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Hing Shing Pastry
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39 reviews for Hing Shing Pastry
Review Highlights
"...tarts, sesame balls with red bean paste inside, sweet bread..."
(in 4 reviews)
"I had the brown lotus seed paste with an egg yolk."
(in 3 reviews)
"Especially the lotus and moon cakes."
(in 6 reviews)
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39 reviews in English
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Review from Peter P.
Lowell, MA
2/1/2012 2 Check-ins Here
"Are you going to Boston? Get me some of those pastries I like!"
Food:
So cheap. So tasty. In Vietnamese, we call it banh bao - and I guess English people call it meat buns. Either way, they are very filling and tasty. It has a slightly sweet bread-like exterior with pork and egg on the inside.
The other thing I like here, I don't even know the name for. It's this hot-dog bun looking thing with yellowish sweet paste on the inside. I always order 10 or so because I don't know anywhere else that makes it in Lowell.
Atmosphere:
Busy. It's located near the Chinatown gate, and people are always in there. Pastries are always fresh and they close when they sell-out.
Staff:
They're people you're aunt's age. You point at what you want and you tell them how many. It's more like a drive-through than a bakery.
Final Thoughts:
There are a lot of pastry shops in Chinatown, but I must give this one props for being one of the oldest and best tasting. Come early, bring back a lot. You won't regret it. -
Review from Ella B.
Los Olivos, CA
11/5/2011
Boston - sometimes you amaze me, and sometimes, I am knocked down by confusion... why is everyone loving on this place?.. maybe it was just the night... maybe I need to accept that I am on the East coast now and this is as good as it will get... but seriously... $3.50 for a bubble tea??
Green milk tea with pearls -- nastiest and saddest $3.50 I've ever spent.
Chocolate "mouse" cake -- it was cute, somewhat tasty but you can taste the cheap ingredients that coy to the roof of your mouth afterwards.
Meh.
Maybe I'll come back and try out the other stuff that people mention, but for now, I'm gonna pass on this place. -
Review from Nancy Z.
9/19/2011 2 photos
THE place to get Chinese pastries.
Ignore every other bakery you see in Chinatown and set your beady little eyes on this one. Comprende? Or more appropriately, nay ming mm ming baht ah? (Doesn't sound as cool as Spanish)
Hing Shing Pastry has run the same way it has since I was three feet tall. There's a small crowd bustling in the tiny room waiting for freshly baked buns that's just been glazed with delicious sweetness. Among the buns, you can find custard filled buns, barbecue pork, coconut cream filling, red bean paste, and much more. My most favorite bun is the Dai Bao, aka "Big Bun." It is filled with an egg, a chunky hunk of pork, as well as other ingredients such as leek. It is a big bun indeed. It could probably cover the whole surface of Shaq's palm. He's a big dude!
Another great pastry is the Yeen Yook Bao; a bun that is made with a long piece of dough that is covered in bacon/ham and scallion, then rolled into a ball and baked to doughy, moist, golden goodness.
So instead of bringing a batch of cookies or muffins into work, bring a box full of Chinese pastries and that light will shine on you my friend. It won't cost you as much and you can basque in glory amongst your coworkers and friends.
Hing Shing Pastry hasn't changed at all since I was a kid. I wouldn't have wanted it any other way. -
Review from Jolene S.
6/5/2011
Egg custard: thumbs up
Lotus seed pie: my favorite, definitely close to a peanut flavor
Coconut tart: looked tasty, didn't get a bite of that one
Snowball: interesting and gelatinous outer covering, good to eat once
Red bean cake (in plastic wrap): take a pass, seems shipped in, i.e. not bakery fresh
Hot dog bun: tasty, but too greasy to eat on the regular
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Review from Tia C.
Austin, TX
6/19/2011
There is only one thing I always get here and I get it in bulk! I moved to Philadelphia several years ago and the Big steamed Pork Baos are nothing compared to Hing Shing's.
Everytime I come to visit family and friends I always make a pit stop here and leave with about 15 of these. Its reasonably priced at about 1.25 each compared to $2 here in Philly. The inside contains roast pork, half a boiled egg, Chinese sausage, and ground pork. Wrapped around a slightly sweet white dough.
Everything else is typical Chinese bakery fare. Its good and cheap.
Mmm I cant wait to get my hands around these Baos again!! =) -
Review from Heraldo P.
