The egg tarts here are outstanding. I wish I got some extra room in my stomach to have more…read more A lot of items in the store doesn't offer to buy in single piece, need to change that because I know it's not expensive, but we're traveling, can't finish a whole pack of bao buns or carry it around.

My last review was about the baked roast pork bun. Was terrible and hoped that they redeemed…read morethemselves, but I guess not. Filling was all fat so I had to spit it out. Will be my last time buying this. Also bought the steamed big bun and was happy with the filling which had a ground pork with what looks like chopped celery and small piece of chinese sausage and egg. Will definitely buy again.

There's a lot more bakery goods availsble that isn't listed on the red menu display such as old…read morewife cake, mochi (2 for $1.50), chicken cookie (haven't seen these for a long time. Despite its name, it's actually made of pork lard), sponge cake rolls,

This is one of the oldest and cheapest bakeries in Chinatown. The quality of their products are…read moredecent, with my favorite being their peanut mochi, which are still only $1.50 for two. What a deal! The egg tarts are also inexpensive at $1.50 per piece, as well as the large steamed bun with ground pork and vegetable. When you go inside this bakery, all you will see is old Cantonese men and women who are probably regulars. I felt out of place being under 50 and ordering in Mandarin. Lol

Egg tarts were on point!! Service is friendly. It's a small shop so it's very much to go only. If…read moreyou want the pineapple bun with char sui, you'd have to call in advance for them. Next time I'll definitely do so!!

The people all waiting for the cheap eats next door don't seem to realize that there is another…read more"line worthy" spot right in front of them...only with no line! Tao Hong Bakery serves a Cha Siu Bao that is less fatty than Mei Lei Wah, egg tarts that are light and flaky, and custard buns that are perfect. The variety of fresh baked items is amazing for such a tiny shop, and I've never walked out disappointed in what was offered. Looping back to the cha sui bao, it's really, really good, and at $2 a bargain just like next door! The shop is clean and the owners are sweet. Grab your stuff and enjoy it across the street in the park for a quintessential "real" Chinatown day.

Visited the new location of Ho Won on Forsyth (formerly Ho Won Bake Shop - on Elizabeth St.),…read moreacross from Sarah Roosevelt Park; 1 block from D/Grand St. stop. 106 Forsyth St. Lower East Side / Chinatown Tuesday - Sunday 9am - 6pm, Closed Mondays Cash preferred, CC okay The ladies said that "If people want an item they come" but otherwise it sounded like business is a lot slower than at its previous location (ie. sell out by 3pm). The quality of the pastries are well make & they're the only place making Hakka-style Rice Rolls. I got: - Iced Lemon Black Tea - Roast Pork Bun $2 - Hakka Rice Roll $2 - White sugar Tapioca Cake (similar to puto. Good but a tiny bit stiff) - $5 #4. Lotus leaf-wrapped Sticky Rice (pork, Chinese sausage, salted egg, yolk, mung bean) They're making fresh rice rolls to order & have other buns, rice dishes, dessert soup & herbal teas in the fridge. Take a radish cake home & air fry cubes of it. New item?s: fried egg puff tossed in sugar , pineapple topped roast pork bun.

BLUF: Legacy preserved…read more I don't recall ever visiting Ho Won Bake Shoppe 好運咖啡屋 when it was on Hester Street (for over 40 years, according to its owners). But we chanced upon successor Ho Won 好運餐廳 on a brutally cold winter day, ordered a bunch of small items, and have returned a few times since. Ho Won offers baked goods and several traditional desserts that aren't found in the more modern and expensive shops that have been taking over Chinatown. While other old school shops with similar offerings still exist, Ho Won has a least a few items that are comparable to the best from a nearly bygone era. The items we consider Five Star worthy: - Wife Cookie 老婆餅: $2. Freshly made, with a soft, thick, and chewy winter-melon based filing, consistently one of the best versions we've had. Get this. - Dry Shrimp and Pork Rice Noodle Roll 蝦米豬肉粉卷: $2. Item #D1. Freshly made, one of the tastiest versions we've had, even better than from the now defunct Hak Box. Get this. Everything else: - Zongzi 粽子: We ordered Item #C6, the one with Pork, Salted Egg, Chinese Sausage, Mung Bean, Dried Shrimp, Dried Mushroom and Chestnut (鹹蛋黃香腸蝦米香菇栗米豬肉粽). OK -- the sausage was too fatty, the dried mushroom was still too hard after steaming the zong, and the rice grains clumped together instead of being separate kernels. - Radish Cake 蘿蔔糕: This was a bit mushy; could be firmer. The radish cake was also on the salty side, so one doesn't need to add the traditional oyster sauce or hoisin sauce to taste. - Tapioca Pudding: a bit thick and starchy. Could be smoother. - Stuffed Haka Tofu 客家酿豆腐: $5.This item looks the part but I'm told it doesn't have the expected taste / ingredients. - Mung Bean Sweet Congee 綠豆西米糖水: $3. Very filling because of the mung beans. Ho Won's version seems less sweet than 46's, and seems to use less tapioca.

