Tung Hing Bakery Company

If you want a real banh mi, come here. made fresh before your eyes, on delicious freshly baked mini-​baguettes made in their own bakery. crafted by a real viet old lady. for THREE DOLLARS AND 75 CENTS. really incredible, 1 is more then enough to satiate your appetite however i find myself ordering 2 just for the hell of it! go there now

Having been to some of the best chinese bakeries in the world including Hong Kong, New York and San Francisco, I liked this bakery. Their Loh Mai Chi was pretty good — just a bit on the thick side — glutinous rice ball stuffed with a peanut filling (⁴⁄₅) and their durian buns are good when they are fresh out of the over (3.5÷5) — go early in the morning.
Prices are affordable. Why go to Starbucks for $ 5 when you can go here and get a bag full of buns or a sub for that price!

Veggie banh mi was awesome– packed full of pickled veggies. Regular banh mi rocked too. I tried the kind with honey chicken and didn’t really prefer it given the quality of the other sandwiches.
One thing I didn’t like about this place– they put some sort of margarine/​mayo in the banh mi. Maybe it was just the day, but there was a lot of it on my sandwiches…

Alright — so I used to go to this little bakery in Vancouver, Kingsway to exact, and load up on banh mi. Banh mi is a pretty big deal in Vancouver — people supported either Tung Hing, Ba Le or Au Petite Café. I was under the Tung Hing banner — they didn’t overstuff their banh mi like the other popular joints, but I always felt the balance of flavours was much better.
Their house special includes a slice of char siu (Chinese BBQ pork) — not traditional at all, but I like it. And you have a good balance of the traditional ingredients (Vietnamese ham, pickled daikon and carrots, cilantro, etc.). I also really like the butter and pâté they used — rich but not overstated. But the secret weapon was their in-​house baked baguette. Some people *hate* their baguette because it’s unlike your normal short, thick, flaky banh mi bun — it’s a proper baguette, with a crispy shell and chewiness. This is really what polarized people — the bread was the deal breaker.
Anyways, I was a Tung Hing regular and often got their $ 3.25 house special subs, which is relatively cheap in Vancouver.
After gorging in the usual Toronto Chinatown spots like Nguyen Huong and Ba Le 2 (not related to the Vancouver chain, AFAIK) and thoroughly enjoying the $ 2 banh mi here, I finally made my way to East Chinatown. Lo and behold, the ‘main office’ of Tung Hing is here and it was like reuniting with an old friend. Note there are actually two Tung Hings in East Chinatown about 3 blocks away from each other, one on Broadview (which looks busier and newer) and the other on Gerrard — I went to the ‘head office’ on Gerrard, it’s like travelling to Mecca for me.
The ‘Saigon special’ here is $ 2.25 and is very similar to the Vancouver banh mi I’m familiar with a few differences:
— the baguette is not as good and more like the traditional short, thick banh mi bread — still solid but not the same
— they still have the same ingredients and the lady really overstuffed my sandwich, which made it different — just jam packed with veggies, pâté and butter
— I got my subs to go — they packed my sandwiches in little branded plastic bags and they put a jalapeño pepper at the bottom — I guess it’s great to add and control your own hot pepper distribution. Some lazy ‘banh mi artist’ would just stuff one whole pepper your sub and it’ll wait for you like a spicy landmine. However, not very convenient if you’re planning to eat the sub somewhere where you don’t have a knife… or you’re a moron like me, and decide to chop the pepper then go to the washroom in a poorly executed sequence.
Overall, I like the overstuffing but really wish their had the long, chewy baguette they have in Vancouver (it’s similar to the bread they use at Ba Le 2 on Dundas) — however, same awesome pâté, butter and char siu and it’s a buck cheaper than Vancouver! Also, I really think this is my favourite banh mi joint in Toronto thusfar — only wish I didn’t live so far from East Chinatown.

BEST BANH MI. BEST DAI BAO.
Love the special and the grilled chicken. And it’s so cheap! $ 2 – 3 for one!
Love the pork dai bao. $ 1 for one.
Can it be any better? I’ve eaten these two things my entire life and this is as good as it gets. Trust me when I say everyone I bring here absolutely refuses to eat banh mi (Vietnamese sandwiches) from anywhere else!
They also sell other chinese pastries for $ 0.50-$ 1-​ish. Plus, they have cakes, bread, and even bubble tea! (I also love their $ 4 mini cakes!) Don’t miss out!

There are a lot of things that I miss about living in Toronto but one of the biggest things I miss about Toronto is Tung Hing Bakery!
My favorite thing there has to be the egg custard buns! And they warm it up for you, it’s sooo good! Another good one is the curry beef bun or the pork puff pastry for a more salty faire.
Last but not least: the Vietnamese Sandwiches. Often imitated but NEVER duplicated. It’s because of the fresh homemade butter and pâté. They just know how to do it right!
Every time I go home to Toronto, I have to pay Tung Hing a visit!

This is one of my favorite Chinese bakeries. They have a few locations in town and the ones I have been to have all offered the same quality and variety.
Their pastries are always fresh and not too dry and flaky like some Chinese pastries tend to be.
My favorite item has got to be their $ 2.50 Bahn Mi sandwiches. A great lunch option if you are in the area.