Lunar New Year Treats at Beaucoup Bakery
byBeaucoup Bakery is launching a special Year of the Snake Collection, featuring a new line-up of limited-edition pastries, chocolate bonbons, cookies, and cakes, in collaborations with Chinatown BBQ and Holy Duck Chili Oil.
Lunar New Year Treats at Beaucoup Bakery
The Year of the Snake Collection includes:
- Chinatown BBQ Pork Cruffin ($10.98) – Available only on February 1, 2025 at Taste of Chinatown, this croissant-brioche hybrid is filled with honey BBQ pork from Chinatown BBQ and topped with a cookie crust and honey glaze.
- Holy Duck Spicy Chocolate Bar ($13.88) – This chocolate bar features a combination of Valrhona Ivoire white chocolate, Holy Duck’s chili oil, crunchy potato chips, roasted sesame, and Maldon salt.
- Durian Basque Cheesecake ($8.88/slice; $68.88/8-10 servings) – Featuring vanilla cream cheese custard infused with durian fruit, atop a Lotus biscuit base , finished with a yogurt ganache.
- Lucky Cookie Box ($38.88 for 18 cookies) – This box includes three cookie flavours, such as Milo Snowballs, Oolong Dulcey Sablés, and Pork Floss Spritz.
- Cocktail Bun Scroll ($5.88) – A take on Beaucoup Bakery’s famous scrolls, this pastry is a reimagined version of a classic Hong Kong bun, featuring soft coconut filling with a buttery, crunchy glaze.
- Prosperity Knot ($6.88) – Featuring Beaucoup Bakery’s signature butter croissant pastry filled with taro purée and vanilla pastry cream.
- Gold and Silver Bonbons ($14.88/6 pieces; $28.88/12 pieces) – Features two flavours – lotus seed paste with salted yolk ganache and kumquat pâte de fruit with black sesame ganache.
- Milk Tea Peach Tiramisu ($9.88/single serving; $58.88/6 servings) – Betty’s take on the traditional tiramisu includes layers of black tea-soaked ladyfingers, milk tea vanilla mascarpone custard, and peach slices with vanilla gelée.
- Pomelo Roulade ($38.88) – Filled with pomelo jam, crème fraîche, whipped vanilla ganache, and crème Chantilly.
- Strawberry Roulade ($38.88) – Featuring strawberry compote, crème fraîche, strawberry ganache, and crème Chantilly.
“The Year of the Snake is known to symbolize good luck, transformation, and charm,” says Betty Hung, who co-owns Beaucoup Bakery with her brother Jacky Hung. “To celebrate this auspicious year, we’ve created our largest Lunar New Year collection yet, highlighting a variety of our favourite flavours, including milk tea, salted egg yolk, pomelo, and lotus seed. In addition, it’s been great to collaborate once again with Chinatown BBQ and Holy Duck Chili Oil.”
Guests can find select items available at both Beaucoup Bakery locations (Kitsilano and the St. Regis Hotel). Cakes are available for pre-orders now for pick-up starting January 25, 2025. Follow Beaucoup Bakery on Facebook for more information and updates.
