Oh my. The pineapple bun with taro filling was soo good. They warmed up the bun for me. It was soft, fluffy, and had lots of filling. The entree portions were big. The beef noodle stir fry could have easily been enough for 3 people. The beef tongue on baked rice with tomato sauce was super tender and easy to cut into. It was delicious. 4.5 stars read more

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The Boss Bakery & Restaurant - 532 Main Street, Vancouver This restaurant has breakfast offerings all day. The waitresses are willing to help you at any time, no matter which table you are seated at. The food is above average and delicious, and they have many menu options for you to choose from. There are lots of customers in the restaurant, so sometimes we were not able to hear our conversation clearly.:) We noticed over the bakery counter has sold out almost 50% of the buns after we were leaving the restaurant. We have picked up some from the bakery counter too. read more

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As soon as you walk in you're smacked in the face with their bakery section and the many customers perusing and lining up for their pastry purchases. Once seated we went for the large portion of their famous talked about wok fried beef flat noodles. My oh my. The "wok hei" was strong and flavorful. Permeating every delicious chopstick mouthful. The beef was not overly tenderizer and the texture was on point. By far, better than what I've experienced in Richmond Hill, highly recommended if you're a beef flat noodle aficionado read more

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When I was young, I went the Boss regularly when my family did grocery shopping in Chinatown. I don't go often anymore, but when I do, it's always a bit nostalgic. What I tried: - HK Milk Tea: Very good. Sometimes I go for bubble tea, so when I drink a proper HK Milk Tea like this one, I forgot how the milk tea is so much more intense and the texture is much thicker. - Ham & Macaroni Noodle in Soup: OK. For those who are familiar with the dish, it's exactly what it sounds like. It's basic comfort food. Nothing fancy. - Breakfast Set Pineapple Bun: Good. The "pineapple" topping is a bit sweeter than most, which I liked. - Breakfast Set Eggs and European Weiner: OK. Again it's nostalgic comfort food. - Breakfast Set Beef Brisket and Rice Noodle Soup: OK. It came out fast. Brisket was generally OK, but there were a couple of dry pieces. Noodles were too soft and broke very easily. This place is very similar to other HK Cafes. The place is relatively clean, service is quick (and friendlier than I expected), the food is cheap and comes out fast. To keep overhead costs low, they don't have a website and they take cash and debit only (no credit cards). As far as HK Cafe's go, I think it's comparable to any of them. But for anyone that has never been to a HK Cafe before and comparing this place to any causal chain restaurant or even fast food restaurant, I want to set a reasonable expectation - so that is why I give a 3 star review. read more

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We made a pit stop at this bakery after exploring downtown and Chinatown - mostly to give the kids a break from walking! It was a great decision because we found some real treats. We tried a few things, starting with the custard egg tarts. They were wonderfully soft and fresh, though they do tend to fall apart easily, so be gentle! We also got a couple of steamed buns: one with BBQ pork and another with pork and veggies. Both were delicious, with tasty fillings and perfectly steamed exteriors. The caramel pudding was a nice addition too. A quick note on payment: they don't accept credit cards, but they do take Visa debit, which is handy. If you're paying with US dollars, they accept them but use their own exchange rate. Definitely worth a visit for some yummy baked goods! read more

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I'm not sure what it is but I always love coming here for one dish. It's their yang chow fried rice. The rice is fluffy, there's lot of shrimp and the Chinese sausage is plentiful. Every time I come here, it never disappoints! We also had their beef fried noodles. Lots of bean sprout and not too oily. A very good dish! And we finally had their satay beef soup noodles. Lots of beef and the noodles are on point with very flavourful soup. If you're in the mood for a solid HK style meal, make sure to come here (also after 2:00 they have their tea time specials!) read more

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Growing up, this was my go to, quick and convenient HK cafe. Nothing beats the Chinatown memories and food here. You can't go wrong with their breakfast combos, or their chicken sandwich. I can always seem to find a table and the service is always efficient. The ambiance is no frills. Remember cash! read more

