Golden Fung Wong Bakery Shop

This shop has been around for decades, famous for its mooncakes, wife cakes, and other traditional Chinese pastries. The flavors are very authentic, and the Chinese characters on the signs and notices are beautifully written, making the place feel like a showcase of traditional Chinese culture. Unfortunately, the owner is considering retirement, so the shop may not continue operating. I hope the recipes for these pastries can be preserved so that this traditional Chinese culinary style can continue to thrive in New York.

This old-school Cantonese bakery, which has been in Manhattan Chinatown since the 1960s, is unfortunately closing its doors this Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Although I had known about it for years, I didn’t finally step foot through the door until about five years ago. That was my loss. This is the type of old-school Chinese bakery that my grandmother would have loved: they have all of the favorites that you would imagine, like pineapple bun, barbecued pork bun, endless varieties of authentic moon cakes as well as more modern ones that are filled with black sesame, which is my personal favorite, as well as hopia cakes and Lao po bing (old wife cake 老婆饼）, which is filled with winter melon and is one of my childhood favorite snacks that is slightly sweet and very chewy. I did not grow up in New York City, so although I have always loved these cakes, I did not know where to find them in New York City until I read reviews forthis spot. When I finally came and bought some, I knew that these were perfect and made the old school traditional way. I came here twice in the last month because I wanted to support the owners as they close and prepare for retirement. It’s an end of an era for Manhattan Chinatown as all these old favorite bakeries with no frills and traditional favorites close down due to owners retiring. I don’t know where I will go to get my Lao Po Bing or black sesame moon cake fix anymore once they close.

Stopped by here from a recommendation and request of a friend. Got these melon cakes were quite tasty. There was no line when I went. For tourists, it could be viewed as unsightly, but most good food looks like this, haha. Cash only as is with most of this neighborhood, so come prepared.

I am very sad that this place has shut down. I am the grandson of one of the bakers who had been around since it was opened, up until he retired, and I have very fond memories of this place’s. This place had very nice goods that were soft, affordable, and perfect for the many Chinese festivals and holidays that graced the streets of Chinatown. It was located nearby the heart of Chinatown, with both iconic tourist spots nearby as well as other family run businesses. My fondest memories as a child were in the bakery, and I still visited this place long after my grandfather retired. It is sad to see this place go.

I have been coming to this bakery since the 90’s. It is my favorite place to get wife cakes aka melon cakes. The prices went up since then. For $4 for five mini cakes, I will continue to buy them.

The hopia pastry is amazing and you can rely on them for anything else too. A staple in the neighborhood I've gone to for years. They don't get as much recognition as other bakeries, so the customers are mainly locals and many older Chinese. Cash only

Great bakery! Wide range of selection. Today we tried the pork buns, wife cake (melon cake) , and sweet rice cake! The pork buns were delicious especially after giving it a little toast. The wife cakes were super yummy and soft! I wish the sweet rice cake was a little sweeter but over all I think its fine for most people, i just have a sweet tooth.

I walked past this place several times and was curious what hopia is. Once I saw it, I realized it's "wife's cake" aka melon cake. They also have other fillings, but I went with something I'm familiar with. I like it a lot. It was fresh and the filling was gooey. 5 pieces for $3.50 which is not bad. They have other traditional pastries which I have to try next time!

SO sad to hear that they're closing at the end of July 2024. The ONLY place that I found so far in NYC, maybe the north east, outside of Hong Kong even, that makes Thousand Layer Cake or 菱粉糍 / 千層糕 . It's a chewy, mochi - but light piece of diamond tapioca item, with a not-too-sweet, brown sugar flavor. Kind of like jello + panna cotta, but stiff enough to peel each layer one by one and eat. It's not as wet or soft as traditional mochi. It's a softer jiggly version of a Malaysian Kiuh & Thai thousand layer cake, but Cantonese and just as labor intensive to make by steaming each layer. The quality here is amazing! For $1.50 you get a pretty big piece. Cut it in half and it keeps in the fridge for a few days, steam to eat or microwave it slowly with a damp paper towel over it, to soften it back up. They also have a black sesame version that's a little bit stiffer. Another item is a block of red bean mixture, with a thin white tapioca layer on the top and bottom - it looks like such an old school traditional treat. People seem to like their wife cakes (melon cakes), they are large discs of a flaky pie, shell-like crust and a paste on the inside, a bit like a fig newton. Make sure to get a coffee or a tea with carnation flower milk. Only old-school bakeries use a mix of evaporated and half-and-half. People seem to like their crispy cookies and Hopia cakes, which I think are similar to the melon cookies but a little bit thicker. I wasn't too crazy about those.

