Asahi Bakery

Excellent mango cake!
The cake is fine and luscious with frosting that is creamy and no too sweet.
The owners are lovely.
This osmium go to bakery for any and every occasion.

Love the coconut cake from here. To me this is the best cake bakery in the valley. I tried other bakery and my families and friends always go back to this bakeries. Just wish that they have a more modern design for kids birthday cake.

Love their cakes, every year I purchase my son’s Birthday cakes here. Cakes is always soft and not too sweet.

We happened in just as they were closing but the clerk was courteous and informative, explaining the pastries to the kids & I. THis became the highlight of our sunday funday out. The pastries were fresh and flavorful, not too sweet. Very nice experience and food, thank you.

Love the vanilla
fresh fruit cake. It is the best birthday cake. It’s moist and not overly sweet. The fruit makes the cake special

This is where I always go when I need to order cakes. I usually order the fruit cake and it’s always fresh. Their cake is like sponge cake, not too sweet but just right. The icing is not too sweet either but just right. There are fresh fruits in the middle layer of the fruit cake as well as fresh fruit surrounding the cake. I have ordered their tiramitsu cake before for my husband and it was really good too. The price is reasonable and totally worth trying. My family loves it.

I am the happiest Birthday girl in the World! I wanted a yummy cake with natural flavors and my boy’s delivered. They bought the fruit cake. It was fresh, light and so delicious. I was surprised by the amount of fruit. They really do use good fruit. I will be going back this June for my Husbands cake. This will be our treat stop after work on Friday’s. Thank you for being accommodating and friendly. Great job! Keep up the great work. If anyone wants a great cake, please try this Bakery. You will not be disappointed I know I wasn’t.

I am almost scared to write this for fear this place may gain too much popularity! We dropped in here today and scored a taro cake! Oh my gosh! This thing is so moist, flavorful and the frosting is perfectly light and fluffy. If you are needing a cake or have a sweet tooth like me you need to check this place out!

Umm… did I walk into the right place? This place was NOT what I expected. Unilocal also let me down.
Chinese bakeries hold a special place in my heart, but there’s no room for this one. I also really hate giving low reviews for mom&pop places.
I came here around mid-​afternoon and there was really not that much to choose from (5 different types of items)… The stuff he did have was in a cake display case so old that the glass was yellowed and I couldn’t see through it… or sponge cake.
Being born and raised in Los Angeles, there’s a lot of delicious Chinese bakeries and this one is just very meh. I’m keeping AZ in mind but I still can’t…
Vanilla sponge cake:
–I give him lots of props for using vanilla bean… you can actually see the little black bits of vanilla bean in this
–Dry on outside rim but acceptable on inside
–Good amount of vanilla flavor
Green tea sponge cake:
–Dry on outside rim of cake, acceptable on inside
–Not a fan of green tea but sometimes green tea flavored things really surprise me and I end up loving it. Did not like this one much between the dry-​ness and the tea flavor.
–It was a good amount of green tea flavor… but there was NOTHING else going for this cake.
Japanese cheesecake
–Dry… there’s a layer that’s mixed in with the cheese and there’s another layer that is just cake… the cake was so dry that it was like eating two completely different things in 1. Not good.
Conclusion
–The cakes were dry… I felt like every bite was a sponge soaking in all my saliva and drying my mouth.
–I’ve just had MUCH MUCH better sponge cake
–Selection of items was slim
–Store needs a serious upgrade…

Delicious fruit cake we get it every year for all of my family’s birthdays so that’s about 7 cakes. We’ve been going here since my mother came to America. Love everything there!

They has delicious asian fruit cakes! The frosting is whipped cream so it’s not too sweet either. Make sure to call at least a day ahead to reserve a cake because they sell out fast.

Oh my, Coffee Jello… I’m hooked!
We couldn’t decide, so between the 3 of us, we left with 5 desserts! Now I was smart, didn’t leave with everything I want to try, so then I have reason to go back… Green Tea Spongecake, I’ll be back for you.
Can’t wait until we get home… sample time.
Happy Fathers Day!

DELICIOUS Green Tea cakes! My daughter always asks for them as a snack or treat! And they really are yummy! About the size of 2 cupcakes. They also make coffee, vanilla, chocolate, banana, coconut flavored ones.
Also, around Chinese New Year, they’ll make a BAKED 年糕 (a chewy dessert made of sweet rice flour) – it’s usually steamed, but their baked version has a great crust on the outside. Delicious! You may need to special order these, though, as the bakery gets really busy around lunar New year.