Come here if you're wanting a hong Kong Cafe style food. Quick and fast service and really inexpensive. read more

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staff was super nice and we talked for a bit, loved their buns 雞尾包or椰絲包are both good would love to come back and eat a full meal here

This was the third bakery that I visited during my time in Vancouver for my trip and it was amazing! I visited the bakery yesterday to get a snack and it was pretty quiet inside. Also, the service was really good when I was getting my items. The first item that I got was the Pineapple Barbeque Pork Bun which was not too sweet or salty, had a good texture, and had juicy meat inside. The next item that I got was the Barbeque Pork Bun which was soft, fluffy, and had tender meat inside. The third item that I got was the Coconut Bun which had the perfect amount of coconut, was not too sweet, and had a soft, fluffy texture. Overall, this was a good bakery and I would definitely recommend this place to anyone who wants to go to a good Chinese bakery! read more

The Boss Bakery & Restaurant - Coconut Bun - Bakeries Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

This place is 5 stars for the food in the restaurant portion plus hit and miss for the bakery portion. For the restaurant, food was good! For our party of 8, everyone of us liked the food. Seafood with noodles - oh wow, this was such a pleasant surprise! Plentiful seafood in a rich stock and tasty noodles. I was not expecting such flavorful stock and generous seafood with mushrooms. Singapore noodles - 2 people in the group ordered it and all agreed it was very on point. Baked pork cutlets with rice, replaced tomato sauce with cream sauce - This was a welcomed dish with tender fried pieces of pork cutlets cover warm baked rice in a generous portion. Extra tasty with the cream savory sauce. Beef udon - two people ordered this and liked it a lot. Certain portions of their menu comes with a free drink. We enjoyed many cups of Hong Kong styled milk tea. From their bakery, buttered pineapple bun is their signature offering; be sure to eat some in the restaurant; it's served hot! When we left, we bought several items from the bakery to go, those were all horrible! Blah. read more

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If they make the tea any weaker it will just be a glass of hot water. I can see saving on some things, but tea? The chow mein noodles are ramen. Ugh. read more

You know how Patti Smith goes on in one of her memoirs about the congee she likes to get in New York's Chinatown? Well this is where to get congee in Vancouver Chinatown. I had mine with Chinese ham, and as an accompaniment ordered a bacon sandwich, which I've never seen on a restaurant menu before. A comforting and satisfying lunch for under $20 -- remember to bring cash. read more

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The restaurant is always busy, especially during peak dining hours. I've been here twice in the last six weeks in the 2pm hour, on a weekend and a weekday, and the place was still busy, with not too many free tables/booths. The food is good and affordable, when food in the neighbourhood has increased in price. The staff are also friendly and welcoming, which is a plus. The bakery out front is reliably good, and have been for a couple of decades. read more

Lunch with my family on January 1, 2020 and was busy, as expected. We waited 20 minutes for a table. There is no waiting area, the bakery is the waiting area. There was only 1 chair which was already occupied. Couldn't find a seat for mom elderly mom. Bakery was busy while people weaved around those waiting for a table. There are lots of Hong Kong style restaurants in Vancouver. I would rate this location as 3 out of 5 for food and drink quality. A bit greasier all around. My lemon iced tea was a bit off. The wontons in the wonton noodle soup was small. The service was good as the staff were all busy and nonstop. Attentive in refilling tea and food arrived quickly. I can see why it's a busy establishment but I would recommend other HK style restaurants. read more