The owners have given notice, this establishment is closing for good at the end of July 2024. They are retiring. A new generation of old time Chinatown shopkeepers are not waiting in the wings, sadly. My mother would bring me here as a toddler for the moon cakes. I am still a fan of their walnut cookies. The end of an era.

I will terribly miss this bakery. It was heartbreaking to hear that one of the my few favorite bakery will soon close down. I better grab more Hopia Mongo.

I'm depressed as I'm typing this. They make the only white biscuit available in nyc and now it will be gone forever https://www.instagram.com/p/C9NU1G9O91k/?igsh=NjM1ZjF2cWI2ZG4z

My family has been going here since the landed in America- the 80s, and we've been going ever since. We've been going less the last 10 years due to us living a bit further away, but it's still a place we sporadically visit. Our favorite is probably the thousand layer cake, the sesame cake and the hopia cake. Not sure if the english translation is the same, but I can tell you what they are in Cantonese!! Their food is classic and full of nostalgia, honestly one of my favorite bakeries in NYC. If I didn't live so far, I would come here so much more.

My family has been going to different Chinatown bakeries for decades, and I grew up going to those, not venturing to other ones. I just happened to see a poster in this bakery window, showing hoping munggo. As one of my favorite things in the world, and hoping to get some hopia munggo that was like Eng Bee Tin (IYKYK), I went in and was greeted quickly. Because of the time of day I entered, I did notice some things had already sold out. Unfortunately, munggo was one of the unavailable options. After looking at everything, I was kind of just in the mood for munggo. Looking back, I should have got some more but oh well. I did happen to see butsi, another of my favorites and I immediately ordered. I'm glad I did! The outside were big. It took me multiple bites to finish one. They weren't the tiny bite sized ones, and I'm glad they were a good bargain for the price I paid. Some places can be stingy, making the balls with as much rice flour as possible, lessening the filling. I'm so happy to say that there was a generous amount of filling. The red bean filling was tasty, and I'm happy with the serving. Butsi can be ruined when it's too oily, and that wasn't the case here. It can also be ruined if it's overfried/toasted, but the ones I got were great. If the rest of the items are as good as the butsi, then I'd be happy. I'll be back to see if that's the case next time I'm in the city.

Post COVID pandemic, Chinatown has changed. Many businesses closed for good and have already been replaced by others. Mom and pop bakeries continue to be an endangered species (RIP to my dear Lung Moon). However, New Golden Fung Wong Bakery continues to hang in there. Thank goodness. Fung Wong still makes a lot of their classic baked goods, though in recent years a lot of their emphasis has fallen on Mooncakes, jellies and their pastries such as their melon cakes. They used to make adorable cookies that looked like Buddha or Fish on strings, but I have not seen those my last few visits in 2023. It should be noted that almost everything Fung Wong makes nowadays is smaller than in the past. Their melon cakes for instance used to be 50% larger, but the good news is that they are every bit as tasty as I remember from my childhood. The same can be said for their Mooncakes. I trust inflation has a lot to do with this change but honestly, I'm fine with the sizes as they are. This bakery is one of my go to places to visit every single time I go to Chinatown and I hope you give this classic business a visit too!

My family has been bakers going back quite a few generations, and Fung Wong was my family's bakery going back to the 50s. The business was sold in the 90s; with all the children in white collar jobs, I guess it was time to move on. FW still makes things as it was done in the old days. The back of the store looks almost exactly like it did in my day, except with far less production because you no longer have hordes of people buying treats. Back in the day, it was so busy you had to wait in the street. It's just what happened due to changing times. NYC Chinatown is a very hollow shell of what it once was. It doesn't even feel like people actually live there anymore. I have a lot of respect for the owners today and how they continue to make very good products. My recommendations are their "nut cake" (aka chicken cookies), melon cake (aka old wife cookies), and their "cinnamon cookies" (aka ear-shaped cookies). The parentheticals are the traditional cantonese names. I am having my last "nut cake" as I write this, here in CA after my visit last week to FW. Spent about $100 and all of it was well spent; no tourist markup at this store. I hope they do great into the future and continue to carry on the tradition of cantonese bread making.