Just a simple bakery with lots of cake, coffee, cuppuccino, mango, strawberry, taro. We bought the coffee cake for my daughter’s 15^th birthday.
What I like its that the cake is not too sweet.
They also have many other pastry offerings.

I adore Asian bakeries!
Asahi is not the next great thing. Not a lot of time, attention or money has been invested in décor or a «wow» showroom. There’s a small but decent selection of cookies and some pastry, but this business is all about the cakes.
Fresh, not too sweet — and absolutely delicious!
I’m partial to the regular white cake with whipped cream frosting and fresh fruit (inside and out.) A coworker opted to order a small chocolate cake and added the fruit — YUM!
Instead of cupcakes — they do individual mini cake rolls. For my boss’s birthday, we ordered 20 rolls — a bit of rolled sponge cake, fresh whipped cream, and a variety of strawberry, mandarin orange and kiwi fruit topped. Delicious, simple, non-​messy dessert for 20 people — DONE!
Best of all — the price! Assuming my time is worth *something* — there’s no way I could produce cakes like this for as little money as Asahi charges.
This isn’t the sort of bakery that specializes in cool, funky cakes and I didn’t see any fondant (but they may do some… I don’t like fondant, so I didn’t go out of my way to check.) But for a fresh, delicious cake that will be custom made for you on little short notice for a super low price? Asahi rocks!

Bao Buns. Yum.
One of the very few places that you can get Bao Buns in Phoenix, and they are both delicious and big! Not only this, but they are only $ 1.30! The buns are about the size of a fist, and are steamed, not baked (the man behind the counter noted that some have tried to bake the buns at home, thinking they were uncooked, later complaining that the buns were now tough, haha).
I got the BBQ pork bun. The pork was very good and tasty, with a sweetness to it. Will be back for more!
I also bought some almond cookies. These cookies are pretty big — about the circumference of a CD. They are not moist cookies, more like a biscotti, but lighter.
The man behind the counter was very helpful and answered all questions.
The cakes looked really tasty, and I understand that they are very good per other reviewers. Would strongly consider them next time I need a cake, though I do not live nearby.

Visited this small bakery today, my second time. I had the baked (fluffy browned bread, not the steamed white one) cha siu bao (barbecue pork bun) and a baked custard bun.
Baked Cha Siu Bao: Good except for a nasty hard piece of something crunchy (gristle? ligament?) disguised as a piece of meat in it. It was really gross, but I spit it out and ate the rest because besides that little bit of nastiness it was good. They’re losing a star for this though.
Custard Bun: Very good. Fluffy not-​too-​sweet bread with a creamy custard that had a strong vanilla flavor.
Under $ 3 for both! They have that annoying $ 5 minimum for card transactions though, which is discouraging younger, frequent small-​purchase repeat customers. Their sales volume would definitely increase if they would eliminate the minimum and invest in a remodel to play off of Sweet Republic’s traffic next door.
The older woman behind the cases was polite but rushed. She rang up my total after I had chosen the second item, which put an end to my buying anything else. To be fair, they were closing soon, but the place was dead and you would think she would want more business or encourage me to try something else.
As others have noted, many items in the unlit (not easy to see inside) pastry case are unlabeled. The handwritten signs that are in the cases are faded and really should be replaced with something better (Microsoft word, a printer, and a laminator will do wonders).
The interior was clean (though cluttered) but looked very tired. Parking was a breeze though! I’ll be back.

Good cake is my weakness, and while there is no shortage of bakeries in the Valley, I have found very few that serve really good cakes. I especially missed those light, airy chiffon-​type sponge cakes I remember from my childhood. Then I found Asahi, and there they were — those wonderful cakes make from foam-​type batter, so light and fluffy and without the cloying sweetness characteristic of cakes in most big commercial bakeries and even in small mom ‘n pop ones. The bakery also makes other goodies such as cream horns, macaroons, and cookies — you can get a lot of these for not much money. The fresh-​fruit cakes are their specialty and are a bit on the pricey side but once you experience the interplay of creaminess, lightness, and freshness of these creations, you’ll know that the price is justified. Nice location, too — it is in the same commercial cluster (on 16^th St. and Bethany) as other well-​known favorites such as Luci’s, The Vig Uptown, Sweet Republic, and Capriotti’s.

Really awesome Japanese Bakery. Closed on Mondays. I always get the fruit cake which is basically fruit embedded sponge cake. It is so good! I love it! One of the best. Cake I have ever had. The people there are very nice and friendly. Feel free to ask them any questions you may have. Their cakes are awesome and their prices are even better! Check out the pics of the cake I brought.

Their fresh fruit cakes are a must for special occasions or a unique treat for dinner party guests. Great local business with excellent customer service! Highly recommend!