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Thank you for giving us the opportunity to serve.

A short letter the bakery posted, addressed to everyone who has walked down the alley and bought bread.

A staff member in a yellow shirt and green apron working the till at Friends & Family Bake, with warmer trays of fresh pandesal beside her and the words Friends & Family spelled out in bread rolls along the wall above
The counter at Unit 101, on an ordinary open day.

The shop signs its posts the way it answers the phone. This one opened with “Dear Friends & Families” and closed with “Sincerely, Friends & Family Bake Team”, and everything in between was a list of thank-yous.

There were three of them. Thank you, Christopher. Thank you, @dineoutwithdee. And thank you to the dear valued regular customers, for always visiting the bakeshop.

Thank You very much for your unending support to us. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to serve you.

Friends & Family Bake Team

The @dineoutwithdee mention came with a repost. She had written about the ube custard ball: “Omg also had this insanely good Ube custard ball from this small Filipino bakery next to Fan Tan Alley! I wish I bought more.” The shop added one word of its own over the top of it. Sarap.

Nothing was on offer, nothing was being launched. It is simply the sort of thing this bakery posts, over and over, in between the trays.

Posted to the shop's Instagram on 30 July 2026.

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Open Tuesday to Saturday.

MondayClosed
Tuesday10 AM – 7 PM
Wednesday10 AM – 7 PM
Thursday10 AM – 7 PM
Friday10 AM – 7 PM
Saturday10 AM – 7 PM
SundayClosed
Unit 101 · 3 Fan Tan Alley
Victoria, BC V8W 1W3
Along Pandora Ave, near the Government-Pandora bus stop
(587) 439-1788