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Since my cell phone didn't have a international data plan to use yelp for the check in... Istead I am gonna write a yelp review for The Boss Bakery & Restaurant... During my Pacific Northwest Tour of June 2018 our tour guide took us to the Vancouver Canada Chinatown and gave us some time to go and explore the Vancouver Canada Chinatown... During that time as we were looking around at which Chinese Restaurant was a good place to eat at... So we found one good location and so we ended up eating at The Boss Bakery & Restaurant... Which was my very 1st time eating lunch here!!! As we got in and it's a good thing that this place wasn't too crowded yet during the lunch time hour!!! As we got seated to our table this is the one thing... That I always like to order from the menu and that would be no other than the Mince Beef w/ Raw Egg over steam rice!!! And it wasn't that bad at all, it came out really yummy just the way how I wanted to be!!! And who knows when will be the next time... I will be back at The Boss Bakery & Restaurant!!! If your tourist like me walking around at the Vancouver Canada Chinatown area and looking for a good Chinese Restaurant to eat at... Go to The Boss Bakery & Restaurant at the Vancouver Canada Chinatown Area!!! read more

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The Boss is my second favourite Hong Kong diner in Chinatown. My favourite is of course Goldstone... The Boss is probably a bit cleaner and newer but it lacks the character of Goldstone. The food is pretty standard for a HK diner. Nothing stands out as especially good or especially bad. I had the spaghetti with beef. It was ok... If I have to complain I'd say a bit too much sauce. My g/f had the breakfast set... eggs, ham, and a noodle soup. Both were ok... Service is ok. The women at Goldstone are friendlier to us but that's probably cuz we go there a lot! If we come to the Boss we usually come here cuz Goldstone is closed (Tuesdays). It's a nice number 2! read more

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This restaurant brings back alot of childhood memories. The food isn't the best but it's not mediocre so I would go back when I'm in the area. read more

Taro bun is delicious here. I keep coming back here for it. The other buns are good too but I find the taro hands down is the best in Chinatown. They also have larger cakes for celebrations. read more

The fact that they have a Black Forest Buttercream Cake and a Black Forest Sponge Cake is confusing (usually there is just the Black Forest Cake; I had never heard of Black Forest Buttercream). It was misleading for The Boss Bakery, which has the same owner as Maxim's Bakery, to name it as Black Forest Buttercream Cake because Black Forest has cherries (I saw the absence of cherries in the buttercream cake only when I saw the slices of both cakes in the fridge). The chestnut (which was mixed with cream) in the chestnut roll was overly sweet, and the taste of prune for the prune cakes was not strong because there were only bits of prunes inside (mostly brown sugar taste). When we asked the server how long will the cake last, she said people usually eat it in a couple of days. Does that means the cake was old or she just did not know its expiry date? read more

This place still offers affordable lunches for $11taxed....with a drink of your choice! Who does that these days? Isn't that crazy? Well they do and the food is decent quality and the size isn't shrunk like most of the surrounding restaurants during covid. I can't hold that against them, times are tough but my money goes further at The Boss so I keep coming back. If I'm not that hungry my take out lunch order becomes part dinner. There's about 10items as lunch special, every two weeks it's changed. There's total of 5specials menus that get rotated. Right now with Take Out only rules by the government all 5 menus are available! If you come in to order it'll take about 15mins. You can always call in first. Service is prompt staff are attentive. There' also the pastries, all decent size (unlike Maxim which are 1/3smaller). They even have century egg and salty egg yolk pastries- items that some bakeries don't make. Oh aside from the specials there's a large list of regular items as well, prices going up to around $18. btw. One of my fav lunch specials is the Singaporean Rice noodle stir fry read more

For decent pastries at a decent price try the Boss on Main st. Or for really good fruit cocktail cakes come here! The cakes here are some of the best and are perfect for celebrating an occassion. For a long time they were the cheapest too, but now they are fair priced but oh so worth it! The great thing about this bakery is that they open fairly early. Usually on the way to work I can grab a cake or a box of pastries for the office or for an occasion afterwards. I notice they have a cafe but have not tried it so you'll have to read other people's reviews about that. But the pastries are A-OK and their fruit cocktail cakes are AMAZING! read more