| Authentic bakery in the front, party in the back…read more Okay, let's get into one of my FAVORITE little spots down by my job--Ohayo Bakery. And what I love about this place is that it is literally authentic Chinese bakery in the front and PARTY in the back. Let me explain. In the front, you have your traditional Chinese bakery with all the goodies. Pork buns. Sweet buns. Coconut bread. Rice balls. Sesame balls. All of that. And everything is made fresh. When I go in there, baby, I be grabbing EVERYTHING. Their yam bun? CHEF'S KISS. The coconut sweet bread is everything--and y'all know I love me some coconut. The pork bun is really good. Grab you a coffee and one of those fresh buns and go live your life. And one of the things I really appreciate is that when something is gone... IT'S GONE. That's it. They're not pulling another one from somewhere in the back that's been sitting around. They make everything fresh, and once they sell out, they sell out. I LOVE THAT. Because you know you're getting something fresh. You know you're getting something traditional. You know it's being done right. Like I keep saying in these reviews, we want authenticity, okay?! I want the recipes and the traditional hands that have been doing this for YEARS. The kind of hands that could probably make these buns with their eyes closed. That's what I want. HEADS UP: The bakery in the front is cash only, so come prepared! But then... You go to the back. And that's where the party starts. In the back is Ohayo Boba, and I LOVE their drinks. Bubble teas, smoothies, green teas, traditional milk teas--they have so many different flavors and combinations. I've definitely had my brown sugar milk tea, and the last drink I got was some kind of mango-passion fruit situation with lychee boba, and baby... Delicious. I don't even need to remember exactly what I ordered. I remember it was GOOD. And unlike the bakery, you can use your card in the back. They also have a cute little seating area, so you can grab your goodies from the bakery, get yourself a boba, sit down for a minute, and enjoy. So if you're around Grand Street and want a cute little something--whether you want a fresh bun, something sweet, coffee, boba, whatever--pop into Ohayo Bakery. Just remember: Cash in the front. Party in the back. You will not be disappointed.

Still the same address, pleasant staff, good food, and great prices. Different name -- but I'm a…read morelittle unclear on what it is! The Yelp listing says Harper's Bakery has been renamed Ohayo Bakery... but Bakery Onigiri is what the large sign over the door proclaims. Hmm.... Of course we had to do a quality control check and tried our usual onigiri / omusubi + some egg custard tarts / dan tat. All was in order -- and in fact, the egg custard tarts were still warm when we brought them home. The pastry crust was awesomely flakey, the filling reasonably rich with yolk and not too sweet. There are better egg custard tarts in Manhattan's Chinatown, but Bakery Onigiri / Ohayo bakery's versions aren't bad at all, especially considering that incessant Trumpflation still hasn't impacted pricing. Amazing!

This place remains one of my favorite places for fast and casual dim sum dishes. Nothing fancy but…read moreit has most of the traditional dim sum dishes.

3.5: Lured in by a social media post that promised the best Joong (or Zongzi), we purchased 8 at…read more$4.50 each. They are traditional Chinese dumplings made of sticky rice and filled with sweet or savory or ingredients (but typically with some sort of preserved meat, peanut and egg), wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves; they are then boiled or steamed. They had a pile of joong on the counter and then they also have seating for regular Chinese food. This hole in the wall and gritty spot had decent joong but not sure what the fuss is about. The person at the counter was a bit surly as well. Atmosphere is very basic so again if you enjoy the food, that is the main draw. This street has a bunch of small eateries.

If you don't like waiting until the Mid-Autumn festival and want your mooncakes all year round,…read morehead over to Double Crispy. They have mini mooncakes available throughout the year (although, flavors may be limited), and have the large ones available during the Mid-Autumn festival/Mooncake season. I got 4 mini mooncakes: Green Tea, White Lotus, Black Sesame and Pineapple (I picked this one thinking it was Winter Melon but it turned out to be Pineapple). The only flavor I didn't care much about is the pineapple. The white lotus was very typical and tasted like the ones I have had elsewhere. I absolutely LOVED the green tea and the black sesame ones so much! The black sesame paste had the exact amount of nuttiness I needed. The green tea one was so fragrant because the paste is actually made with jasmine green tea which I absolutely adore!! I couldn't be more happy with my purchase, can't wait to buy the large sized mooncakes soon and devour them all!

Food: I came here to try the mooncakes after seeing a New York Times video featuring this bakery…read more The large mooncakes range from $6-8 depending on the variety, and the small mooncakes are $3.50. The flavors include lotus paste, black sesame, red bean, winter melon, durian, pineapple, and green tea. Mooncakes come with or without egg yolks. I tried the durian mooncake which was good. I also tried a red bean mochi pancake. The fillings in the mooncake and mochi cake were a bit too sweet, but overall, the baked goods here are delicious. I would go back and try other items. Service: Staff were friendly! Ambiance: The bakery is not big but has a couple of small tables. Overall, I would recommend this bakery!

Decided to try since I have seen a few people talking about it on social media. It is small but…read morepacks a lot of punch in variety of baked goods and cooked food. The staff immediately asked if I needed help as I walked in. Once you walk in, there is cooked items such as noodles, curry fishballs, congee and rice noodles. Towards the middle and back of the store is baked goods and bread. There was even moon cake since it's Mid Autumn Festival. There are also hot and cold drinks. I ordered a noodle and a dried shrimp rice noodle. The noodles weren't too oily and had decent flavor. The dried shrimp noodle was good as well and not overpowering with shrimp or scallions. There is a small seating area. Would recommend for breakfast or quick bite.

I am honored to write this review of Cardio Bakery on Yelp - I am a sucker for a nice traditional…read moreCantonese cafe, which has been opened for about 2 months. I found out about this bakery on Instagram through Uncle Big Lau and wanted to come and check it out. The Instagram post talked about the Baker, who has 35+ years of baking experience and the bakery good shows. They look nice and fresh. On the side when you entered, they also have Cheung Fun (my galette!!) and noodles (my other favorite)!! If you're in the area, come and check it out. It's clean and quiet. It's a mix of Cantonese and Mandarin workers in unity. I love seeing that. The customers that come in are a mix of Cantonese and Fijianese under this Manhattan Bridge store. I am excited to come and chill here on my day offs. By the way, the cashiers are so friendly and kind!