Double Crispy Bakery

Worker giving so much attitude, no idea why. Not going to go back any more. Bread didn’t taste good anyway.

I think this bakery is one of the most underrated bakeries in Chinatown. This place produces the fluffiest bread I’ve had. A downside is that they don’t speak much English… and are very asian… so when you’re pointing out which pastries you want and you’re not efficient… you begin to feel as if you’re a nuisance and being judged… Other than that, I really enjoy going home with the sweet potato bun, custard bun, taro bun, and honey cake!

Best Portuguese egg tart I’ve had in NYC. Super-​flakey crust and a firm custard that’s perfectly sweet and melts in your mouth. (No picture cuz it was so good I ate it before any photo could be taken.) Bought a package of butter walnut cookies, too, and they are delicious. Perfect with a cup of freshly-​pressed black coffee.

As usual of lovely Chinese bakeries, the prices are amazing, and the bread is delicious. I stopped by for the sweet bread, pork bun, and hot dog bun. As an avid Asian bread-​eater, everything tasted delicious. The pork bun actually felt fresh with the pork and the crunch of the onions. It didn’t feel so processed or gross as it might at times. The bread is soft but still chewy and has a subtle sweetness that I enjoy. The service is okay. Someone is always there to help bag bread for people, but they are just kind of there. I would come back for the bread.

EGG TARTS! After having hot pot in China town, I was craving some good bakery desserts. More specifically, I was on the hunt for dan tats and polo baos. Unfortunately I couldn’t find polo baos anywhere and double crispy bakery was the only bakery around that had egg tarts. I was a little dissapointed at first but oh man was I wrong. The egg tarts here are freaking awesome. Crunchy crust on the outside, fluffy warm goodness on the inside. Not too sweet but tasty and flavorful filling. Pretty cheap as well. Thank god I don’t live close by because I’d be getting these tarts everyday. Will be back!

The best Portuguese egg tart that I have ever had in Manhattan. They are always hot and fresh. It is not overly sweet. At only $ 1.10 each you can’t beat the price. It used to be less than a $ 1 and the extra 10 cents makes it annoying if you don’t have coins but I make sure I have extra change so I can come get one or maybe two or even three… MUST TRY!

They have great egg tarts here, a good selection of fresh pastries, and an area to sit if it’s not too busy.

I like their products. However, they are not good in making red bean drink. I would just go for coffee or tea. I’m sure you’re not going to like everything they make but so far, everything I’ve tried were good.

Prices are beyond reasonable, nice no frills bakery. That little Red bean pancake was my obsession for a while. Something about red bean and that greasy chewy texture of rice dough

Came here specifically for the Portuguese egg tarts. I wasn’t lucky enough to catch them fresh out of the oven, so I settled for a lukewarm tart. The custard filling was soft and pudding-​like, though the brûléed top wasn’t crisp. I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt that the warm tarts would be better.

Overall, I was rather unimpressed by their buns. Having tried their egg tarts during my first visit a while ago and finding them satisfying, I had high hopes when I decided to try their buns.
The ones that I like:
–as I have already mentioned before, their egg tarts are delicious; they have Portuguese, regular egg, and egg whites at the register and they were all really satisfying. Prices and sizes are standard
-«milk and egg» bun: I’m not quite sure why it’s called that since there’s no milk or egg inside the bun but instead a rather sweet crusty top; the bread itself is soft, although personally I would love to have some filling
–sweet potato bun: the most memorable one I had and by far my favorite one; the bun is soft and is filled to the rim; the filling is smooth and perfectly sweetened. Together it has the texture of mochi, chewy and glutinous. They somehow even manage to get some amount of sweet potato mush on the top of the bread, making it a rather nice presentation
Anything else:
custard bun: bread is dry; didn’t get to the filling until half way done with the bun
baked char siu bun: very little filling (only the bottom ¹⁄₃ or upper is filled; mostly onions, very little meat; but if you dig onions, they are fresh and crunchy)
Taiwanese pineapple bun: I don’t see anything taiwanese about it; it resembles a pineapple bun with some raisins on top, but instead of having butter crust, it is laid with condensed-​milk crust; it doesn’t have any filling, although it would be nice to have some
Service:
Typical Chinatown service, you know what it is

Coffee cake and chocolate cake I did not expect to be good for $ 1.10 each, boy I was wrong!!!
We are picking up some other pastries from Little Italy café for $ 5 or more which was stale had to throw away I would go back to this little Chinese bakery.