Dracut, MA
4/3/2011
Hing Shing Pastry is my favorite bakery in China town, competing with about three more bakeries in the same area.
Hing Shing Pastry sells various Asian desserts and snacks at affordable prices (80 cents an item!) Every time my family and I walk by, we are tempted to buy the tasty treats that they display in the window. We are regular customers here, so when we walked in, we were greeted warmly and given free egg rolls and dumplings!
They sell a variety of Moon Cakes, Beef Curry Buns, Hot Dog Buns, Ham and Egg buns, Steamed BBQ Pork Buns, Dumplings, Egg Rolls, Sweet Bread, Egg Tarts, Almond Cookies, Walnut Cookies, and other delicious Asian treats.
I personally recommend the Beef Curry Buns, Hot Dog Buns (get em' before they're gone!), Ham and Egg Tarts, the Steamed BBQ Pork Buns (the skin could be a little dry at times, and the pork could be a little rough), and the Sweet Bread. Order them, you will not regret it.
To close this review, I'm just going to state one more time that THIS IS THE BEST BAKERY IN CHINA TOWN!!! :) -
Review from Dan L.
8/11/2011 1 photo
I absolutely love this place!! Upon my return to Boston for the first time in 5 years, Hing Shing is a must stop destination for me!!! I have been coming here since I was a kid with my dad. The baked goods are tremendous. I actually came here twice on my visit home. Once at the beginning of my trip and before I headed to the airport I loaded up on goods to deliver to my parents.
The red bean donuts, almond and walnut cookies, coconut and lotus pie, are staples and are divine. The one item I highly recommend to everyone is this ravioli looking thing that sits on top of the counter and for the life of me I have no clue what its called. It is filled with shrimp, pork and vegetables. Seems odd that this item is not refrigerated, but I'm willing to take the chance of getting sick for this although I never have. I have to eat this every time I go. And for the life of me I cannot figure out what this dough of made of, I'm completely baffled by it.
I love how they keep the doors to the bakery open. You can see these masterminds at work. I would love to work there for a day and see how they come up with these goods. Just writing about this place makes me want to fly back to Boston. Hing Shing is one of the places I miss a lot about not living in MA anymore. Everyone should go here!! -
Review from Priscilla T.
Boston, MA
12/25/2010
I have a ritual. And I do it every time. Go to Hot Pot Buffet, eat until I'm happy, and then go across the street to Hing Shing and buy: 2 dan taats (egg custard tarts) and 2 cocunut cocktail buns (gai mei bao) for the bf.
The stuff is legit and the people are friendly. I'm all about this place! -
Review from Ambrose C.
Boston, MA
12/3/2010 2 photos
Another simple Chinese bakery counter near the Chinatown gate, I have been to this place a few times and I would give this place a rating between 3 to 4 Stars out of 5.
The Cha Siu Bau (roasted pork bun) is slightly small compared to other versions I had in Chinatown bakeries but decently good. The bun was surprisingly warmer when I first ate it, soft and chewy on the outside. As for the inside, the flavoring was a little bland compared to other versions served in the other Chinese bakeries. The pork was decently good, but a tiny bit rough to chew. Overall, I would say that it is a decent and filling bun worth spending a $1 if you decide to go here.
As for the Gai Mei Bau (cocktail bun), it was a sufficiently sweet bun. Loved the softness, fluffiness and chewiness of the bun. Another treat I got was the Jin Deui, which is a ball made from fried dough, filled with a red bean paste, and doused with sesame seeds. I liked the sweetness of the red paste and the crisp chewiness of the fried dough. However, the sesame seeds tasted like they were burned a little and it was fairly greasy, so you probably need a napkin if you eat it with your hands. It's also fairly cheap, probably less than $.75 a piece.
Overall, this is not a bad place to get some decent and cheap Chinese bakery goods if I am in a rush. I would definitely come back again if I want a nice and sweet Gai Mei Bau for breakfast. -
Review from Sean M.
3/11/2009
I popped my Chinese bakery "cherry" here about 20 years ago. Like other "first" it has a special place in my heart. When I lived on Bond St in the South End I would stop by at least once a week mostly for pork buns. At first it was all about the savory, I shunned the sweets. Over the years I tried more cookies and cake and I like those too. Especially the lotus and moon cakes. I like the dim sum type of savory items the best though.
They don't have boba tea or any stuff like that just fresh baked goods at good prices. You really have to try to spend more than $10 here.
