Bu Pastry Bar
380 S Lake Ave #107, South Pasadena, CA
Crema's Take
“This charming new bakery tucked in the Burlington arcade is making waves with incredibly fresh French pastries, especially their buttery madeleines and caramelized canelés that locals are genuinely excited about. The friendly staff and leisurely sit-down atmosphere create a perfect spot to linger over specialty drinks like matcha canelés and explore pastries you won't find at typical coffee shops. While they're still hitting their stride on speed, the quality and care they're putting into each pastry makes it worth the wait.”
What to expect
Specialty coffee. Slow-sit spot. Pastries on the menu.
Google Reviews
New coffee shop/bakery on Lake. Very friendly and very good canales and madeleines. Not something you find in other places. A bit slow but also new opening so I think it will get better.
New bakery alert in Pasadena! BU bakery located in the Burlington arcade off Lake specializes in French pastries, specifically madeleines, canales and dacoquiose. The madeleines are buttery - we really enjoyed the passion guava one. The canales have a crunchy outside with a soft…
We stopped by this café and really enjoyed it. The madeleine was super fresh — soft, light, and just the right amount of buttery, with that perfect just-baked feel. I also had the matcha, which I really appreciated because it wasn’t overly sweet. It had a nice, balanced flavor…
Cute shop. Ordered the matcha canele, triple chocolate Madeline and a chocolate raspberry Dacquoise They were decent. I wouldn't say out of this world, but they were good. The canele had a harder outer texture and soft middle. The Madeline was good, but I'm not an expert on…
To be honest not a big fan in canelé, but when craving for it this is the place I would head to.
Crema Reviews
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