Celestial Bakery

 

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Robin M.

Denver, CO

This place offers a great variety of dim sum at bargain prices in the cooler case: steamed and baked buns, dumplings, turnip cakes, and more. They can be microwaved, steamed, or eaten as is, and they are excellent. There's also Chinese barbecued pork and roasted pork, roast duck, chicken, and delicacies such as the feet for the adventurous. Excellent cookies that can't even be described, pastries, and more fill the display cases. Go in, browse around, and order whatever intrigues you. You won't be disappointed.

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Alexander P.

Englewood, CO

So, you have 3$ to your name, feeling adventurous and hungry, and you are cruising Federal, what is one to do? Why swing by the Celestial Bakery! This little hole-in-the-wall in tucked inside the Far East Center on the north side. Walking in, you are greeted with the smells of fresh bread and yummy pork, but here is where the adventure begins.
Now, before I continue, I should mention that my fondness for the place does not make me blind to the health code atrocities that await. Besides being a bit grubby, I have, on more than one occasion, seen a bucket of duck and chicken feet sitting on the floor next to the display case. If this is what is shown to their customers, I do not want to know what is happening behind the scenes.
As I'm sure you can guess at this point, this is no ordinary bakery. I have yet to see a cake there, but the fried "Chinese doughnuts" are a great replacement. I go for the baked BBQ pork buns myself. At $.80 a piece, 3 will get me full. My wife loves the "Chinese Tamales". They are rice and pork/chicken (depends on what is in stock) cooked in a banana leaf. I find them both oily and sticky, but others find them amazing. As for the rest of their offerings, don't go by looks. What may look like a sweet desert may turn out to be turnip and pork fat. Try washing it all down with a can of Chrysanthemum Tea, sweet, cool, good for your eyes, and perfect for cleansing the palate.

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