The food was not bad. Been here couple times and I would say the deal is the all day breakfast A + B. The A includes Egg, ham and bun. B includes a noodle and chicken. If you get A it cost $6.95 and plus $2 you get B. The best part about this place is everything on the menu can be substitute for something else. The breakfast came with tea or coffee. So that's pretty good. Overall you can't expect too much from this place. Its a Chinese HK style café place. Prices are not bad. Only fall back is parking. Dining here you do get $1 off parking but that doesn't cover your entire parking fee. We parked for 1hr and 15 mins and the parking lots place rounded it to the closes half hour. It costed $2.50 for parking less $1 and parking came to $1.50. Most places if you dine here its free parking. So not cool. Also there are lots of Chinese café style in Vancouver. Not that special at all. read more

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The OG A&B breakfast spot that won't hurt your pocket book and tastes like as if you were in a traditional HK cafe

Service kinda lousy feels cramped food is good but they didn't have borscht creepy guy sat across from us looked homeless wont be back

Amazing food and atmosphere, great ambiance, friendly staff! Would 10/10 recommend!!

My family came across this bakery and cafe while we were looking for a good place to eat in Chinatown. We were seated right away, and the menu looked quite promising. I ordered the mini baked pork chop rice with iced lemon tea. I have to say that the rice was pretty good. The sauce was a little too sweet for my liking, but overall it was a pretty good dish. I guess I expected it to be very small since it was labeled "mini", but I still wasn't able to finish it. Also, the rice was not just plain white rice but was flavored and had bits of eggs in it, which was nice. Also, the pork chop was fried, too! The lemon iced tea was good - a bit better than the "standard" lemon iced tea. My sister ordered soy sauce chicken wings. They said we had to wait fifteen minutes, but that wasn't a problem. The wings were quite tasty. Again, I thought it was a little too sweet, but she really enjoyed them. My mom ordered plain french toast; however, after she cut into them, she saw that there was an orange center. She switched it for the regular plain french toast, which made me sad because I really wanted to try that filling! The french toast was pretty delicious. It was fried nicely, but wasn't too oily. My dad tried their mini black pepper steak with rice. The steak was tender, and the portion they gave us was quite generous. And lastly, the minced meat porridge came towards the end of the meal, so all of us were quite full. The porridge's minced meat definitely wasn't what I expected. I think the meat chunks were bigger than I thought. But, the porridge tasted quite nice overall. There was constant traffic flowing into and out of the cafe. I thought it was a pretty decent meal, especially in Chinatown. The waitresses weren't very nice or pleasant, but the man who worked there made up for that. It was a good meal for a good price, and we even had leftovers to eat for later. read more

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Whenever I go to The Boss cafes the three dishes that alwayd call out to me are Club Spaghetti + Club Sandwich + Baked Pork Loin Fried Rice, especially the club sandwich! Something about those mouthwatering layers of ground chicken patty, steak and ham just magnifies this sandwich to a whole new level! This is the mother of all sandwich...the sandwich god in my honest opinion! With all restaurants struggling these days The Boss is one of the many restaurants I really can't bare to lose. It brings back so many childhood memories where I'm sure many who use to lunch there after chinese school or after weekly grocery trips in Chinatown with their grandparents or parents can heavily relate to. One day soon we can sit back in those chunky vinyl booths and admire the vintage stain glasses ladies decor (IYKYK) as we indulge on some Hong Kong classics! For the mean time pay them visit for some takeout to bring back a little memory! Their service is quick and everyone is very hygienic with mask on as they serve take out. read more

