Kazo Review: Taiwanese Bakery At Chinatown With Salted Egg Lava Polo Bun

So when I heard a famous Taiwanese bakery that specialises in Japanese-inspired cream puffs was opening in Singapore, I was beyond excited. New Taiwanese Bakery At Chinatown With Salted Egg Lava Polo Bun | Kazo Food at Kazo Kazo has quite a wide spread of items on the menu, from cheese tarts to cream puffs, choux sticks and even Danish polo bun ice-cream sandwich!

They proclaim that the best-selling item on the menu is their Golden Lava Danish Polo ($3) – and boy, were they right. SEY treats don’t faze me, but Kazo’s Golden Lava had me nodding in agreement with my colleagues on how good it was.

The salty nuances of the custard paired real well with the bun’s buttery sweetness, and it was indeed a match made in heaven. The Hokkaido Cream Danish Polo ($3) paled in comparison, as the mild flavour of the white cream was intensely overpowered by the sweet bun.

I did feel the polo bun’s crust could have upped its game though; it did not embody the crispness of a good polo bun. As mentioned, I absolutely adore cream puffs, so I had to try the Crispy Cream Puff ($1.80) , which comes in three flavours: Chocolate , Matcha , and Hokkaido Cream .

What I love about Kazo’s cream puff is that it comes in bite-sized portions, so I can mix and match the flavours! Like the Danish Polo, the cream puffs had a good ratio of filling to baked puff shells, meaning you won’t end up with just pastry alone.

The Kazu Kazu ($3.50) – or choux sticks – also offered Chocolate , Matcha or Hokkaido Cream fillings. I’m a fan of wordplay, and I would like to believe that Kazu Kazu is a play on the spelling of s aku saku , which means crunchy in Japanese.

But if you rather something more mellow, the Hokkaido Cream works well in the cream puff and Kazu Kazu, as compared to the Danish Polo. Skip the creamy Original ($3) and Chocolate ($3.20) tarts, and settle for the Matcha ($3.20) . Despite being a novelty item on the menu, the Matcha Latte ($3.20) and Organic Soya Bean ($3) drinks were surprisingly tasty.

The former resembled the taste of Starbucks’ Iced Green Tea Latte, while the soya milk was well-balanced; it was not too sweet or bland. Ambience at Kazo Taking over the 7-11 at Chinatown Point, Kazo sits right opposite KFC and beside the side entrance of the mall that leads to Hong Lim Food Centre.

The verdict Kazo is on a different league of its own, in terms of the Japanese cream puff game. Only because the main item on their menu is actually a Danish polo bun rather than an airy pastry.

The location is rather weird, as it is in Chinatown – majority of the customers for the day were aunties – so I’m hoping they open another outlet in town soon. That being told reporters, their Golden Lava Danish Polo Bun has earned a spot in my books of things to queue for and I see myself getting boxes of them for my fambam to try soon.