from. I highly recommend their Chinese BBQ pork and Vietnamese steam bunnies. My husband is a great fan of her meat cake (bánh patê sô). I always command him and his family a dozen. Your half taro and green coconut cake with filling it is easy to die!

Pâté chaud (French for hot pastry pie , A.K.A. bánh patê sô, are the best! I am a sucker for any kind of meat pie- from empanadas to pate en croute- I will never say no. These were delicious! Full of flavor and not too salty, lots of onions and the most buttery flaky crust! I will definitely be back for more in the morning. By late afternoon, the crust wasn 't as flaky as I 'm sure it was when it came out of the oven. Still, amazing! The curry flavored half moon pastries in the case above the bánh patê sô, were also tasty- full of classic sweet, mild curry like I grew up eating, except now contained a delicious crust. I also tried the savory bao- both the chicken and the beef with egg and onion. These were good but not great, the textures were a little wonky for me- there were large thick chunks of lap cheong (sausage mixed with egg and ground meat. I typically love lap cheong in lo mai gai, but this form wasn 't as addicting. I will have to retry them when they are fresh out of the oven. I discovered that microwaving is not optimal.