China News Service, September 25. According to the Canadian Sing Tao Daily, the Furama Cake & Dessert Garden, which has been selling Hong Kong-style bread in Toronto's Chinatown for more than 30 years, has announced its closure.
This Hong Kong-style bakery at No. 248 on Spadina Avenue will close on September 29 due to difficult circumstances.
Hong Kong people who emigrated in the early 1990s would never forget the Chinatown in Central District. There are always things that can’t be found in Scarborough, let alone Markham. Many of them will patronize the Wealthy Waffles when they go to Chinatown. Shop, because when other bakeries are selling very "Canadian" chicken tail buns and pineapple buns, Furama’s bread is full of Hong Kong taste, especially their fried curry beef buns. When the new immigrants are in the cold winter, sit down When you have a bag or a cup of Hong Kong-style milk tea at Furama, you can really look back at your past life.
Located at the crossroads of Dundas and Spadina, Furama is not only a bakery, but also a landmark of the community. There is a constant flow of people. Old overseas Chinese love their cream buns and milk tea. Because of the spaciousness of the store, it has also become a place for neighborhoods.
This bakery also has a branch in First Canadian Place, but its history is not as good as this old shop.
Furama Bakery wrote this closing declaration on the glass of the store: "Compared with the closure of our store due to the epidemic, we are now in a heavier mood. We hope that the bread, desserts and drinks produced by the store will be brought to you in these years. Come and be happy. We watch Chinatown change with the times, and we are grateful to the customers who have really supported us over the years." "We are sad for leaving, and will miss you."
It is not yet known what store will replace it after Furama is closed.
It is reported that the entire building where the bakery is located is for sale.