My siblings and I stopped in while in Chinatown recently. They tried a noodle cake and another treat and enjoyed both of them. They are cash only here, and there isn't really anywhere to sit. More of a grab and go sort of place. Not something to go out of your way for, but worth stopping in to pick something up if you like Chinese baked goods and are in the area.

This is exactly what I was looking for - an old school bakery that has been around for decades. I was sad to find out my childhood NYC bakery went out of business during the COVID pandemic, and went to Yelp to find a replacement bakery. This one had the same look and feel - a bunch of Asian ladies behind the counter, with rows of Asian baked goods on lunchroom trays behind a glass counter. There were more moon cakes than my childhood bakery, and it seems like everything has gotten smaller and more expensive (probably a sign that I'm getting old!), but the taste of the items I ordered was the same. Thank goodness, because the taste is the important thing!

About a 1-1.5: New Golden Fung Wong Bakery is supposedly a popular spot among the locals for their mooncakes of variety of fillings. Flavors ranging from red bean to cookies and cream can be found behind the casing, and the staff are friendly and welcoming, ready to assist. We tried a Sesame Moon Cake, which was close to $8; after the sticker shock, we were sadly disappointed that the mooncake was less than mediocore - it didn't seem fresh, as all the mooncakes were individually packaged, so who knows how long they are lying on the trays. I would think that they would be making these fresh on a daily basis, but maybe there isn't much of a demand for it if it's not the holidays? The exterior was dry and crumbly, and the inside was thick and pasty, and just hard to swallow; you really couldn't taste any of the sesame flavor, and, honestly, it just tasted like a flavorless white bean mixture. Note that this place takes cash only. +dried, flavorless mooncakes +friendly service +cash only

I love coming here to see Kelly. She'll take care of your order and sometimes give you free goods. Their red bean cake is really tasty and healthy. Look into my photo for red bean snack. I will be their loyal customer because bakery goods are amazing. And Kelly's iced coffee saved me from this insane heat wave mew york is having.!

Bought a little bit of everything. So far I ate the mooncake with pineapple. This place has been in business for a long time. Sad to see it close soon.

This was so delicious! We got the pineapple, white lotus and regular lotus mooncakes.The filling was perfectly sweet, and really flavorful! Heads up that the store only seems to take cash and the staff doesn't speak much English.

Great food! Just wish they could ship out of town. Great service and perfect atmosphere for such a small place.

I was walking around the oldest part of Chinatown with my grandma where she showed me the old store space that used to belong to some great-uncle or something and some restaurants that had been here "in her time" as she puts it, including Nom Wah Tea Parlor and Wo Hop. She also mentioned New Golden Fung Wong Bakery, which was surprising to me as I had never noticed or been here before. This bakery has been open since the 60s, and upon entering the store, you can kind of see that. It's got that old-school Chinatown feel, with the walls a dusty outdated mauve color and floors aged with a rich patina of generations of footsteps from people who grew up eating their famous mooncakes and brought their kids back to experience that same magic. I didn't try their mooncakes on my most recent visit, but they are available year round in a variety of flavors. Instead, I opted for a lotus seed paste hopia cake ($4) and a sesame cookie ($2). The hopia cake came in a pack of four little cookies that were reminiscent of Cantonese wife cakes, as the pastry is unleavened but very flaky and likely laminated with lard. The lotus seed paste filling lacked a lot of lotus seed flavor. It was neither sweet nor savory, just sadly bland. The sesame cookie was crumbly and light and reminded me of a cookie version of the top craquelin part of a pineapple bun. Usually these cookies are made with almonds, but I love that they offer a nut-free version.

Noms: Came here to get moon cakes for the Moon Festival! They were around $7-8 each and there were so many flavors (lotus, red bean, sesame, pineapple, taro etc with and without egg yolk!) Looks/service: CASH ONLY Definitely hole in the wall in Chinatown! Please support small businesses!

