Pastries

Hong Kong has some of the best baked goods on the planet! Join us as we taste all the best local pastries of Hong Kong in one day. We visit Mammy Pancake for some tasty egg waffles in a variety of flavours, including sweet potato and green tea. We…

The cocktail bun is a Hong Kong-style sweet bun commonly sold in bakeries and cha chaan tengs with shredded coconut as filling. It is said that people used unsold but edible buns to produce this new product. It has the name 'cocktail bun' since the…

Cantonese BBQ pork buns come in different variations such as steamed, baked, or in a dry flaked pastry. The bun encases tender, sweet, slow-roasted pork tenderloin which is diced and mixed into oyster sauce. Price range: $7-$10. Popular places to buy…

The Swiss roll is believed to have originated in Germany, Austria, or Hungary; it was popular in England and former British colony, Hong Kong. The Hong Kong version of the Swiss roll is of a lighter variety and sold fresh daily. There are now a…

Sausage bun is similar to British sausage rolls and can be found in most bakeries around Hong Kong. It is crunchy on the outside of the light and airy bun. Price range: $5-$8. Popular places to buy the food: Local bakeries.

A tale states that egg waffles are made with egg-shaped mould as eggs were expensive after war. Nowadays, there is a range of flavours of egg waffles such as green tea, chocolate, sesame, etc. There is also fusion of this cuisine with ice cream or…

Wife cake is also called sweetheart cake or 'lou po beng' in Cantonese or 'laopo bing' in other areas of China. It is filled with candied wintermelon, almond and white sesame paste all encased with a thin layer of flaky pastry that is glazed with an…

Hong Kongers call the pineapple bun 'boh loh bau'. Its name contains 'pineapple' not because it contains pineapple, but because of a special baking technique that makes the skin of the bun resemble the skin of a pineapple. The top of the bun is made…

Egg tarts were first introduced in Hong Kong in the 1940s through cha chaan tengs. Nowadays, there are many variations of egg tarts, such as milk, egg white, ginger-flavoured egg tarts. Price range: $15-$20. Popular places to buy the food: Cha chaan…