THIRD CULTURE BAKERY

Third Culture Bakery serves freshly baked mochi pastries and matcha drinks to a growing number of customers, but this business is about more than just food. These treats keep and show off culture, and they are given out in a loving and accepting way. Third Culture Bakery's first location, in West Berkeley, opened in 2018. Since then, it has partnered with many of the best coffee shops in the Bay Area to sell its popular pastries to people who can't get enough. The Third Culture Bakery's story s... tarts with a love story. The food and drinks at Third Culture Bakery reflect how the two founders grew up as "third culture kids." This means that they were raised in a culture that was different from that of their parents. In Berkeley, Sam Butarbutar, the chef at Third Culture Bakery, met and fell in love with Wenter Shyu. In 2016, they decided to open the bakery as a tribute to the pastries they ate as kids in Indonesia and Taiwan. Sam made their signature dish based on an Indonesian dessert his mother made. This is a way for him to remember the good times he had with his mother, who he no longer lives with.More