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Featured on NBC LA video segment: Meet the 4th generation baker serving up Chinese mooncakes for 40 years

YouTube video on Mooncakes for Mid-Autumn Festival in Chinatown SF.

AA Bakery featured on KTVU: 'Amber Lee's Chinatown' Part 4: Far East & AA Bakery

Chinese Newcomers Service Center video on Henry Chen.

Henry Chen featured in USA Today / AP video on the Autumn Moon Cake Festival. 

AA Bakery participates in SF Night Market on Grant Ave.

"At AA Bakery, there were long lines to the counter. Owner Henry Chan proudly displays freshly-made new year cake which is in high demand. It's among the specialty sweets made and sold only during the week leading up to new year day."

"The draw at AA Bakery and Cafe is the sheer variety—the large cases are stocked with so many colorful cakes, savory breads, and cream-filled pastries. From buns to cookies to tarts, this shop makes it all. "

"For Henry Chen, the owner of AA Bakery in Chinatown, dried orange peel—or chenpi, in Chinese—is more than just a Chinese medicine or cooking ingredient. It’s something that makes him proud of his hometown."

Even during COVID-19, there’s a line going out the door on weekends at AA Cafe & Bakery, as Chinese New Year celebrants wait for their sticky steam cakes, egg tarts, and sesame bowls, all made from scratch with specialized types of flour.

Featured in Spotlight Chinatown: "AA BAKERY is where you can choose from a variety of Chinese and Western pastries and cakes, eat Hong Kong-style comfort food and order an elaborate custom cake."

"It’s a bustling place where seniors, families, and tourists alike enjoy a hearty meal or grab pastries to go. Owners Henry and Colleen Chen specialize in flaky buttery puffed pastries filled with a curry meat or cha siu barbeque pork filling..."

If you have a sweet tooth, you must stop by AA Bakery & Cafe to indulge in the seemingly endless line of sweets. Some of my favorites are the egg tarts, walnut cookies, and fluffy cheesecakes.

AA Bakery was featured in the Best of SF Chinatown Shopping Guide.

Featured in SF Gate: "Featured $10 lunch: The Chinatown bakery is offering a deal that includes a BBQ pork bun along with three desserts and milk tea."

Featured in Thrillist: "San Francisco’s 11 Best Pork Buns You Won’t Find at Dim Sum Spots"

Mentioned in SF Chinatown Autumn Moon Festival.

Featured in article: "Modern Guide to San Francisco's Chinatown: Elevated Eats, Dim Sum + Dives."