LÀ LÁ Bakeshop NYC

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"A bakery offering baked goods that incorporate regionally distinct ingredients, reflecting the owner's heritage and culinary training." - Richard Whiddington

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"The East Village has a new spot for salted egg pork floss cake, coconut pandan sticky rice cake, and all sorts of other Vietnamese baked goods. Là Lá Bakeshop has a couple locations in the Toronto metro area. " - will hartman

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"Là Lá Bakeshop is a new Vietnamese bakery that opened in the East Village specializing in desserts like their signature salted egg yolk cake. A sleek and brightly lit glass case displays neat rows of cream-filled milk buns, individual tubs of layered mini cakes, and full-sized cakes in flavors like taro and pandan sticky rice. The popular Durian Supreme cake is filled with a generous amount of the famously stinky fruit. There are also playful riffs on a tiramisu, with flavors like Vietnamese coffee and matcha pandan." - Eater Staff

Là Lá Bakeshop Opens in the East Village With Vietnamese Desserts - Eater NY

"Là Lá Bakeshop, located at 73 Second Avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets in the East Village, is a Vietnamese bakery that specializes in layered desserts. It offers a variety of flavors popular throughout East Asia, such as their signature salted egg yolk cake. The bakery's interior is painted a cheery yellow, similar to a salted egg yolk, and features a sleek glass case displaying cream-filled milk buns, mini cakes, and full-sized cakes in flavors like taro, pandan sticky rice, and Durian Supreme. The bakery aims to present a modern vision of Vietnam through its offerings and branding." - Mahira Rivers

Là Lá Bakeshop - Review - East Village - New York - The Infatuation

"Salted egg pork floss cake, coconut pandan sticky rice cake, and all sorts of other Vietnamese baked goods are available at Là Lá Bakeshop. They have a couple of locations in the Toronto metro area. We haven’t been here yet, but want you to know this spot exists." - Team Infatuation

Siena WD

Google

Above and beyond, ten out of ten, could I rate this with more stars I would because no notes, this place is fabulous. Let me introduce you to my new favorite thing in all the world, how I've made it this far without it, I'll never know. The Salted Egg Croissant. Perfect pastry, buttery, flakey, that FILLING. Velvet custard, rich, eggy flavor, with the salt it's not too sweet. Perfectly balanced, completely new to me and GENIUS. My new favorite dessert. I heated it up in my oven and had it with some vanilla ice cream and never before has the world felt so sweet and good. Not to mention the coconut pandan sticky rice cake which was also criminal levels of good. This is The Bakery. I don't think I need another one. I might need to go back next weekend. I might need to go back tomorrow.

Julia Hsia

Google

Stopped by for sweets and coffee since ppl were sharing this place these days. Overall pricy considering their flavors and recipes. Definitely spaces to improve. Staff was nice, space was small. Salted egg croissant was creative, but the flavor was dull. It was sweet but hardly tasted salted egg. Ube bun was the same, sweet and light cream but no ube taste. Pandan latte, same. Nice coffee with smooth cream on the top, but no pandan flavor.

Ruby Chan

Google

Founded in Toronto, the popcular Vietnamese bakery LÀ LÁ Bakeshop has just landed in East Village. There has been a buzz around their unique cakes and pastries since their soft opening. Some of the highlights include Salt Egg Yolk & Pork Floss Cake and Durian Supreme Cake. If you’re a fan of Southeast Asian flavors, run don’t walk!! ＊Coconut Pandan Sticky Rice Cake (6’) The cake design was very neat and elegant. When I cut inside, there were layers of coconut sticky rice and pandan chiffon cake. The sticky rice was chewy and coconut-y. The whipped cream was incredibly fluffy, light and rich as they added mascarpone cheese. It was NOT TOO SWEET and I really meant it. It could be a great post-dinner sweet treat. FYI they also sell a tiramisu version of coconut pandan sticky rice in a smaller cake box. ＊Salted Egg Lava Bun Salted egg is their no.1 bestseller. I witnessed it sold out at least twice within an hour, but they keep rolling out new batches throughout the day. It was coated with pork floss and stuffed with lava filling. It tasted like the salted egg custard bun (奶黃包) at dim sum spot. ＊Pistachio Lava Bun New flavor! I was told the pistachio bun is very popular in their toronto locations. It was a triple pistachio experience: topped with pistachio compote, dusted with crushed pistachio on the surface, and filled with pistachio custard. LOVED IT.

