Golden Bakery

I stopped by here earlier in the week on my way home from the city, and I have to say they do the most epic donuts. I picked up a cream-​filled one on a whim, just cause I felt like something sweet… almost had to pull over to the side of the road to keep from hyperventilating when I took a bite. Wow! These are proper ‘European’ style pastries! Totally took me by surprise, as they look so unassuming.
The other stuff there is pretty average. I got a duo of quiches, which were okay; and also a sandwich for the following day’s lunch, which was dry. But the donuts cured all of that.
And the lady there is so nice!

A butchery turned bakehouse, Golden Bakery is what it is: a local, neighbourhood bakery, stocking its cabinets daily with the standard bakehouse assortment of breads, cakes, pies and pastries.
I always make a beeline for their finger buns every time I visit Golden Bakery. Soft yeast buns smothered with a thick coating of a pink or white icing sugar glaze and topped off with dessicated coconut, it sure does its job of satisfying my sweet tooth. Their cream donuts are good too but then again, when are cream donuts ever not good? The contents in the pie warmer cabinet contain your classic sausage rolls, mini savouries, and mince pies. At less than $ 4 for each item, it’s well priced (though I’ve never had the chance to sample their pie range because I always get distracted by the finger buns). A loaf of freshly baked sliced white or wholemeal bread will set you back a mere $ 2, but they’re nothing to scream home about, so stick with your supermarket varieties, I say. The usual hot drinks, and fish and chips (say what) are also served here.
An alternative to the $ 5 meal deals offered by the fast food chains, Golden Bakery offers a combo of a sandwich, donut and Coke for $ 5. The $ 4.80 combo gets you a large coffee and a donut or danish. Cheap, on-​the-​go meal fixes for when you’ve got a real hankering for bakery treats.
Golden Bakery is a little awkwardly placed, adjacent to a liquor store and a scungy river, and with an internet café on the level above, but on the plus side, there’s plenty of parking. Family-​owned and operated, you’d be hard pressed to find anything really unique about Golden Bakery but if you do happen to stop by, I leave you with two words, and two words only: finger buns.