There is a newer shiny bakery just a few doors down it's more like the bakeries on the west coast. The new place has the Chinese version of "Wonder Bread" my kids like so much. It looks really nice and inviting. I lingered outside the new bakery for a moment today and then walked down a few doors to Hing Shing. I just can't bring myself to go in to that other place. Hing Shing, the store, the building, not the people would see me, it would know that I was unfaithful.
full disclosure: this week, a pork bun, a beef bun, a taro cake, and I tried a Chinese pig-in-blanket for the first time. -
Review from Kiwi H.
3/10/2008
Yum. I have an exceedingly great love for sponge cake. Plain sponge cake with a hint of orange, to be exact. When I was little and my parents had signed me up for "Chinese School" on weekends (i.e. my sister and I, along with a bunch of other Taiwanese kids in the city going for language classes etc. on a precious weekend day), my mum would reward me afterwards by taking me to the Chinese bakery and letting me gorge myself on sponge cake. When I was extra-good, she'd bake me one herself at home (hers are the best!)
Now that I'm no longer wee, you'd figure I would have learnt the recipe right? Yeah, not yet. So until that day, I need to find a place to tide me over. In the summertime, Whole Food's Angel Cake is a comforting substitute, but in general, the "paper sponge cake" here brings back happy childhood memories for me. So good!
As for the rest of the bakery... nice older ladies smiling and taking your order quickly and efficiently (it can get BUSY!), have your cash ready, it'll make it go faster. Point at what you want if there's a communication issue, but they're good at what they do - no-nonsense obtaining of baked goods, as another Yelper said! It has so many of the delights of an Asian bakery, from coconut bread to cream-filled light cakes, to big soft cookies to fluffy crumbly butterfly cookies. Egg tarts, sesame balls with red bean paste inside, sweet bread, and assortments of moon cakes. Pick your favourites: they will taste wonderful.
You can also buy bags of fortune cookies, and savoury goods like steamed pork buns, spring rolls, and ba-zhang too (I have no idea what it's called in English though. It's sticky rice with meats and vegetables and other things like egg wrapped inside a leaf in a triangular shape, and its GOOD). Since I no longer live near enough to my mum to beg her to make these for me, this place will have to do. And it does. So inexpensive too, and overall high on my satisfaction rating. -
Review from Kim P.
New York, NY
5/2/2007
Fantastic selection of Asian pastries!
You should have seen me here the other day...I probably ordered at least two of everything. The Chinese ladies behind the counter were getting a little annoyed, but I couldn't help myself! Everything looks fantastic; fresh from the oven, warm, and just oozing deliciousness!
I definitely recommend (no formal names here...I have NO idea) the fried balls stuffed with red beans and covered in sesame seeds. Probably the greatest treat you will have in your life!
Visit Hing Shing next time you're in Chinatown...you definitely won't regret it!Listed in: Snackaholic
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Review from Daniel M.
12/8/2008
The first thing you notice when you walk in is the overwhelming smell of deliciousness. Of all the bakeries I've seen in Chinatown this is the first that smelled like they were baking, how novel.
Sadly I don't know what half of the items are but I was surprised to find that not only was the staff helpful in finding treats but the other customers were excited to share their favorites. I usually feel quite out of place (not that it stops me) in the bakeries but not here. Perhaps it's the intoxicating smell?
The treats here are fairly standard fare, red bean pastes, spring rolls, things stuffed with pork, etc. I was taken by the gigantic wall nut {SIC} cookies but wasn't really committed to eating a cooking the size of my head. I settled instead on a coconut covered peanut butter roll. I have never in my life consumed anything like this. I was gelatinous, sticky, crisp, and buttery. I know it sounds rank but it was effing delicious. I also opted for a coconut tart. The crust was far too flaky for my liking but the tart itself is so good. Not terribly sweet, just enough to highlight the coconut without overwhelming it.
I'm coming back here for sure. Eventually I'll attempt the massive wall nut cookie.Listed in: C-Town
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Review from Susan D.
Burlington, MA
5/29/2007
Standard Chinese bakery assortment. Moon cakes, bbq pork buns, pineapple/coconut pastries, curry beef pastries, fried taro dumpling, etc. Really inexpensive about $0.65-$.90 for each pastry where as the moon cakes are much more expensive (obviously).
The food is consistently fresh right out of the oven. Sometimes you get peeks into the kitchen of people shuffling large baking sheets.