Hope this place never shuts down. Primarily b/c they're the only ones I know of that still make the 'full' sized piggy bun (I know how to say it in Cantonese, and this is the literal translation of that). There used to be a couple of other old school bakeries that sold it but they're long gone. This bakery doesn't exactly make/sell a lot, but they make enough each day for me to have a decent shot of getting one or two of them. They're great if you want a plain but slightly sweet bun large enough to feel satisfied (if you like bread, that is). I think they're still cash only.

Went to this bakery known for their mooncakes to get a couple of almond cookies, and this review is only for the almond cookies, but I will note that a Chinatown local rudely brushed past us to place his order first, and the girls behind the counter didn't seem to care who was there first. The almond cookies were not sweet enough, which is common in Chinese bakeries, but they also didn't have much flavor. In my mind the bakery has only one job when it comes to almond cookies, make them taste like almond, or make them taste like something!

My friend and I were craving moon cakes, so we browsed on yelp and found this place. It was fairly easy to find, and exactly what you'd expect from an asian bakery! They had so many traditional desserts, and though we arrived kind of late in the day, there was still a ton of variety to choose from. We opted for the lotus mooncakes, and they hit the spot. The older women behind the counter were incredibly nice, and more patient than a few other bakeries I've been to. TLDR: speedy service, sweet desserts, normal prices - bring cash!

This bakery has lots and lots of different moon cakes and other Chinese bakery items. I absolutely wanted to try out their moin cakes and ordered a small one with lotus seed paste for $2.75. The other, bigger ones with egg sell for $6+ which was a little bit too pricey for me. The moon cake dough layer was super thin. The filling was dense and too sweet for me. Moon cakes in general tend to be on the sweeter and denser side. I also had their steamed brown sugar rice cake topped with red beans, which was absolutely yummy. Not too sweet and melt in your mouth. The sponge cake was good but there are places which make better ones. It was a little denser, I guess it was steamed and not baked. The egg tarte was unfortunately disappointing. The crust was more of a cookie dough and not flaky at all. The custard was nice, not too sweet and no overwhelming egg flavor.

This is what makes up the fabric of a Chinatown. Authentic Chinese desserts. And while I admit, I'm more of an American dessert person, I appreciate that this place offers a wide variety of desserts. I remember going here as a child when we'd have a break in between a wedding and banquet. We'd have a voucher to get some pastries to tie us over before dinner. Today a coconut macaroon caught my eye. Fragile and crispy to the touch, the cookie melts in your mouth as you have some chewy coconut inside. It's only $2.50, so a real treat if you like the flavor and texture. Either way, lots for your senses to take in. Check it out.

I never would have entered this bakery but the Hubs kept seeing people go in and out (both tourists and locals) and declared that we needed to check it out. I went in around 11am and a lot of things were already running low or sold out. That's what you get for going in post breakfast rush! I was able to order 2 family favorites., the roast pork bun and coconut cream bun. My husband and eldest son said the roast pork buns were delicious, there wasn't a lot of sauce which can be overpowering in some buns. No big lumps of fat in the filling. The coconut buns were delicious too. Bready yes but you don't eat these buns if you're trying to avoid carbs. The cream was light and not too sweet. After we ate all of them, I ran back in to buy more! Pricing is fantastic, only $1.25 for each bun! Service was quick and friendly. They have clear plastic tarp over all the displays and counter so you'll have to peek behind to see what goodies there are. I advise going early to have your choice!

Most times when I get moon cakes from them they're fresh and pretty good, but this time I got 4 single yolk mooncakes and one of them had a little bit of green mold on the surface of the mooncake. Please check your products before selling them to people.

They have one of the best melon cakes in Chinatown. It has great flavor and mochi consistency. It was great even 3 days after buying it from the shop. The sesame layer cake was another stand out. I can't wait to try out all the other bakery items.

This is THE place to go if you're looking for mooncakes! They have so many flavors to choose from. You can get the traditional flavors like white lotus paste and mixed nuts or you can also try some unique flavors like taro or green tea. I got the taro mooncake and it was delicious. I was feeling a bit unsure about trying the taro flavor at first since I was so used to the traditional fillings they have for mooncakes like white lotus paste. However, the taro turned out tasting really good! Will definitely come back to try the green tea flavor mooncake next time!

