Golden Fung Wong Bakery

My sister and I hit this bakery after a great dinner at Wo Hops. This is an old school Chinese bakery. We tried the almond cookies which were right out of the oven. They were absolutely delicious. The other desserts looked good as well, but we were to stuffed from dinner. I’d go back if I go back to Chinatown.

This is a charming old school bakery– the type that grandma will approve. I stopped by here after a late breakfast. The place and its offerings are nostalgic Chinese sweet treats done right.
I got a steamed red bean cake, steamed black sesame cake, and a Jin dui — fried mochi– with red bean filling. $ 1 each and they were all good. Not sugary sweet and they did not skimp on the ingredients, except for the Jin dui. Red bean filling is there but a little lackluster. No complaints though as the fried mochi has that nice chewy texture unlike some plac s that sells mushy fried mochi.
Next time, I will be sure to try their steamed tAro cake, white sugar cake, and radish cake.

Was last here 5 years ago.
brought my old favorites:
melon cakes
shrimp chips
walnut cookies
fortune cookies.
still good after all the years.

Nearly ruined my brother’s wedding because they forgot to give us items we paid for. Also took our receipt and yelled at us for not having the receipt (because they took it). Due to Chinese superstition, we’re not allowed to raise a fuss. But how dare you, as a business, pull this sort of ridiculousness on a day of someone’s wedding?
Don’t do business with them.

old school, very low key store. Tried their Zongzi, barely any meat, a piece of fat, moist but less flavorful. However, their red bean moon cake ($ 2.75÷5) is decent.

I like a good roast pork bun, and that’s exactly what I got when I bit into my first bao at Golden Fung Wong Bakery. A lot of times with roast pork buns, there’s a lot of bread and not a lot of meat– that’s not the case here! The bread was soft, and there was a good ratio of bread to meat. The meat was moist but not saucy. The pork was plentiful and had more of a pulled pork consistency (not to be confused with a shredded pork consistency) instead of the chopped up bits that I’m used to. This was a refreshing change. Speaking of consistency, I do have to knock them on it. While my first roast pork bun was heavenly, the second one I had did not have an even distribution of meat and bread… The first several bites I had was all bread — I was beginning to wonder if there was any meat!
I also had the sponge cake with icing. I’ve had some really good Asian sponge cakes at other places and was excited to try this one… It was nothing special, I’ve had better at Asian grocery stores.
This place seems to have a good variety– cookies, moon cakes, sponge cakes, sesame balls, egg tarts– and from what I could tell the prices are pretty cheap. Both the roast pork buns and sponge cake were 90 cents a piece.

Sometimes this is called the New Golden Fung Wong Bakery, sometimes the Golden Fung Wong. Whatever you call it, it is a local bakery with a local following of older Chinese residents who know the people behind the counter by name.
The coffee is $ 1.00 and is not bad. They also make ice coffees and teas. There is a limited choice of bakery goods with an emphasis on buns. They are of good but not exceptional quality. One exception are their moon cakes. I am not a moon cake fan, but those who are flock here. From my own observations, their major business is wholesaling. As such, their kitchen in back is almost always busy.
The people who work here have limited English skills but know enough to accurately get you what you want! So this is really a 3.5 bakery.

They advertise that they make the best Hopia Mongo and yes, they really do! The first time I ate it I was in NJ @ a mini Asian Mart and I fell in love and have been searching ever since for it. Finally ate one freshly made and wowzer! My husband likes their sweet pork buns, which are also good. Definitely hands down though, that Hopia Mongo is slammin awesome!

To be fair, this review is only for the sesame ball ($ 0.90). It was quite oily, not crispy and too doughy! Definitely not fresh and I came on a Monday afternoon ~12pm. The red bean paste/​filling was very little and was not very flavorful. I would not recommend it. I didn’t try anything else.