Great location across from the Chinatown arc. Grab a bunch of treats before boarding your bus at South Station. -
Review from John W.
San Francisco, CA
9/1/2009
Although Ho Yuen Bakery down the street has the reputation of having the best gai mei bao (cocktail buns) of any place in Boston, I think Hing Shing's are much better. Always fresh, always cooked perfectly, never too sweet, always damn good. This place is the best Cantonese bakery I've been in the US (and I've lived in China and currently in San Francisco - a Cantonese bastion). I miss this place big time. My wife (who's Cantonese-American) loves this place too, but doesn't like hanging out in there too long because the bakers are always swearing in Toisanese and/or Cantonese. I think it adds flavor and love seeing them constantly baking fresh items.
p.s. Trays with the freshest stuff is not put on display just yet...when you walk in they're on the left. Grab what's here....straight out of the oven. -
Review from Christine S.
Boston, MA
9/5/2008
I give this bakery five stars for their delicious custard-filled buns. Every single bite of them is tasty, from the flaky, buttery crust to the creamy custard inside. YUM. Being a white girl having just moved to Chinatown, it's difficult for me to figure out what exactly all the baked goods are, but the bakery is so cheap (80 cents per custard bun) that it would be no problem to order things that look good just to try them out.
The ladies behind the counter are brusque but do speak enough English to kind of steer me towards what I'm looking for. My first converstation with them went something like this:
Me [pointing to a pile of delicious-looking pastry]: Do these have filling?
Lady: NOT SWEET! NOT SWEET!
Me: Um,ok...do they have anything in them?
Lady: NOT SWEET!! NOT SWEET!!
Me [flustered, pointing randomly]: How about...uh...these?
Lady: Custard!!
Me: I'll take four!!
I also tried the custard buns at Bao Bao Bakery...ok, but Hing Shing's win out. -
Review from Emily R.
San Francisco, CA
7/2/2009
Well-priced little treats to enhance your Chinatown dinner.
I am a big fan of their almond cookies- chewy, sweet, and a good size. Also give the pistachio kind a try. Counter staff is not overtly friendly, so make sure your finger-pointing is accurate and don't bother with small talk.
Everything is best eaten whilst staring down the Chinatown Crime Watch. Love the vests. -
Review from Lauren L.
Boston, MA
6/23/2010
A-OK just about sums up Hing Shing in Chinatown. Everything I've had here is edible and the prices are cheaper than some other places, but nothing here stands out to me.
Their Pineapple buns (po lo bao) are fine. Their egg custards are tasty (but I haven't had an absolutely terrible egg custard anywhere yet, how can you screw up loads of custard in a shell?). Their barbecue pork puns are alright. Their fried glutinous dumplings with meat filling are edible (if a bit greasy).
I doubt you'll find anything absolutely, gut wrenching, vomit-inducingly bad here, but for my Asian pastry needs I'll go elsewhere in Chinatown. I would go here if everywhere else was closed, but I wouldn't make the trip out for Hing Shing.
Po lo puns are better at Ho Yuen and Eldo Cake House (both also make good egg tarts), and Eldo Cake House makes those sponge/whipped cream/fruit Asian cakes! The fried glutinous dumplings are less greasy and mystery-meat-like at Ho Yuen as well. Go to Ho Yuen or Eldo for really, really, really tasty stuff. Hing Shing is serviceable when they're not available.Listed in: Chinatown
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Review from Lucy W.
Atlanta, GA
4/5/2010
Love this place- I've been going to this tiny corner bakery since I was a kid to get the freshest, yummiest Chinese baked goods. Gai Mai Bao (Coconut), Pineapple bun, Pineapple bun w/ custard are my standards...all this for about $1 per item. I also like their lotus leaf wrapped rice that's usually sitting by the window, and sometimes I'm in the mood for that white sugary sticky gelatinous-looking cake that I don't know the name to or even one of the egg custard tarts. Ooh, and the fried sesame balls with red bean or lotus paste in the middle- it's probably a million calories but tastes like a zillion. I always leave here with a box full of goodies. Others I know also recommend the BBQ pork bun, the curry meat pastry, and the hot dog bun...I prefer the sweet items but sometimes, people need the savory balance.