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When I come to Chinatown, usually one of the things I am coming down here for is some HK style breakfast (many Cantonese friends of mine would call it the A-B meal, I will get to that in a second.) There are only two places that I will actually enter for some decent food, here and Maxim's around the corner. Both are pretty much the same in terms of what they serve, the only difference is location, and the fact I don't have to walk up a flight of stairs to the restaurant portion of this bakery. Out of all the 'local' Chinese bakeries, I will give 'The Boss' credit for having one of the better mooncakes (oh... autumn moon festival is around the corner) yet I have become a mooncake snob lately and have been feasting on some fine ones from across the Pacific Ocean... no matter. Trying their selection of buns lately, BBQ pork bun, pineapple bun, egg tart, it feels they have slipped in quality and taste. They don't have that 'fluff' as they used to. As for the "A-B" meal... it's a breakfast terminology, as breakfast served at these places consist of a selection of A, B, or A + B. A usually is tea or coffee with eggs, bacon and a bun. The B is usually some heavily weighted dish to go along with your eggs, like a bowl of rice vermicelli served with pickled cabbage and pork, in soup, or something on those lines. On this day I ordered just the A, which got me eggs, some mystery sausage that was cut into cute little pieces, and a pineapple bun on the side. My drink, HK milk tea. The eggs seemed a little on the over oily side, and the sausage was generic, not as generic as a package of no-name sausage in a 12 pack you buy at Superstore, but it was what it was. The pineapple bun, well, the top was crumbling quite quickly after my first bite and was probably the best part of this meal, including the drink of course. Right now, I would suggest Maxim over 'The Boss', which means I will have to go there again, then come back to see if they decided to improve.. or keep it as is! read more

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I ordered two dishes to take away. Portuguese Chicken and rice. B-7. Baked Portuguese Chicken with rice and 31- Shanghai Chow Mein. Both were bland, flavourless, and like eating goo. The noodles had no flavour and tasted of rancid oil. Old oil recycled? No flavour, no herbs or spices or onion or garlic. The chicken was swimming in tasteless gravy. The noodles were just badly prepared. Soy sauce could not save them. Terrible Chinese food, badly prepared and cost $33.81 read more

I used to come here all the time in the 80s and 90s. Now Chinatown is definitely slowly dying off, but the Boss has been around for who knows how long. I haven't had the buns from the bakery section up front, but in the past they have always been awesome. Today we went to the restaurant in the back. Normally you don't expect too much from the "cheap" $6 menu, but the food was actually quite bland. To be honest, I was a bit disappointed. But it looks like they've renovated the place in recent years, and the washroom is clean. It's worth checking out, but don't have high expectations. The bakery still looks (and smells) great though. read more

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This place is a classic! It's been around for decades! My dad even ate here when he immigrated to Canada 35 years ago! It's a HK Cafe in the back, with a bakery at the front! Their pastries are great, especially their cakes! You can even order one for your birthday or special events! I love their Daily Lunch and Afternoon specials! They're soo cheap, well portioned, and filling! And most importantly, tasty haha! They have all your standard HK cafe fare! Best part is that you can go to the front and pick out a dessert to eat after your meal hehe! Love it here! They also have a location in Metrotown, which isn't as good, stick to the classic Chinatown one! read more

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Before we discovered the Richmond area, we used to come to Chinatown to get our fix on HK styled food, specifically the HK milk tea. Now what I remember most and best about this place is the "bor low yao" - a warm pineapple bun slice in half horizontally w/ a thick slab of butter in between. The warm bun softly melts the butter and each bite is absolutely sinful...I can still remember it after all these years. The place has aged and the quality has gone downhill. However, I will always remember this place w/ super fond memories. read more

Let's face it. The Chinese bakeries in Seattle are no match for the ones in Vancouver and Richmond. Rating the ones in Seattle is pretty much rating them on a curve. A 4 star bakery in Seattle, is more like a 2 or 3 in Vancouver, which I perhaps unfairly have higher standards for. The Boss Bakery is fairly known in Seattle because a selection of their products are sold in the Seattle area at numerous Chinese grocers. Even Uwajimaya carries them. Although they are imported from up north and have travelled some distance, they are still on par with the ones found in the Seattle bakeries. So logically, if you go to the source which I did, my hypothesis would be that the baked goods would taste even better if I bought them at the actual storefront. As I concluded, I was indeed right. The stuff here is great. The selection which interestingly looks similar to the Maxim's nearby, is pretty standard for a Vancouver Chinese bakery, but you will notice the pricing here is cheaper than in Seattle. For instance, a slice of their cakes actually costs less than a BBQ pork bun in Seattle. Unreal. And even so, that does not mean the quality is bad. Somehow it is better. The mango sponge cake is so good. Reminds me of Japanese castella cake except with a coating of mango puree in the small openings. I have not visited a Vancouver/Richmond Chinese bakery I did not like thus far. They don't call it The Boss for nothing you know. read more

