Butter Baked Goods Vancouver is a local bakery and tea room where I’ve drooled over the pages of their cookbook , knowingly I do not have the skills to perfect a sugar cookie. Perfecting caramel bars and chocolate tarts probably takes more than my high school home economic class. I digress. Butter Baked Good is a very pretty and girlie place. And as my Dave would say,  just go with the girls. Unlike the romantic fireplace and chandeliers patisseries, Butter Baked Goods has a fun Southern Charm – filled with floral, color, and sparkles. Service here at Butter is friendly. Reservations are required. If you walk in, there probably won’t a table available. There are plenty of free street parking.

Since Butter Baked Goods has such a cute space. It is only fitting that we bring our Fujifilm Instax Mini Polaroid Cameras out to play. I mean how friggin’ cute are these pastel pink, baby blue and lemon yellow Instax Minis? We literally had a Fujifilm Instax Mini Party!

Butter Baked Goods Afternoon Tea Menu

Butter’s Traditional Afternoon Tea $28 pp

• Selection of sandwiches
• Wee scones with organic jam and Devon cream
• Quiche tarts
• A variety of Butter’s baked goods
• Bottomless pot of tea from their selection of custom blends

Butter’s Demilune Afternoon Tea $14 pp

• A lighter sampling of Butter’s traditional afternoon tea
• Two little sandwiches
• One Wee scone with organic jam and Devon cream
• Some sweet surprises
• Pot of tea from their selection of custom blends

Butter’s Children’s Afternoon Tea $15 pp

• A selection of sandwiches with more kid appeal
• Peanut Butter and Jelly
• Ham and Cheese
• Cucumber with Cream Cheese
• Rosie’s Favourite Sprinkle
• Selection of Butter’s favorite treats such as Homemade Oreo, Classic S’more, Butter Cupcakes, etc
• Pot of tea or glass of milk.

Butter’s Custom Blended Tea $4 per pot

• Kazuko’s Sencha: Certified organic green tea harvested every Spring from southern Kyoto
• Mackenzie Black Maple: A blend of organic black tea, shaved almonds, and natural maple flavor
• Buttercream Blend (most popular): A smooth blend of organic estate black tea inspired by the very buttercream for which Butter is known and loved
• Breakfast at Butter: A delicious blend of organic estate black tea
• Cream of Earl Grey: Class earl grey with just a hint of cream essence to round the finish

Cucumber and Cream Cheese Sandwiches: The lightest sandwiches. It is best to start with this sandwich otherwise the flavors of the other ones will overpower the light fresh feeling of this one. Or I suppose you can use this one as a palette cleanser.

Curry Croissant: This one is my favorite. I like the suitableness of curry, crunch the celery, cilantro and some chicken bites.

Egg Salad: Your very typical egg salad. But it is always one of my favorites.

Tuna Bun with a chip: This is a fun sandwich because it reminds me adding chips to my burgers. What? You’ve never tried this? You have to try it now! Add a few pieces of say a sea salt and pepper Ruffle chip to your next juicy burger!

Maple Pecan Scone: This is a sweet and nutty scone. Inside there are walnuts and I like how this is not too too sweet but still very earthy!

Raisin Scone: Remember picking and eating all the Kjeldsens Danish blue tin butter cookies? This is how I felt about these scones. Love!

By the time we got to the top tier, we were pretty much full. The dessert tier consists of lemon loafs, chocolate raspberry tarts, Earl Grey butter cookies with lemon cream filling, caramel chocolate bars, a vanilla and chocolate cupcakes. My favorite was the Early Grey butter cookie.

Bottomless tea meant we can enjoy our Buttercream Blend tea a little longer. Tea is perfect in between bites to cleanse your palette. And seriously, how beautiful are these tea sets?

Butter Baked Goods are available for wholesale orders and you can also find then at Whole Foods and Urban Fare. The Homemade S’More and Marshmallows are delicious and perfect for party favors!

Overall we had a really great time at Butter Baked Goods Afternoon High Tea. We would definitely come back and have anther Fujifilm Instax Mini Polaroid Cameras Party. Buy yours today here! You can buy Polaroid films with cute borders with rainbows, Hello Kitty Character, Winnie the Pooh, etc.

Butter Baked Goods Cookbook: Nostalgic Recipes From a Little Neighborhood Bakery

Butter Baked Goods & Cafe
URL: http://www.butterbakedgoods.com/
Cuisine: Dessert, Bakery, Afternoon Tea
Hours

Mon Closed
Tue 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Wed 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Thu 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Fri 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Sat 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Sun Closed

4321 Dunbar St
Vancouver, BC
(604) 221-4337

Tsui Wah Restaurant 翠華餐廳 is a cafe chain cafe located throughout Hong Kong. It serves up comfort food catered to the Chinese palate. During peak hours, expect to share tables. The flagship restaurant in Central has three stories. Sorry no elevators. Order like a local and try their milk tea served in their signature doll face painted mugs. Then order their infamous condense milk toast 奶油豬, soup noodles and fried rice dishes like Kagoshima Pork cartilage and spinach shrimp dumplings with fish soup and vermicelli, and fish ball rice noodles.

Kagoshima Pork cartilage and spinach shrimp dumplings with fish soup and vermicelli: The soup is rich and flavorful. But, wow the pork cartilage just melts and is deeply marinated with soy and herbs. The addition of the shrimp dumpling was great mix. Because God forbid I only eat one ingredient and get bored too easily.

Fish Ball and Fish Cake Rice Noodle: A bit of Chiu Chow with bouncy fish balls and a dense broth. Really one bowl is not enough.

Pork Burger Slider: To advertise this as a burger was a sin. It is no bigger than your regular slider and the side of fries had 6 pieces. When was the last time you were able to count your fry. The downer was it was dry and lacked seasoning.

Pineapple Bun with Chilled Butter: Such gimmick on the butter. The pineapple was rather cold and would not melt my butter. This was not comparable to Kam Wah Café 金華冰廳 and here.

FOLLOW:

Beaucoup Bakery & Cafe is located on Fir St / 6th. Just before Granville Island situates a small bakery filled with pastries, 49th Parallel coffee and charm. You will recognize it by its red and white floral mural and a flock of loyal crowds. Jackie Ellis, who previously owned a design firm turned her passion of baking into reality by opening Beaucoup.

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Instagram brought me to its creation of granite countertops to daily creations of chocolate rosemary cookie, almond croissant, pain au chocolate, etc. On a Sunday 1pm afternoon, there is not one seat in sight.

Lavender Earl Grey Ice Cream Macaron Sandwich (Beaucoup x Sunday Morning Ice Cream): This gourmet dessert treat was high sky of near $7 a piece. And even tho the sweltering heat of Vancouver summers (not complaining here!) nearly melted my ice cream, you could smell and taste the deep Earl Grey tea and lavender flavors. The macaron shell was soft and delicate with a nice crunch. What a treat.

Perhaps one day I can embark on those  Paris Tours tasting through patisseries in Paree.

 

FOLLOW:

Beaucoup Bakery
URL: http://www.beaucoupbakery.com
Cuisine: Bakery, Coffee Shop

Hours:
Monday 7AM–5PM
Tuesday 7AM–5PM
Wednesday 7AM–5PM
Thursday 7AM–5PM
Friday 7AM–5PM
Saturday 8AM–5PM
Sunday 8AM–5PM

2150 Fir St, Vancouver, BC V6J 3B5
Phone:(604) 732-4222