Hong Kong Island Bakery - Toronto, Ontario

I recently visited this local bakery and had the opportunity to try their Taro and Coconut Buns. While the Taro bun wasn’t quite to my taste, the Coconut bun was absolutely delicious! The dough was incredibly fresh and flavorful. However, the cleanliness of the bakery left much to be desired. The ... tables were dirty, and there were quite a few flies buzzing around. Despite these issues, I still think it’s worth visiting for their amazing buns. Read more

We wanted to try this place before, but it was always busy. We finally had a chance. We had four items there: 1) Shanghai pan-fried bun 2) Portuguese tart 3) A mix of milk tea and coffee 4) A cold soy milk there; and ordered a Swiss roll and another Portuguese tart to take out. Shanghai pan-fried ... buns were okay, but the Portuguese tart was good so I got another one to take home. The mix of milk tea and coffee was exceptional. I would just buy a hot drink from them to go. Meanwhile, soy milk is fairly standard. The Swiss roll though, was different from the standard one. They had more thinner layers of cakes with a small amount of cream in between. It had a strong taste of the cake per se, but rather dry - probably because of less cream used. This was probably a healthier alternative but different from expectation. Read more

No frills Chinese bakery that takes only cash. You can’t beat the prices here, but don’t expect attentive and patient service. Can get individual slices for cake for around $4, and full cakes under $30. Pretty good for an actual bakery. Also offer dim sum and hot dishes cooked on order.

This bakery and dim sum house has a few selections of classic dim sum offerings. I tried a few items including a BBQ steam bun, egg tart and meat dumpling. I was impressed with the egg tart. It was flaky and it had a sweet custard filling. We took to ... go rice with chicken foot and pork ribs in black bean. Overall, items are priced at around $2 or higher. You can easily spend $25 for two. Read more

Wow!! I was craving a pineapple bun, so I walked in and was struck by how many choices there were. So many types of pastries, pineapple buns, coconut pastries, donuts, cakes, bao, savoury pastries. You pick your own, put it on the tray, and take it to the front. I ... paid ~$1.60 apiece for each pastry, which is an amazing price for a very large bun. Read more