Grand Taipei - Kurunjang

A lovely little Taiwanese bakery, with cafe. Exceptional range of handmade bakery products, and a small menu of meals, including authentic Taiwanese noodle soups, with hand made noodles. Exceptionally friendly and healthy staff. This place feels cozy and homely. Highly recommended.

Due to stage 4 lockdowns, we were unable to pick up a cake and deliver it to mum. I spoke to a staff (owner? Justin and asked if they do delivery. He said no but he was happy to do this as a special for us. Mum was so surprised and extremely happy to get her durian fix. They said the durian cake was fresh, moist and delicious as usual. Thanks for making her day. Great service :

My rating: 4.5<br/ <br/ Grand Taipei Bakery has withstand the time of severe changes to Box Hill over the years, and yet they're still there which proves to show that they are strong. Given the fact that Bread Top would be their biggest competitor however having said that, the types of bread and cakes Grand Taipei makes are slightly different to mainstream Asian bakeries which does make a huge difference. Grand Taipei are traditional Taiwanese bakery and they make their own cakes and bread in the shop and it has been the same for the last 25 years since I first discovered this place. I dont believe ownership has changed but still stays within the family business. It is authentic and very home style feel.<br/ <br/ Although the exterior of the shop looks tired and worn but it still is exactly the same bakery as 25 years ago when I first visited and over the years have once in a while popped in to eat or purchase their yummy bread and cakes. <br/ <br/ LOCATION<br/ <br/ Grand Taipei Bakery is located on the busy main street of Box Hill Station Street, between Whitehorse Road and Bank Street. <br/ <br/ The interior of the shop has also remained the same, no change at all. But you know sometimes its not about the look of the shop but the quality of the food that matters. <br/ <br/ There is plenty of seating inside and opening for breakfast, lunch and dinner 7 days a week from 9.30am to 9pm. <br/ <br/ Their menu is basic but alot of the food on the menu is traditional Taiwanese typical food you would get for breakfast or simple meal.<br/ <br/ SERVICE<br/ <br/ The staff always wear pink uniform with brown apron and brown headpiece. They have been the same for many years.  They are friendly and welcoming. You kind of get the feeling that its very home style something that you dont see much nowadays.<br/ <br/ MENU/PRICE<br/ <br/ Please note that Grand Taipei Bakery is a Cash Only premises.<br/ <br/ Unfortunately the Zomato menu listing is severely out of date. As I am unable to upload photo of the menu, I will provide you details of the most popular dishes at Grand Taipei for your reference: <br/ <br/ Appetizers<br/ Puff pastry with Chinese donut,  $4.80<br/ Scallion pancake, $3.80<br/ Savoury rice, $4.80<br/ Chinese omlette and donut, $6.50<br/ Chinese omlette, $4.50<br/ Sweet soy milk, $3.30<br/ Savoury soy milk, $4.30<br/ Beef Roll, $9.00<br/ <br/ Rice/Noodles<br/ Steamed sticky rice, $6.00<br/ Taiwanese sticky rice dumpling, $6.50<br/ Fried Pork Cutlet with Rice, $11.00<br/ Fried Chicken Maryland with Rice, $11.00<br/ Braised Pork with Rice, $10.50<br/ Pork and mushroom soup on rice, $7.00<br/ <br/ Set Menu<br/ Stir fried vermecilli, pork ribs and dried lily bud soup, seasonal vegetables and sweet soy milk, $14.00<br/ Steamed sticky rice, pork and mushroom soup, seasonal vegetables and sweet soy milk, $14.50<br/ Pork and mushroom soup on rice, meatball soup, seasonal vegetables and sweet soy milk, $14.50<br/ <br/ Soups<br/ meatball soup, $4.80<br/ pork ribs and dried lily bud soup, $5.80<br/ Fuzhou fish ball soup, $4.80<br/ Pork and mushroom soup. $4.80<br/ <br/ Most of the specialties they have photo on the wall, but if you're a regular you would know what to order.<br/ <br/ From the bakery section only listing some of my favourite): <br/ Spring Onion Shredded Pork bun, $2.80<br/ Red bean bread, $2.00<br/ Coconut bread, $2.00<br/ Milk butter bread, $2.30<br/ Butter custard bread, $2.00<br/ Spring Onion Roll with pork floss), $2.50<br/ Pork Floss Bun, $2.50<br/ <br/ Cake Rolls include: Strawberry, Taro, Saltana, Pandan, Durian and Coffee and price range from $2.00 to $4.30.<br/ <br/ Pastries include: Pineapple, Date, Red Bean, Egg Yolk, Lotus egg Yolk,  Wife cake, sun cake,  Peanut cake, mung bean sweet pastry, date cake, pineapple slice.<br/ <br/ VERDICT<br/ <br/ My typical favourite if I go here for an early lunch would be Chinese omlette and donut with sweet soy milk. I love it. They make their own soy milk and its delicious. <br/ <br/ Otherwise I would always order Fried Pork Cutlet with Rice. YuM! My all time favourite even when during my University days.<br/ Their pickled cucumber and carrot are soo yummy, along with pickled cabbage, fried egg runny), fried anchovies Chinese style) makes the whole dish ever so delicious. The Fried Pork Cutlet still tastes exactly the same even 2 decades later, however of course price has increased and the pork quantity is still very generous, it is much less meat but still tastes great.When I am at Grand Taipei I love buying some bread rolls. My all time favourite back in the days were Pork Floss Bun or Spring Onion Roll with pork floss.<br/ <br/ However over the years I have opt for Pork Floss Bread refer to photo).  The bread roll has a very light crunchy pastry top, the bread itself is soft and fluffy inside not dense at all) with the middle containing some pork floss. It is a nice alternative to the other Pork Floss Bun as it only has small portion of pork floss which is not overly too much but just enough to enjoy!!  Hence why today I was being quite naughty and ordered the Fried Pork Cutlet Rice and also Pork Floss Bread. Was feeling quite nolstagic, brings back memories of when my Uni friends and I would come here to eat and also hang out in the old Box Hill area!

If you don't mind walking a little outside of boxhill central, this bakery gem is worth your visit. Each bun is lovingly made with attention to detail and flavour. The buns are even prepacked in a plastic wrap of a triangle manner so it doesnt touch the bun fillings, so u just pick and go:

The original and best bakery in box hill. Pineapple cakes are awesome!