Third Culture Bakery Berkeley
Bakery · Southwest Berkeley
2701 Eighth St, Berkeley, CA 94710
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Highlights
Custard-like mochi muffins, donuts, and matcha drinks
Custard-like mochi muffins, donuts, and matcha drinks
"During the month of January, the Berkeley bakery is donating $1 from every chili crisp mochi muffin to the California Fire Foundation." - julia chen 1
"Selling a special mochi muffin for the holiday in collaboration with chef Stacy Tang (previously of Taiwan Bento): a chile crisp mochi muffin that incorporates Tang’s chile crisp recipe; available at Third Culture locations and for shipping." - Dianne de Guzman
"The last San Francisco outpost for Third Culture Bakery closed on Sunday, June 2. Owners Wenter Shyu and Sam Butarbutar wrote in an Instagram post the shop was difficult to staff consistently. They say this closure allows them to better focus on the flagship location in Berkeley, such as offering tours and matcha workshops." - Paolo Bicchieri
"Third Culture Bakery in Berkeley has been turning out kimchi and cheese-topped mochi waffles and chewy, many-flavored mochi donuts since 2018." - ByThe Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors
"Sam Butarbutar and Wenter Shyu opened Third Culture in 2016, immediately winning praise for their signature mochi muffin (currently shrouded in controversy). If you’re a cynic, it might almost sound like a trend-chasing hybrid in the vein of the cronut, but it’s a brown-butter treat with a unique contrast between interior and exterior, born of an Indonesian dessert Butarbutar’s mother made him. Mochiko rice from the Central Valley is the key ingredient in nearly everything on Third Culture’s menu, from brownies to doughnuts, along with matcha-based drinks to wash it down. Muffins are one of life’s singular pleasures, and better still, everything here is carefully sourced, meaning the doughnuts are simultaneously whole foods and hole foods." - peter astrid kane
