Yeh’s Bakery – You Want Me To Go To Flushing To Get A Boston Pie? Yes.

Yeh’s is a Taiwanese bakery that’s been recommended to me for a long time, but it’s taken me years to finally getting around to trying it.  When I decided to revisit Main Street Imperial, which you can read about here, I decided I should do lunch so that I could try Yeh’s as well.

Yeh’s is located near Main Street Imperial which is not in downtown Flushing and is closer to the LIE.  The bakery is very small with just two glass display cases.  Unlike most Chinese bakeries, they have a much more limited selection consisting with a few types of cakes, cake rolls and traditional Chinese pastries such a sun cakes and moon cakes.

Sun Cake (Tai Yang Bing):

Sun cakes are a traditional Taiwanese pastry from Taizhong / Taichung.  They are difficult to find outside Taiwan and last time I was in Taipei they were actually even difficult find to there with one bakery even jokingly telling me “go to Taizhong if you want those”.  I believe they’re not that popular amongst younger generations.  Anyhow, it’s a circular flaky pastry that looks similar to a wife cake (lao po bing) with a filling made of malt sugar.  At Yeh’s the English name says “honey cake” or something like that and while the flaky exterior is normal, the filling does taste like honey which is not normal.  However, I liked the honey flavor and it was much better than other sun cakes I’ve had in NY.  It isn’t close to a real good one in Taiwan, but it’s a decent version and worth checking out. 7.75/10

Boston Pie:

This is what they are known for.  It is a cake with cream custard filling and powdered sugar on top.  The cake is extremely light and fluffy literally one of the lightest cakes I’ve ever had anywhere.  The cream custard in the middle is also really light with the perfect level of sweetness (i.e. its sweet without being really sweet).  While it’s really simple this is one of the best cakes I’ve had in Asian bakery even in Asia.  I highly recommend you try this, it is really good.  8.75/10

Green Tea Roll:

This is another specialty.  It’s a cake roll with green tea flavoring and vanilla cream in the middle.  The cake is more dense than the Boston Pie and similar to pound cake.  The green tea flavor is very light so you will barely notice it and the vanilla cream is again only slightly sweet.  While not amazing I thought it was solidly good especially if like vanilla cake rolls as I do. 8/10

Overall, I really enjoyed this bakery a lot and if you like Asian style cakes then I highly recommend you try this place.  I look forward to trying the rest of their cakes and pastries.

Address:
5725 Main St
Flushing, NY 11355
(718) 939-1688