[Review] Insta pig at Golden Gate Cake Shop in Chinatown, London

I have mixed comments about Chinese bakery.
Chinese egg tarts in UK are definitely better than Hong Kong because it tastes delicious and the pastry is flakey like puffy pastry compared to the weird floppy egg tarts with liquid fillings in Hong Kong.
As for the cakes, the ones in Hong Kong are terrible especially the waxy stiff cream they use and the cakes just taste weird.

To be honest, I was captivated by the piggy shaped thing at Golden Cake Shop.

I wouldn't describe it as a bun or cake because it has pandan lotus paste inside with a hard pastry which is the same as the traditional mooncake pastry.
Therefore I would expect it to taste like a mooncake without that weird savoury egg yolk.
I actually hate mooncakes because lotus paste is like a big lump of brown ear wax loaded with calories but I love pandan so definitely had to devour this cute little piggy!

Back in 2017, the piggy was only 1.70 and now it costs 3 which sadly I didn't try back then but if you look at the photos, the piggy is much more charming now.

2020!

Golden Gate Cake Shop is located on one of the side streets, spotted it before but it wasn't very welcoming as the entrance looked like a side exit and I hate confined spaces.

Finally went in and the bakery was a lot smaller inside than anticipated.

They had colourful Swiss Rolls and other bakery items but I just had my eyes on the pig.

The piggy got home intact which was good but the eyes of the piggy were mind boggling as they didn't melt or scratch and remained shiny.

It was time to eat it, so sliced it and inside was this green pandan lotus paste.
The pastry was quite thick but it kept the pig intact during its travels.
Later when I ate it, I found out that the eye was a hard black bean!

The taste of the pandan was impressive as it was really fragrant so I would definitely recommend this pig.
Pandan is like the vanilla of Asia used in Thai desserts and Singmalay dishes as well as drinks.

Personally, I thought the piggy was delicious with clotted cream because it brings out the flavours and makes the lotus paste smoother.

The eye of the pig turned out to be edible as well because it was just a black bean!

Also tried the pandan mooncake which was similar except there is a salted egg yolk in the middle.

I felt that the yolk took up most of the room and the pandan filling was not sufficient.