You can definitely point to the items if you don't know what they're called...but be fast & brisk in your decision making...the ladies behind the counter don't like you to dawdle. The bakery is tiny and trays of pastries are everywhere...this place gets packed pretty quickly but don't let that deter you! Get here early too...when they run out, they're out. -
Review from Allison N.
Springvale, ME
4/28/2011
Great pastries, great price.
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Review from Julian W.
Boston, MA
6/15/2010
My parents love the coconut pastry but my favorite is the big walnut cookie. It's this big delicious cookies walnuts on the top. I don't really know what all of the things in the windows are and I'm cautious about taking risks because I'm vegetarian and they have a lot of meat pastries so I don't want to get one by accident.
The prices are so cheap! I bought 9 desert things for $12! -
Review from Andi Z.
Brookline, MA
9/21/2008
This review is based on the mooncake alone! I love...LOVE mooncake. If I had to give up every sweet in the world except one, I wouldn't keep Ice Cream, cake, not even chocolate, no, I would keep mooncake. You know the saying "even bad pizza is good pizza?" Don't believe that crap. Pizza can be bad, but mooncake? Nono, mooncake is always good. It's just too bad that the mooncake here isn't spectacular. Since I was brought up on imports, I've only tried Yi Soon's and this bakeries for locally made, and this one doesn't stack up so well against the quality imports or Yi Soon.
The outside of the cake is a little hard, like a pie crust rather than a cake. I love buttery soft skins on the mooncakes, but the cookie/crust like hard skin definitely works, since the inside is so gooey. I had the brown lotus seed paste with an egg yolk. The imported varieties have beautiful yolks. It's integrated perfectly with the filling and is delicious. There is a strange layer of grease seperating the yolk from the lotus. The yolk itself was salty and tasty, and the paste was nicely sweet, and rich. It's not quiet as smooth as the white lotus paste.
Must try Ho Yuen next... -
Review from Dina D.
10/4/2010
I'm not a connoisseur of Chinese bakeries, but I love almond cookies. I saw huge ones in the window of this shop and had to get one. They also had a wide variety of other goodies. The cookie was delicious. The shop is right near the paifang, so you can get pics and cookies!
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Review from L. P.
Boston, MA
3/28/2011
I've been coming to Hing Shing since I was a child, and it remains my favorite traditional Chinese bakery. (I go to Eldo for Chinese cakes since Hing Shing doesn't have them.) The majority of the items, all of which are freshly baked onsite, are 80 cents each and therefore are worth trying at least once.
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Review from Chris P.
Somerville, MA
7/28/2009
Hing Shing Pastry in Chinatown is the closest thing to a good, free breakfast I've ever seen.
They're a pastry shop to be sure, but for Chinese fare, pastry isn't limited to Lobster Claws and Danish.
$1.50 - $1.80 will get you two delicious buns filled with a variety of sweet or savory items. The custard buns are kind of like a Boston Creme donut, only much lighter, and the custard is tastier too :) I also really enjoy the ham & egg bun, or if I'm there for a quick lunch the barbecue pork bun is pretty good too.
Chinatown is definitely one of those places where the adventurous eater is rewarded with some real gems that even those with less daring palates will appreciate, and Hing Shing is a prime example.
I've also tried and enjoyed their red bean cake, but red bean paste is a treat that some Americans tend to be less than enthusiastic about.
Over all the food is quite good, and when you factor in value for your money Hing Shing gets two solid thumbs up in my book. -
Review from Michelle H.
New York, NY
11/25/2007
This place has the BEST pineapple buns! If you like buns Cantonese style vs Taiwanses, they make them the best. The bread is soft and doughy and not dry like most places. The top is crumbly and just perfect! The BBQ pork buns and egg custards are good here too. When I'm in Boston, this place is a must for me!
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Review from Mary Q.
Boston, MA
1/18/2010
I really like this place for one thing and one thing only, the new year cakes that they pump out every year around end of Jan/ Feb time. The turnip cake is made from mashed rice and daikon and is the same you would get at dim sum. It turns into a soft salty concoction when you pan fry it at home. The sweet new year cake (nian gao) is also grade A. The consistency and sweetness reminds me of a warm mochi. A tip is to coat it with egg wash before pan frying at home so it doesn't stick to your pan. It's too bad these things are only seasonal and not year round. Word of caution: this place isn't very English friendly and the old ladies behind the counter aren't polite either.
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Review from Reese D.
