You might know Pierrot Gourmet as the unusually laidback French cafe connected to the Peninsula Hotel—home to fancy Chinese food, fancy afternoon tea, and a fancy rooftop with a great view. It’s also a bakery that’s quietly making some of the best baked goods in the city. On weekends, tables are filled with a casual, touristy crowd drinking cappuccinos and eating brunchy things like egg white frittatas and brioche french toast bites. But the bakery counter line is populated with people who know that getting a box of perfectly flaky chocolate croissants or a stunning tart indistinguishable from a real chrysanthemum will win them the brunch-at-home game.