Come here all the time for milk tea, I like that they are open early 0700, and it's relatively inexpensive ($2 for a coffee instead of what $5-6 at star bucks??). Almost got put off once by the minimum charge per person when I came with my then girlfriend once. Not too many places like this in vancouver proper. read more

Being a tourist and a foodie... So coming to Vancouver my friends and I wanted to hit the interesting places in van city and at the same time hit the good food places this was in China town.. A bit ghetto.. But which China town isn't? That's where the hidden gems are! This place had a great bakery and it apparently has a restaurant in the back of the bakery.. Had the tuna and onion roll which was so yummy and I tasted the tuna roll which was tuna on a croissant which is a thumbs up! read more

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Average quality food + unfriendly service + not much English communication + misunderstanding communication due to lack of English proficiency = horrible experience and waste of time and waste of food and money. I ordered baked pork chop but baked seafood was served cuz the server doesn't speak much English. She was rude as well. When I finally got pork chop after 30 minutes, it was not even proper "pork chop". We usually order "baked" food because it is less in unhealthy fat than fried or deep fried food. This restaurant's interpretation of "baked" and/or "pork chop" is not the same as ours. Their "pork chop" was actually just reheated pork cutlet (deep fried) covered in tomato sauce. In addition, patrons at this restaurant are really loud. They are talking really loud and all sound like they are arguing. Also I can hear their chewing sound and it irritates shit out of me. Never going back. read more

Ok, i'm probably a bit tougher than most, simply b/c these type of HK cafe's are a dime a dozen but like everyone says, it's an institutional, and it's got the hustle & bustle, nice comfortable long booths, and a place to be seen lol. It's good value, fast service, provided you get in there before or after lunch 1pm, otherwise, you'll be waiting for a good while, standing too. Recommended: 1. sponge cake 2. shredded pork/preserved vegetable vermicilli noodles 3. glutinous rice paste, coconut w/ some peanut & sugar filling 4. any of the black-forest-style cakes, fruit ones too haha 5. congee 6. grilled chicken w/ lettuce sandwich read more

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I have yet to try out the restaurant side of the Boss Bakery and Restaurant, but with the lineup at the cash-only bakery, I thought it a safe bet to try out some Chinese baked goods for now. The Boss Bakery shows all signs of being a great bakery, from the scent wafting out onto the street, to the hoards of people coming in and out. Never mind that at 2:00 in the afternoon, many of the items were sold out. Boss Bakery sells the ubiquitous buns filled with all sorts of goodness, from meat to sweet and everything in between, as well as an assortment of other treats. I had to do a double take on the prices...70 cents for a BBQ pork bun?! Three coconut buns for $1.20?! I didn't realize it was possible to purchase food, GOOD food, at these astronomically cheap prices but Chinatown always surprises. The coconut buns are definitely tasty and for that price, anyone can treat themselves to a few delicate, light and sweet (or savoury) buns! read more

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Background: I'm Chinese raised in Vancouver. I've known all the joints in Chinatown since I was a kid. Food: This is as good as it gets in Chinatown. The bakery is MONEY. Try the taro-filled pineapple bun. The egg tarts are decent. The diner has awesome lunch specials, where you can get soup, a pineapple bun, and an entree such as baked creamy chicken on fried rice or HK-style pork chop on rice; all for $8.50. Afternoon tea here is also good. My only complaint is that most of the dishes are scarce on the vegetables. Ambiance: It's a diner. Service: Yell out "m'goi!" for prompt service, or no one will give you a second glance. Pricepoint: You can eat for $10 here usually, including tea or coffee. Overall: Once again, this is as good as it gets for HK food in Chinatown. It's a reliable choice and the buns are fresh. read more