East Bridgewater, MA
10/21/2010
My rule of thumb in rating any Chinese bakery is their Cocktail Bun (Gai Mei Bau). Hing Shing offers the most variation of the bun with different filling but sadly none of them make the cut. The fried Yam pastry with bbq pork filing used to be good some years ago. The quality has definitely gone downhill. The last time I had it, the yam puff was soggy and oily, I couldn't even make myself to swallow the tiny bite I had in my mouth.
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Review from Kylie B.
Boston, MA
9/14/2009
Ross and I had lotus seed cake and melon cake (the sign said, "mellon cake," but I'm assuming this was a typo. The lotus seed wasn't my favorite because it had an almost peanut, almost fig flavor going on that confused my mouth. The melon cake, however, was a baked good of beauty. It managed to be light and flaky while being dense and filling--don't ask me how. Must go back for more!
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Review from Eric S.
Boston, MA
7/28/2010
The stuff here was very good, but then the quality went downhill fast. However, I guess they had to step up the quality to compete with other bakeries
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Review from Carla K.
Brighton, MA
8/4/2008
The perfect old school pastry shop. How can it not be with their ancient cash register! That is my favorite part of visiting this store. The egg tarts are the best in C-town and they have a good variety of old school pastry favorites like the white sugar loaf and the brown sugar loaf. Their beef bun is one of my favorites.
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Review from Elaine M.
2/12/2008
Hing Shing has a straight up, no nonsense, authentic feel to it. It's the perfect place to stop by for various baked (and even some fried) Chinese goodies at an extremely reasonable price. What I usually pick up here is a variety of egg tarts, cookies, sweet topping bread, and spring rolls (though the spring rolls are a tad bit oilier than I'd like). The lady behind the counter is always quick to acknowledge my presence and take my order (and by 'taking my order,' I mean identifying the items I point to since I can't speak anything other than English fluently).
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Review from Alex V.
Worcester, MA
5/17/2008
I love the hot dog bun, the cha siu bao and cha siu so (BBQ PORK BUN AND PORK PIE), dan tat (EGG CUSTARD TART) sponge cake, and the taro and pork truffles.
everything is below the price of $1 except for the moon cakes obviously -
Review from jenilee p.
Salem, MA
10/4/2008
i have to rank hing shing pastry as better than everyone's favorite eldo cake house. unlike the more westernized fruit cakes of eldo's, this place seems to focus more on items like moon cakes, sponge cakes, and squishy rice cakes (apologies for my lack of knowledge as to the actual names of these delightful treats). everything i've had here is moist, not overly sweet, and an unbeatable value. though the sweet offerings are good, i rarely leave this bakery without their deep fried pork buns: sort of like larger deep fried peking ravioli, stuffed with caramalized onions and chopped spare ribs. greasy, savory and good.
located just to the left side of the street after passing through the chinatown gates, hing shing bakery is not to be missed. -
Review from luke b.
Somerville, MA
1/8/2009
Dear god if i could stuff my face with these glutinous, buttery super sweet and savory pastries all day I would. I really really would. My favorite is the coconut butter bun but they also have the oh-so-delicious pork bun, not to mention cookies galore! And if you like things that effing smell amazing... then this is the place for you. I just came back from shoving a coconut bun in my fat face and I'm thinking about going back... right now.
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Review from Eric F.
2/8/2010
The Pineapple and BBQ Pork buns here are pretty good, though better can be had at Eldo Cake House and Crown Royal Bakery.
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Review from Michael G.
San Francisco, CA
8/7/2005
This is a quality Chinese bakery with a large selection of buns, moon cakes, etc. Everything is super cheap, and this place offers slightly more stuff than some of the competing bakeries nearby. You will almost certainly want to bring someone who speaks Chinese, though, so you can figure out what's in each item. Many things are unfortunately unlabeled, and those that are aren't necessarily intelligible to the uninitiated.
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Review from cstal l.
Vero Beach, FL
2/16/2010
I'm surprised that they sell the new year cake and turnip cake. The turnip cake looks great but I still have to steam to try. Of the few bakeries that I walked in, this placed looked the best. The nian gao was consistent. Wish they come in a smaller size. They also sell joong (chinese tamales?) in the morning and that was still steaming hot when I got there. I didnt buy any, but might have to next time I'm back.
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Review from Shannon C.
Wellesley, MA
2/13/2010
PORK BUNS! I love this place. I love their pork buns. A wonderful place to exchange less than a dollar for a delicious pork bun.
