Mega Cake Ball

This is literally a ball of cake covered in rainbow sprinkles.

I have a thing for rainbow sprinkles.I wasn’t sure what to expect when I ordered this thing, only that I was drawn in by the glitzy colored sprinkles like a teenage girl to bedazzled denim.

I cut it in half revealing a thick, chocolate more like a ganache than cake.

I split it with my roommate and even just half the ball felt like too much sugar. It was super sweet, like molasses almost. The last flavor had a hint of Asia, that secret ingredient that seems to pervade Asian style desserts.

Lemon Bun

The first thing I realized after ordering a lemon bun was that it look more like a lemon cake baked in a mini pie shell.

The bun had the consistency of cornbread but with a sweet, lemon flavor to it. Overall, it wasn’t bad. It didn’t leave a bad flavor in my mouth or make me regret eating it. But it was mostly disappointing given the expectations promised by the beautiful golden cake.

Green Tea Bun

Green tea is turned into a sweet dessert bun.

A few years back, green tea was the latest fad food. Infused green tea began appearing in every kind of sweet or savory food. Luckily that trend has passed and now admitting to enjoying a green tea product doesn’t make you sound like some sort of wannabe.

This green tea bun had the consistency of a moist pound cake wrapped around a butter icing. Or maybe it was just butter. The whole thing was sweet, but light. Oh, and the sickly shade of green only made it more delicious.

Savory Pork Bun

Not every bun from an Asian bakery is sweet.

We picked up a few random savory buns just because. Many Asian bakeries have low price points for individual items making them ideal places to experiment with random selections.

In this case, the “hot dog bun” turned out to be pretty much exactly what it claimed: a hot dog in a bun. The bread was sweet and soft. I think I once ate something similar to this on an airplane, although overall this was a better experience.

The below bun was a “ham bun,” which to me seems pretty much like a warm ham and cheese sandwich. Still, I enjoyed it.

Meatball

With a soft, sweet dough, the meat filled bun ends with an unexpected flavor.

The dough itself was delicious with a consistency unmatched by anything in recent memory. And then inside you discover strange bits of Chinese pork and have a hint of fishy flavor. The whole experience eating this was odd.

Part of me would like nothing more than to have the dough part of this without the meat filling, but its not as though the meat filling was bad, just a little off putting. It was also very sticky.

Pork Bun

On the border of Sunset Park and Bay Ridge, we feasted on Asian delicacies.

This pastry bun was filled with a barbecue pork. The dough was light and crispy and the interior spicy and sweet. I don’t think it was particularly ethnically Chinese about the flavoring.

Red Bean Bun

Is it a bean or is it something sweet? Guess what? Still creepy.

So this red been bun had a pastry exterior — delicious — and the weird red bean center.

Maple Leaf Bakery
6623 Fort Hamilton Parkway
Brooklyn

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