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COMPASS MAGAZINE, NOVEMBER 2000. VOL. 7 ISSUE 11

-PAO CHUAN BAKERY 808, Tatun Road Tel: 310-1277 Hours: 8 a.m.-10 p.m.

Anyone looking for good bread as well as various traditional Japanese baked specialties should check out this bakery chain, which just opened its third Taichung branch on Tatun Road. Pao Chuan dates back 66 years to Japan where the current Taiwanese owner's father opened his first store in Tajikawa, in the Tokyo prefecture. There are over 300 types of baked goods--made fresh daily and thrown out if unsold each day--including standard varieties of bread and over 50 Japanese products, like the little "namakashi" baked dumplings. Regular visits by well-known Japanese bakers help keep everything authentic. Heading south on Tatun Road, Pao Chuan is about 100 meters on the left, just before the Tayeh Road intersection.