I've had eaten hopia monggo for over 15 years. Best hands down. They come in a pack of 5. They could be wrapped better, but I keep coming back for the taste. So yummy!

Yummy Hopia Cakes! ** Cash only If you come to New York Chinatown, you have to give hopia cake a try. I believe only New York's Chinatown sells them. Hopia cakes are mini cakes with an outside layer of flaky skin, a thin layer of mochi in the middle and flavored filling on the inside. It's amazing! New Golden Fung Wong Bakery has a variety of different flavors of hopia cakes and traditional Asian pastries. Favorite: Melon Cake Hopia Mongo Cake Black Bean Hopia I was told to throw it in the microwave for 15 - 20 seconds to warm it up. And wow, it tastes even better. I would definitely come back and try other flavors and pastries.

Today's weather was sunny and gorgeous! My first time at this bakery where you can find assorted buns, gelatin cakes, shaped cookies, mooncakes, and etc. I am extremely allergic to peanuts and other tree nuts so I always ask what kind of oil do they use. I am glad that they use vegetable oil...phew! I bought the Red Bean (红豆) Gelatin Cake, Fish Shaped Cookie, and Big Sweet Bread. Red Bean (红豆) Gelatin Cake - I do love eating red bean desserts and this gelatin cake was yummy Fish Shaped Cookie - I didn't like the taste Big Sweet Bread - I didn't like the taste nor the texture Don't forget to collect your Send Chinatown Love Food Crawl ticket if you spend $5 or more! Make sure you scan the QR code then enter your information which will create a stamp in your Passport To Chinatown!

Mooncake season!!! I got a bunch of these for Mid-Autumn Festival and they are sooo much better and fresher tasting than the ones you get in packs at the supermarket. I got the white lotus, pineapple, and taro flavors. The white lotus was the classic lotus seed flavor. The pineapple one tasted like one of those taiwanese pineapple cake with an almost thick jam filling, so yum! The taro had a hint of taro flavor but was mostly lotus seed taste, still really good. Next time I'll have to be back to try their regular pastries! COVID times assessment: No outdoor seating, cash only still and they don't really monitor how many people are coming in/out but everyone inside (customers and staff) are all wearing masks properly. Each mooncake was fully plastic wrapped so easy to sanitize if you want.

It is that time of the year - Mid Autumn Fest! Golden has been in Crown forever - one of the oldest. Every year, I come here or Lung Moon picked up my mooncake fix. I don't usually eat sweets but once in a year I made the exception :) especially after another year living under the dark cloud of pandemic, I can use any recent to celebrate! So I splurge ;) Green tea, pineapple, lotus paste with salty yolk, black sesame and read bean paste with salty yolk, all in! Just as expected, good fillings and not too sweet. The skin could be better texture but just personal preference. I also picked up a tube of hopia cake and steamed zong zi with pork and bean fillings (sticky rice dumpling in bamboo leaf). Not the best I have had but good enough to heal my homesickness :) Come get yours and support Chinatown small business!

I was so excited to try this place, but when I got there almost everything was sold out! I got here around 12:30 and the only savory option was the BBQ pork buns. They were delicious, but I was hoping to get a wider selection. It says they close at 7pm, but I don't know how that's possible if they're basically sold out before 1pm.

My Manhattan Chinatown native friends recommended Golden Fung Wong Bakery for mooncakes, so they must be legit! They are cash only so don't forget to bring cash. I don't usually eat sweets, but it's been 3 years since I last had mooncakes so I decided to treat myself. I got green tea, 2x date paste (my favorite), pineapple, black sesame, red bean, mixed nuts, and taro. The mooncakes are pricy, between $6-$8 each, but I think that's the average price for them in Chinatown. The mooncakes here have thin crusts, and the fillings are soft and moist, very different from the northern style thick crusts that I'm used to, but I love them nonetheless. I would come back to try some other pastries.

