Ho Yuen Bakery Inc

"Ho Yuen is small and cash only, and it’s packed year-round with, among other things, various mooncakes (a seasonal treat at many other places), which are typically made with a flaky outer pastry and filled with red bean or lotus seed paste. Don’t miss the curry beef buns, either." - Terrence Doyle, Adam H. Callaghan

"Ho Yuen is one of the few bakeries that offers mooncakes year-round. It has the standard large Cantonese-style mooncakes for some of the best prices in the neighborhood, with classic fillings (red bean, white lotus, mixed nut, and winter melon). There are also a few flaky mooncake offerings. Grab a warmed curry beef bun while you’re there." - Linda Huang

"Hing Shing Pastry is a small bakery better known for its almond cookies, but it also offers a rustic baked char siu bao with a slightly denser bread. Grab one and enjoy it sitting in the park adjacent to the Chinatown Gate. Hing Shing Pastry is open for takeout." - Linda Huang

"The downtown Boston location of this French-Asian bakery chain has been closed since late 2017 for renovations." - Rachel Leah Blumenthal