ZAO Bakery + Café

The chicken congee was so comforting, rich, and flavorful! Perfect food for a cold Minnesota day. Our baby has found her favorite food too 😄. Iced coffee was strong and sweet, and paired well with a coconut stuffed bun. We got takeout too! 🫣

This place is my jam. Everyone I bring here loses it over the wonderful service, quality of food and great atmosphere. The entire family is a joy. I’ve gotten to the point where I can come in and the owner. Will go where is your wife? She always makes sure I get something for the kid. The food is next level. It’s simple and so delicious. The noodle dishes are delightful. The congee with shrimp is my favorite. My word to the wise is watch out for the homemade chili sauce, too much and you will blow your socks off. That being said, I love the chili sauce. This is my favorite of these types of bakeries in the twin cities!

A good place to have Asian flavor buns and drinks. But for noodles and other stuff I’ll say you can have so many better choices on University Avenue. Dandan noddles doesn’t taste like dandan at all. Beef soup noodles tastes like pho. But that’s just my experience.

a very unique and caffe, bakery coffee shop. it offer self help bakery pickup (domain) and other delicious food items. reasonable price and supper pleasant setting. price are very reasonable and store accepts electronic payment. dinning area has a microwave and you could warmup up your food if you wish.

Shared the Pork congee, BBQ egg noodles, curry bun, ham soi gok, pineapple bun, oolong milk tea, and chrysanthemum milk tea. Both the noodle soup and congee were so wonderfully savory and flavorful. They were warm, comforting, and steaming right out of the kitchen. The ham soi gok was the perfect balance of sweet and chewy on the outside and salty and savory on the inside. I don't usually prefer spicy food but the curry bun was very flavorful and paired really well with the congee. Pineapple bun was sweet, soft, and nice and crackly on the top. The drinks were also amazing. Both teas had nice strong tea flavors and weren't too sweet. Though honestly, the whole day I could not forget about the taste of the chrysanthemum milk tea. I might go back just for that and to try the soy milk that a bunch of other reviews are raving about. The only thing I would note for next time would be to go closer to when they open because by the time we got there it was packed and there wasn't a ton of seating. We had to wait a bit.