Well, it's that time of year 'Mid Autumn Festival' which means Moon Cakes for me. I usually just go to China Town and randomly find a place selling Moon Cakes and buy the ones with the filling I like. But a friend said to go to this bakery that they have the best in China Town. It's an old bakery and not fancy with over a dozen different Moon Cakes availible all year round. They also have cookies too. I got 4, mix nutes, red bean. lotus seed, and painapple. I got a cool box and bag to walk out with them, but cash only here. I can say they have that good old school taste and they are fresh and not overly sweet including the pinapple. I gave 4 stars because I did have better Moon Cake before but those came in a gift box that cost like $80 for a box of 4, these here are like $25 with tax.

A mega thank you to all patrons who came here before me to support them so they could live to see this day. I've walked by here dozens if not nearly 100 times for decades but never noticed here. I did this time because I happened to find a parking spot afront while dropping off a family member at a nearby doctor's appointment and while hungry since I had yet to eat breakfast I noticed my bakery designers were sated right in front of me. A mask on and a hop into the store showed a *very* clean efficient set up which is narrow that long with every assortment of Chinese baked good which after 4 months of shortages, made me so crazily happy. Their cleansiness is not surprising though because their reputation as I later found out from friends is so very good. Shame on me. Anyways, they've so so many sweets, there's an especially large moon cake section even though the Chinese holiday which is centered around moon cakes is still two months away. They also have lots of cookies, Western and Eastern style so everything from chocolate chip to walnut cookies, and the old school plain flour cookie namely used as an ornament for prayer traditions more than eating. Also they've a ton of buns and some of the less usual items like mochi desert snacks. Of course, a solid total round of buns so I nearly wiped them out with a big order for every bun type available plus a hot honey lemon tea. I am so happy here.

New Golden Fung Wong Bakery is a fantastic, tried and true, old school, no frills bakery that has tons of mooncakes and other traditional Chinese baked goods and items. Pro-tip, this is a cash only spot, make sure to have some in hand or hit up an ATM before visiting to get your carb on!

Great choices. Staff friendly .Service was great. The bake goods taste fantastic. The bakery was clean. I would return here in the future.

I feel like this bakery has been on Mott Street for an eternity, but for it to pretty much outlast every other business says something about its products. I really only came here to further the quest for best egg custard tarts (they're surprisingly not easy to find if you're looking for high quality tarts) and I must say, they were really good - exactly how I remember them from my childhood. The crust is really flaky and buttery and the custard is just the right amount of sweet and perfectly eggy. The selection here is pretty standard for most Chinese bakeries although I must say the selection of moon cakes year round is really large (it's got pretty much an entire case dedicated to it). Buns looked ok but the pastries seem to be the ticket here (cookies also looked top notch). Prices haven't changed in a long time so it's exceedingly affordable. I hope this place never changes period. Thumbs up.

Really great mooncakes I had the lotus seed, green tea and taro. Although this location has a lot of other unique and interesting flavors The sizes are just right - fit in the palm of your hand. I would say that a good measure of a delicious mooncake is that when it's fresh it's not too dry, and these mooncakes really nailed it. Be prepared to spend about $5-6/mooncake, cash only!

We missed out on the mooncake season but this bakery sells moo cakes all year round and in many different flavors! We got the white lotus seed mooncake and it was delicious

This is a small bakery in Chinatown. It was not crowded. There are 2 or 3 tables in the back of the store. Prices are reasonable. Almond cookie was my favorite here. Black bean hopia was also good. 5 for $3 is a good price as well. Mixed nut mooncake is a bit different from other mooncakes I had. It has a crunch to it. At $5 it was more expensive than the one I got from lung moon bakery.

All I got here was the egg tart, as I was going around Chinatown trying out all the best egg tarts in the city. The one here stood out because it's super duper doughy, so if you like your pie crust better than the egg, this is where you want to eat. The egg jello in the middle was decent. They advertise that they're famous for their hopia, so maybe that's what I should have gotten instead. The egg tart was around one dollar - so basically your typical Chinatown prices.

We happened upon this place while waiting for our number to be called at Shanghai Joe's, and we're glad we did. I know absolutely squat about authenticity when it comes to Asian baked goods, but I do know that our sampling of almond cookies, merengues and custard cakes (?) really hit the spot. Nothing was overly sweet and everything tasted fresh. Like so many other NYC joints, this bakery is tiny with a few tight tables to enjoy a nosh. It could use a cleaning job, but the people there were extremely nice.

