Unlike rice noodles and pork balls, chuchien pasties are not found everywhere in Hsinchu. Others have copied the Hsinfuchen product, but Hsinchu people maintain that the originals are still the best and most authentic, and insist that for the right flavor and texture, a chuchien pasty must come from the hand of a master pasty chef. Mass-produced pasties just can't compare.
不同於米粉、貢丸，竹塹餅在新竹並非隨處可見，雖然日後有其他商號也會仿做，但是新竹人認定竹塹餅只有新復珍的最正宗、最好吃，而這餅又非得經驗豐厚的師傅才掌握得住口味與口感，無法用機器大量生產、分銷。