Did someone say Portugese Egg Tarts? I’m drooling already…
I’ve came here numerous times for the Portugese Egg Tarts, and they are so good. Especially when they come right out of the oven and they’re warm enough to bite into. The egg is fluffy and the flaky crust is so delicate that it melts in your mouth. This place has my vote for the best Portugese Egg Tarts, hands down.

Friendly girl stocking shelves informed me that some of the items I’d read about either weren’t available that day or were no longer made. Opted instead for a quite-​good egg custard rather than the steamed buns or the donut on a stick with sugar.

I was craving a specific Asian dessert, rice ball stuffed with candied peanuts, covered in shredded coconut.
It was alright here. Not amazing nor terrible. I’d return again if it was on my way to my destination.

DOUBLE UNLUCKY
My pitiful fried fish bun,
He’s been so utterly sad.
Ashamed his bread had gone stale,
And without any toppings to make him rad.
Their goopy chicken pot pie,
The size of an egg custard tart,
Holding bits of subpar meat,
Did very little to move my foodie heart.
For pillowy buns and darling cakes,
No longer shall I return here,
Down the street are they baked with love,
And located just as near.

What? Only 3.5 stars? This place deserves way more!
I fell to the marketing gimic of its Chinese signboard where loosely translated: means King of Egg Tarts. (And I was still telling my boyfriend to stop falling for such sign boards a few minutes ago…)
I do agree with other Unilocalers that the service is horrible for non-​Cantonese/​Mandarin speaking people. My Cantonese is very very very limited as well, so I basically pointed to everything I wanted. I had the Pork Floss Buns (which were amazing) for 90cents and Egg tarts for 90 cents. The egg tarts were the best I have ever tasted! Having lived in San Francisco area for the past few years, I have ready access to delicious egg tarts but this topped all of them. The crust was flaky and light, while the center custard filling was soft yet perfectly rich. I wanted to get more but was reminded of my new year’s resolution of eating less sweet things.
I also had the steamed egg sponge cake for $ 1. They are yellow fluffy spongy cakes made of egg. Location: When you walk to the store, it is on your left and wrapped in clear plastic bag. I wished I did a better job describing it but that was totally delicious. It was soft and sweet and satisfied all my cravings!

The service is horrible here especially for non speaking Chinese people. Everytime I come in here, they give me a hard time. I came here bcs its so close to my job. For convenience. They complain in their own language. Very rude people. I stopped coming here for a while bcs of their horrible service. I ended up going somewhere a block away in Chinatown that had very nice service. I just came in today to buy hot tea and sit inside for a little bcs I was waiting for my job bldg to open and it was too freezing to wait outside.
I’m never going back to this pl! Even if it means standing in the freezing cold!

I love this bakery. So many choices and they all look so good!
Today I went the simple route, the Butterfly Cookie ($ 1). Excellent choice, a flaky pastry that’s light and crispy but oh so sweet, loved it. (See photo) They have a huge display case of buns and pastries on the left-​hand side as you walk in, I saw lots of good buns to try. I’ll definitely be back to explore this place further.
One exception, there was a bun in the display case called the «Bug Bun» I think I’ll avoid that one.
Two thumbs up from me on the Double Crispy. Enjoy!

Finally a bakery in NYC that sells pineapple bread thats comparable to home!
Point to the buns you want to order and the lady bags them for you
I’ve had both the pineapple bun with custard & the pineapple bun with red bean filling! Both were yummy! flaky pineapple topping, soft bread, & a good amount of filling
Each one is just 90 cents too HORRAY