A Chinese bakery with many old traditional delicacies compared to all those bakeries that mimics Europe style.
Melon cake is to die for when it comes out of the oven. Unlike the Chinese and Japanese Melon bread, this actually has melon inside in paste. The taste is glutenous, sweet, and sticky while the crust is flaky but not buttery like a croissant.
The red bean cake, another of my favorite is like a mochi style jelly with red bean. Best eaten chilled.
One thing about Chinese traditional bakery is that everything is sweeten but not overly sweet. Just right to go with tea.
I hope this place doesn’t close down because C-​Town is crazy expensive in rent unless they have stabilized rent.
You can tell the bakery is on premise by the smell.

We just tried the cookies here, almond & chocolate chip. Not your typical cookies, more biscuity. Nice and crunchy & good taste of almond. The shop is very authentic which is nice. At $ 1 each I would go back.
Next time I want to try the black bean moon cake, I missed that one this time!

Very good. Old school style. Sesame balls, buns, pineapple bread. You name it. Anything you expect from a Hong Kong old street.

Thirsty and suffering from a dumpling Coma I entered golden fungus bakery expecting a decent bubble tea. What I got was anything but. As I drank my taro tea the sweetness was way too much. I actually had to go to the hospital to check my blood sugar but was told I had acquired diabetes. Don’t eat here or you’ll lose a leg like I did.:-(
Uodate: the triad slaughtered my best friend sahan and told me to never bash this bakery again if I wanted to live.

This place has a good variety of items, but the only things I’ve tried is the Hopia, which is great! Very fresh with the perfect texture and just the right amount of sweetness. This is a great spot for Hopia, especially since it’s a bit hard to find good, fresh varieties. The Mongo was great while the Baboy was really not very good to me… stick with the Mongo and you’ll be happy too.

They are opened early and carry both types of roast pork buns (steamed and baked). They also carry sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaves (jung) green bean or peanuts. Coffee is not bad so good place to grab a quick bite when you are in a hurry. The ladies are nice, patient and helpful. I will return and try their other baked goods.

I’ve been coming to Golden Fung Wong Bakery for their hopia (either black been or monggo) since I moved to NYC 8 years ago.
Hopia is a flaky (not buttery) pastry filled with sweet bean filling. I always thought of it as a Chinese Filipino treat when I lived in the Philippines.
The Golden Fung Wong hopia is wonderfully fresh and tasty. It’s exactly what I look for in the pastry — flaky, sweet, and plenty of sweet beans. Good texture.
You can find their hopia in the Filipino groceries in Queens, but I prefer to buy it from the source! As of 2014, the price is $ 2.75/package of 5 hopia.

Freshly baked old school deliciousness. All year long moon cake (who says moon cake is for mid autumn festival only?!).

Went with the coconut custard (not bad but not remarkable) rather than moon cakes. As I perused the nice selection here, the woman working the counter nodded approvingly at my Kong Kee bag, which was a nice local touch.

A Toisan tradition.
I have been coming to Golden Fung Wong since I was a child. It is one of the few old school Toisan bakeries that adheres to traditional Toisan cuisine. My longtime childhood favorite: Haa1 Tiu4 (Xia Pian) Shrimp chips/​prawn crackers are sold here for Lunar New Year where I bought two bags for a sweet indulgence!
Seating is available where patrons are mostly elderly Toisan. Note: Cash only, no form of plastic is accepted at Golden Fung Wong. Staff are fluent in Cantonese.

I’ve been going to Golden Fung Wong since before I can remember. It’s a dying breed of old school bakeries where they serve moon cakes and sesame balls filled with red bean paste. From past reviews, I see these are the most popular but my favorite (which they were sold out of on my last visit) are the pan fried red bean paste cakes which no one in my family knows how to say in Mandarin.
Ok, they aren’t the very best pastries ever but those places where you can get these goodies are shrinking while more Western fare takes over Chinese bakery shelves.
I’m a halfie, so I struggle communicating in my broken Mandarin when I’m looking for something special. But, for the most part, I just point, say thank you and everyone is polite. It hurts to think that, one day, this bakery might be gone. Chinatown is already an image of what it used to be — for better or for worse because, hell, it is a lot cleaner.
This is a no frills kind of place. I was surprised to hear there’s bubble tea. I know they think I’m some tourist stopping in, but Golden Fung Wong is a bit of my past. I hope it stands the test of time.