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Cocktail buns with buttery coconut filling or baked barbecue pork buns make the perfect breakfast on the go. For dessert, try a fruit cocktail, mango mousse, or chestnut-cream cake. This Hong Kong–style bakery also features traditional items such as “wife cakes”—flaky pastries filled with a sweet winter melon filling.
I've been coming here lately for apple tarts. I used to get them at New Town Bakery until a co-worker introduced me to the ones here. Both are good for different reasons.
The ones here eat more like a turnover/strudel. The pastry skin is thin with a slightly sweet apple filling. The ones at New Town eat more like a pie. There is a thicker crust with a sweeter, chunkier filling.
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Picked up some buns (curry beef, and the sausage bun) and their butter half-loaf. Delicious and inexpensive. The staff are efficient and seem knowledgeable about their product.
I like the buns and moon cake here. They have the mini buns so you get to try assorted. As well, the service is not bad. I mean not super exceptional. Standard buy 6 no tax. The place can be quite busy. But they do make everything fresh daily. Yes couple times a day. So, you don't have to come super early to get what you want. My favorite is their curry bun. Their chicken bun and sausage bun is... more