Kaylie Ng

Google

I just loveeee anything salted egg yolk, so I went for the salted egg yolk roll and lava cake. I actually also tried the taro cake, but I didn’t take a picture of it. To be honest, I found the taro cake overrated. The texture wasn’t appealing; it felt dry and lacked moisture. I'm not sure if it was because I visited close to closing time or if it was just wasn’t that good🥲 The mochi was decent, but the taro flavor was quite weak. Given the price as well, I wouldn’t recommend it. Overall, I’d rate the taro box cake a 4/10. As for the salted egg yolk items, I preferred the lava cake because the flavor was more pronounced, though I still think it could’ve been stronger. It was definitely “salted egg yolk,” but I’ve tasted stronger elsewhere. I’d give it an 8/10, mainly because the overall CP value was good. Regarding the roll cake, I assume the cake recipe is similar? So the texture was also not very moist for me, but the flavor was satisfactory. I’d rate it a 7/10.

Tiffany V

Google

5/5 Pandan Sticky Rice Tiramisu -- absolutely lived up to the hype! The pandan flavor was perfectly subtly floral with vanilla notes, sticky rice had a great chew, cream layer was ideal, not too sweet silky smooth! Highly recommend! We also got a latte (not pictured) -- impressed with that as well! Well balanced, strong and smooth. Note there is only a small bench for seating. We came late on a weeknight, and they were out of many other roll cakes we wanted to try but will definitely return!

William Zheng

Google

Amazing and incentive deserts with Asian flavors. 100% would go back. The pork floss roll cake and the taro mini cake are amazing.

Cindy Nguyen

Google

C’mon Google Reviews, y’all are sleeping on their durian cake. I’ve already had it twice, and it’s been consistently amazing each time. What makes it better is that they use fresh durian, whose natural creaminess complements the flavor and cake texture. As a Viet who moved from Houston, TX and frequently visits Orange County, CA and Vietnam, I’ve been deprived of good Viet food in Manhattan. Là lá Bakeshop feels like a little slice of home and I couldn’t be more grateful for it.

Ruwan J.

Google

discovered, Là Lá Bakeshop just walking around the East Village while they were in soft opening and then i stopped by recently bc there was no line out the door as opposed to their soft opening days which seemed superbusy. it's a small bakeshop with a couple of seats in the front, but the rest of the shop is taken up with a nice display for the pastries and cakes offered each day. the interior has warm feeling decor and is very clean and well-maintained. ordered a creme brûlée lava bun to go. there's a limited amount of lava buns and croissants available each day as well as mini-cakes. ate the creme brûlée lava bun later that day and it was pretty good. the bun is very fluffy, soft and delicate. a really tasty texture...while the lava / creme filling was pretty good...I kinda expected it to have a stronger creme brûlée / vanilla filling. the filling was light and smooth but really needed a punching up of its primary flavor/s. will say the lava bun is not overly sweet...it's only sorta sweet which was to my liking as it wasn't supersugary. imagine it would pair nicely with coffee or tea. there is a limited menu of specialty coffee drinks served as well. service is pleasant and the staffer packed up my order neatly.

One of the Best Bakeries in Park Slope Is Breadivore - Eater NY

"A bakery offering baked goods that incorporate regionally distinct ingredients, reflecting the owner's heritage and culinary training." - Richard Whiddington

NYC’s New Restaurant Openings

The Hottest Bakeries in New York City

Là Lá Bakeshop Opens in the East Village With Vietnamese Desserts - Eater NY