16 Bowery, New York, NY 10013
2025-11
Got three things: a sesame ball, some fried thing with what I'm assuming had pork inside (but the pork was gray for some reason), and a mochi ball thing. I wanted the strawberry mochi ball, but she gave me a mango one.
Took one bite of the fried ball thing, tastes good, take another bite. See the gray meat, toss it on the floor.
Sesame ball - not bad. Fresh. A little too hard on the outside, but not bad. Maybe fried for too long.
Mochi ball - I don't like these, don't know why I got it. Every time I buy one thinking I might change my mind.
Rating - pretty good
146 Hester St A, New York, NY 10013
2025-11
Sesame ball. Good.
Rating - good
38 Ludlow, New York, NY 10002
2025-10
This place is a wholesale chinese bakery. They don't have a storefront or anything where you can buy things. The sign is all Chinese, and has nothing on it that would indicate that they sell food if you can't read Chinese.
Despite it not having a storefront, if you play your cards right and you speak a little bit of the lingo with the nice ladies working there, they will sell you their secret item: a fried dough ball thing. I have no idea what it is, but it tastes very similar to a zeppole, but bigger and without the powdered sugar. It also has some parts of it covered with sweet bits. I've heard from a friend who I gave one it that it's a popular Chinese street food.
Rating - excellent (especially when heated up first)
EDIT - Went on Sunday and they had a different item. It's a thin disk shaped fried thing with a red dot painted on the middle. I think the filling was red bean.
108 Mulberry St, New York, NY 10013
2025-10
Ya that's right, I'm putting an Italian place here. This is the "Chinatown Bakeries" page, and this is in Chinatown, so I'm putting it here. What are you gonna do about it, mamaluke.
Got a cannoli. The true test of time.
It was alright. The crust could be a little more crispy. The filling wasn't anything special.
Rating - alright
135 Walker St, New York, NY 10013
2025-10
Got a sugar donut twist thing on a stick, and a sesame ball.
Donut was stale, sesame ball had a weird taste and exterior texture. Not sure if it was fried in bad oil, or fried for too long.
Rating - no
18 Doyers St, New York, NY 10013
2025-10
Got the Tahiti Orchid drink because I liked the name.
Not great. It was like part slushy or something and the taste was off. Maybe the flavor I got was just not for me.
They had some tarts which looked good, but they were something crazy like 5 bucks a pop. How is the working man supposed to get by in this city?
Rating - ok
279 Grand St, New York, NY 10002
2025-10
Got a "boba float", which is just a bubble tea with ice cream in it. Got the purple one, don't remember what flavor it was. Sucked it down my gullet real fast. Delish.
Rating - good
79 Chrystie St, New York, NY 10002
2025-10
This is right next to that Wu Kong fast food place which always has a line of tourists.
I passed by and on a whim went in. I got a portuguese egg tart straight out of the oven. Piping Hot. Awesome.
Went back another time and it was good, but nothing compared to the first time I went.
Rating - good, sometimes great
35 Catherine St, New York, NY 10038
2025-9
Got a Japanese cheese cake.
It was fine. The thing is though it that I think I might just not like japanese cheese cake. It's just a shitty version of a normal cheese cake.
I'll revisit this one, give them a proper review.
Rating - ok (maybe)
51 Division St, New York, NY 10002
2025-9
Been here two times.
First time I snuck in right before they closed down. They only had a few things left. Got the Japanese cheese cake. It was fine.
Second time I was passing late again and they had two ladies standing outside selling some things. I got a sesame ball and something else for a sweet deal. It was alright.
Rating - good
81 Division St, New York, NY 10002
2025-9
Got a few rice cakes.
Pretty good. I like the texture of these things. Chewy.
Do yourself a favor though and don't eat them after a day or two in the fridge. The texture gets weird and they start fermenting.
Rating - good
42 Market St, New York, NY 10002
2025-8
Vietnamese place. A little (a lot) more upscale than your typical chinatown bakery, and with that a lot more expensive. They have a bunch of drink options as well.