I am not a huge fan of moon cake but I do like it once a year during mid autumn festival. This bakery however, offers it year round in the old traditional Chinese style. Personally I am a big fan of the Taiwanese snow skin moon cakes and the Japanese Mochi style moon cakes. But with traditional Chinese moon cakes there comes nostalgia. My favor amongst the Chinese style is the mix nuts/bean variety moon cakes. The egg yolk ones are most famous thou. The thing I love during mid autumn-festival are the animal shape cookies and the cages for the cookies. I used to look forward to those as a kid as my mom would buy us each a cage ornament like the one in the photos below. It was the highlight of my festival to get one. Loved it. This bakery sells the animal cookies in shapes of fish, Buddha, flute bottle, pig and flower all year round. In addition they also sell two types of decorative cages in the pig style and the flower basket style. Pig cage style shown in photo below. This bakery has been around for a long time however, since the outside looks old, I never pay it any mind until recently this year when I went for a haircut at a street nearby and then stumbled upon this place when I finally stopped and took the time to read what was written on their sign at the window/door/sign. It read "oldest bakery in Chinatown specializing in traditional bakery goodies." After I read that I was really curious and went in for a look. Two woman ahead of me inside started ordering and one told the other, they sell traditional Chinese pastry. It's very good. Which then got me to look at their selection and started ordering. It brought back all types of nostalgia feelings. Definitely a place worth checking out. If you were raised and grew up old school by traditional Chinese Asian parents like me, you would enjoying going to this place.

Classic old school counter-serve Chinese bakery with tons of authentic Chinese baked goods and treats. There are Less of these around as modern style bakeries are taken over. And a nice selection of cool drinks to them wash done. Feels like you stepped out of New York in to china. So good.

One of my favorite Chinese pastries are moon cakes. Depending on the bakery, some can be pricier than others. What I like about the Golden Fung Wong Bakery is they have the moon cakes all year around. Walking into the small bakery down Mott St. it reminds you of an old school mom and pop bakery that is now a rarity to find nower days. Pastries are lined in the glass case for purchase with lots of my personal childhood favorites from custard tarts to giant pieces of airy sponge cake. I primarily go here for the moon cakes. Moon cakes sold here come in many varieties of different fillings. My favorite is the lotus seed paste ones since it has a light, creamy and smooth texture. It's not overly sweet and I love the contrast of the flakey golden brown pastry crust. I love ordering the ones with the duck egg yolks which gives the pastry a nice contrast of a slightly salty flavor that melds well with the sweetness. The one yolk moon cake is about $5. They also sell ones with two egg yolks inside for an extra 50 cents. It is the cheapest price in moon cakes I know if in Chinatown since at the chain Fay Da Bakery sells the moon cakes for $8 each. One thing to keep in mind before you go is that they are cash only. They kind old ladies that run the counter are very nice and are happy to service their customers.

If you're looking for an old school Chinese bakery, this is it! It can't get more traditional than this. But don't expect baos and buns like all the other places. This one specializes in traditional cookies and Chinese cakes. Many order their goods for the traditional Chinese weddings. They are best known for their preserved egg flake pastries, which is almost always sold out so if you're ordering a few or more, it's best to pre-order a batch! They also have unique cakes like lotus seed, red bean, walnut and mix but. But if you're stopping by to try something different, I highly recommend the preserved egg cake! Super friendly service too :)

Double yolks White Lotus paste Mooncake was super fresh and delicious. Very friendly and courteous service. The lady in front of me was struggling to speak hoisan to place her order and the staff told her to not be nervous and speak slower. She didn't get it perfect but, good enough for the staff to help her. Of course she could have did the point at what she wanted purchase. Since, the staff was patient and understanding she ordered more items.

A Toisan tradition. I have been coming to Golden Fung Wong since I was a child. It is one of the few old school Toisan bakeries that adheres to traditional Toisan cuisine. My longtime childhood favorite: Haa1 Tiu4 (Xia Pian) Shrimp chips/ prawn crackers are sold here for Lunar New Year where I bought two bags for a sweet indulgence! Seating is available where patrons are mostly elderly Toisan. Note: Cash only, no form of plastic is accepted at Golden Fung Wong. Staff are fluent in Cantonese.