Red House Bakery

Buns are cheap but good. Nothing to complain about them. I’m not a big fan of Asian cakes because I find that they’re never sweet enough, and they are always the same consistency. That being said, I don’t like the cakes here.
Very solid three.

I ordered a birthday fruit cake from here recently. The cake tasted mediocre and was dry. The fruit was fresh and icing was good though.

This bakery is one of the few cheap bakeries left since most Asian bakeries’ prices rose quite a lot these past few years. The buns are also very tasty and soft and one of the best bakery buns I’ve had. Although, I must admit I took a star off because of slightly poor service. The people who worked there had on impressive poker faces. I went with my little sister who was only three and desperately needed the washroom. We asked if we could borrow their washroom but they disagreed and directed us to a plaza quite far away for walking distance. They didn’t really seem to care that my sister was at the verge of tears trying to hold it in. Despite of this I still give this place four stars because the food is honestly pretty good and cheap and I guess it wasn’t really their responsibility to lend us a washroom even though it would’ve been nicer if they did.

Cheap cakes. I got a mocha mousse, 8 inches, I believe, for $ 24 including tax. This also included my customizable message. What I appreciate is that they gave me a piece of paper for me to write my message on. This means that if there are any mistakes, we know exactly who made the mistake. My mocha cake fed 21 people. It had chocolate swirls and icing rosettes. It also tasted like a Chinese style mocha cake.
Service-​wise, I really appreciated how I got clear, effective service in English. I also really appreciated how my custom message (We will miss you) was first in white icing (on a mocha colored background), then done over in red icing as well (for a fancier effect). I also really liked how they voluntarily put two small hearts under my message, also in this icing style, for a more personal touch.
I’ll be back for more cake.
Side note:
They have Swiss rolls filled with assorted fruits and cream for $ 7. I haven’t tried it yet (it’s in my fridge now), but it looks delicious!

I come here for their cookies and rice cake quite often. The cookies are buttery and super fluffy; and they are only $ 7ish for a pound. Don’t worry about the freshness of the cookies even though there are mountainous. They bake twice a week! Their steamed rice cakes are freshly made each day; and they sold out fast. It is made with rice flour and sugar. The cake is sweet, soft and light. Authentic one has holes and special pattern inside, and Red House does make the best rice cake that brings back childhood memories! The boss is very nice and friendly. Attentive service!

One the best bakeries I’ve found to date! All their buns are super inexpensive, and they even have mini versions of typical buns like sausage and pineapple ones, and those are 3 for $ 1 — definitely an amazing deal!
Their egg tarts are perfectly made, especially if you catch them fresh out of the oven, they’re even better. Only minor issue is that they use a flaky sort of crust, instead of the cookie kind I prefer, but either way, still amazing! They also have a wide assortment of cookies (some chocolate chip, some almonds, etc), and they are all honestly delicious and perfect for snacking on. They sell them in terms of quarter/​half/​3 quarter/​full pounds.
I love their tarts the most though — for $ 1.2 per piece, the quality of desserts they give is phenomenal. They usually have the chesnut, fruit and jello ones in stock and I tend to prefer the first two. They also have cakes and you can buy the full cake or by the slice. Those tend to be a little more than $ 2 per slice though. Note though, if you buy more than 6 items (buns or tarts), I do believe it is tax-​free!
Overall, great bakery and I definitely do go out of my way to visit this place fairly often!

I stumbled upon this small bakery when I was looking for another restaurant and decided to check it out first.
It’s your typical Hong Kong styled bakery with goods like BBQ buns, pineapple buns, egg tarts, along cookies etc. You get the point.
Pineapple buns: I got two of these, one to dine in and one to-​go. As I took the first bite, I was surprised that it was still a bit warm (lucky me!) and the bun was incredibly soft. And I loved the top crispy part of their pineapple bun. It was just perfect! Definitely worth a try. Just a tip, if it’s only packed in a plastic bag and not a box, you want to be careful not to squish it.
Hong Kong styled hot milk tea: I’m not very experienced with these to tell you if it’s amazing or decent or very authentic. But aside from that, the tea was flavorful and strong along with the creamy-​ness of the milk.
Overall, I would definitely drop by for their pineapple buns and hk styled milk tea if I am ever in the area. I gave it four stars since I’ve only tried two of their items so far.

When I walked into Red House Bakery, the first thing that caught my eyes are the whole display cabinet full of COOKIES! Those sinfully butter cookies that tastes so good and so bad for you at the same time.
With super will power and restrain, I just get one of those flaky shell egg tart… and a HK milk tea (½ sugar please). The egg tart has this dark yellowish colour… and yes tons of egg custard flavour without being too sweet. It went well with my strong milk tea, which has an bolder tea taste than others.
BTW, if you get 6 items then is taxes free plus 10% off, and make sure you don’t ask to be packed individually in plastic bag, if so, no discount.

I think they put crack in these cookies.
Whatever it is, the bakers at Red House Bakery have me eating their cookies for breakfast, in between meals and even before bed, until every last one is GONE. I’ll admit, often times, I’m actually the person that’s eating the last of these. I refuse to buy these for myself because if my greed went unchecked, I’d actually sit there and eat the whole box. In fact, I don’t even buy them; my grandmother keeps picking up a box of them and leaving them on the dining table. I’d be ashamed to know what the true grandmother: me consumption ratio actually is …
These butter cookies are sold by the pound, and although they’ve jacked up the prices over the years, now at $ 7.99 per pound, we still keep coming back for more. For more perfectly-​textured pieces of heaven, that crumble delicately in your mouth.
Make sure you try the Hong Kong-​style milk tea too!

This Hong Kong style Bakery near Midland ave and Sheppard ave had it’s SHARE of business this Labour Day as over the 15 minutes I was there they had non-​stop patrons coming in and out getting an assortment of Buns, Cookies, Tarts, Cakes, etc…
The first thing I noticed was the sign out front near the doorway that said MILK TEA sourced from China Tea House. I went inside and saw packages of the Tea (½ lb/​$ 7.00, 1 lb/​$ 13.00) available for resale, which is COOL because I haven’t seen any other place offer HK Milk Tea Leafs for retail purchasing. As my search for Milk Tea continues I noticed the address of China Tea House (8601 Warden Ave. Markham).
I got an EGG Tart ($ 0.60) and a Milk Tea ($ 1.20) and grabbed one of the 4 seats from the 2 tables. Egg Tart was still warm and delicious and Milk Tea had good flavour and a bit sweet which the woman asked if I wanted, yup. A good afternoon treat completed for a hard Labour Day’s work well done. *Pat myself on the back*