I only got the pandan honeycomb cake, but everything else looked good. I would have gotten my typical order of a sesame ball, but the vietnamese version of sesame balls have mung bean inside instead of red bean which I don't like.
The cake has an interesting texture. Kinda like a rice cake, chewy, bouncy. Light flavor. Thick crust. It was good.
Rating - good
288 Grand St, New York, NY 10002
2025-8
This place is a grocery store and outside they have a few stands setup selling produce.
They have a little watermelon setup where they sell $1 slices. There are two ladies who sell the stuff, and one of them will yell "$1 watermelon" throughout the day. They are both very nice.
Typically I buy oranges for my friends at the park down the block, but occasionally I'll buy a slice.
They are always excellent. I have never had a bad one.
Rating - excellent
46 Eldridge St, New York, NY 10002
2025-8
Got the traditional pancake. 13 peanut skins. I'm thinking that's a little crazy of a price for this thing.
But she brings it out and it's the size of a football.
It was interesting. Not going to lie to you and tell you I loved it. It was good. Peanuty. I have to try some of the other things sometime.
Nice lady running the place. One woman show.
Rating - good
25 Canal St, New York, NY 10002
2025-8
During the summer this place always has a ton of young lads and gals sitting outside of it. I always wondered why. To me it just looked like a grocery store.
They sell smoothies and milkshakes. That's it.
You order inside and the lady gives you a little piece of cardboard with a number written on it.
Had a smoothie. Watermelon. It was fine.
I don't get it. Must be a toktik thing.
Rating - ok
25 E Broadway, New York, NY 10002
2025-8
There's a lady who sits outside to lure you in.
I don't remember what I got or how it was. Sorry.
Honestly all these bakeries taste pretty much the same. Why am I writing these stupid reviews.
Rating - ???
135 Ludlow St, New York, NY 10002
2025-5
It was almost 20 peanuts for a fuckin crepe. I got the banana strawberry one. How could that possibly be so expensive to make?
And here's the kicker folks. IT SUCKED.
Well actually, it was alright. But still, for that price it's gotta blow my socks off.
Rating - no
65 Bayard St, New York, NY 10013
2025-4
Went one time, it was great. Went another time, didn't like the flavor.
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Spin of the wheel baby.
Rating - yes
118 Baxter St, New York, NY 10013
2024
Did a little bang-bang with this place and Spongies accross the street.
I went later in the day and all they had left was the original flavor.
It was good. It's a spong cake.
Rating - yes
121 Baxter St, New York, NY 10013
2024
It's a sponge cake. It was good.
It only can get so good.
Rating - yes
37B Orchard St, New York, NY 10002
2023
How can you fuck up fried ice cream? I've come to this place a few times now, hoping that it will redeam itself, only to be let down again and again.
The ice cream is not good. It always has pieces of ice in it. You know what I mean?
The batter is also not good. I don't know what's wrong with it, but something is wrong. It's not like a normal fried dough, it's mealy and bready.
I'll try it again next week.
Rating - no
271 Grand St, New York, NY 10002
2023
I've been to this place a few times. They are always out of my go-toes, such as sesame balls and tarts. It might be one of those places that sells out of the popular items in the morning.
I've gotten a few different things over the years. Nothing stands out. I remember getting a dugar donut one time and it was stale.
There's also a tea store in the back. I've gotten that before as well, again nothing amazing.
Rating - OK
197 Canal St, New York, NY 10013
2023
I was just a young blood in the chinatown dessert game when I tried this place, and didn't want to go overboard. So I got what I thought to be the most basic item they had, a classic brown sugar.
It was basically milk with something that did not taste like brown sugar.
Rating - no
280 Grand St, New York, NY 10002
2023
Banana building.
One of my old reliables. It may look a little rough from the outside, but I like that. Get a Hong Kong tea, a sesame ball, and call it a day. Sesame balls are always pretty good.
Always a ton of people hanging out.
Rating - good