Lung Moon Bakery

Very nice owner, delicious egg tarts and HOMEMADE moon cakes! The big bakeries (Taipan, Fay da) just import their mooncakes, and these are the best freshly baked mooncakes I have found. They have traditional (lotus seed, red bean) and «modern» flavors too (green tea). The green tea mooncake is my favorite!

Last time we visited NYC, we stopped by this Chinatown bakery and we were very happy with our visit. I got a few of the egg custards, which are very traditional and they were a bit warm, like they are supposed to be. Besides these delicacies, they had many types of cakes, buns, pastries, etc.
I got the curry beef pasty and a lemon cake, both were excellent. The curry beef filling was spicy and warm without being too much. They are kept in a warming case, so they are always at the perfect serving temperature. The prices are reasonably cheap and they staff is prompt and helpful. I don’t think they speak too much English, so they might be a bit shy with customers that only speak English.

Had to come here as an egg tart lover. They are so fresh and warm and flaky… At a really good price of $ 0.90!!! We ordered two dozen to take home to Atlanta. I wish we had bakeries like this!
Only cons are that is cash only and there is no place to sit to eat, so it’s a strictly order and go place like many of the other china town shops. However for the price and quality, I’m willing to sacrifice comfort.

Really good egg tart!

An excellent bakery. The staff is the usual gamut from surely to nice old woman behind the counter. Pick your day. The bakery makes wonderful pastries and mooncakes (seasonal). I really like the mini mooncakes as it is just bite size. The prices are cheap here and the smell is always makes your stomach buy more than intended. It has been the go to place recently for my bake good needs.

Tiny, authentic bakery. It’s a cramped store, but everything is super cheap so it’s totally worth it. I came here and got fresh out of the oven moon cakes for the moon festival, made me feel like I was back in Asia.

Happy Mid-​Autumn Festival-​celebrating w/​White Lotus Seed Paste (double-​yolk) mooncake!
This rating & UPDATE is just for the mooncakes…
We got gypped w/​a 1-​yolk mooncake. On top of that, both melon & white lotus cakes were definitely not up to par of Mom & family’s standards. Sticking to traditional Maxim-​brand mooncakes from now on.

Ugh. My friends and I were on the hunt for egg tarts and ended up coming here for what tastes like scrambled eggs in a pie crust. Great for those of you who really like the flavor of eggs and the thought of eating eggs for dessert.

EGG TARTS (and moon cakes because ’tis the season). They are good! If you eat alot of egg tarts, know that the crust on these is not the flaky kind with layered pastry dough, it’s a little more crumbly, kind of like a regular pie crust. Can’t beat the price so ¹⁰⁄₁₀ would do it again since manhattan charges you an arm and a leg to just exist. They raised the price of egg tarts to 90 cents and lotus moon cake was 3.50 which was aiite. Cash only!

The best egg tarts in Chinatown! They are always fresh and sell fast, so they’re warm every time I get them. The crust is flaky and the custard is just the right sweetness with the perfect consistency — soft, smooth, and rich. I come here at least once a week and I have no regrets.

Completely gross. I bought 4 bean buns, sesame seed balls, and egg tarts from here. The sesame balls seemed like yesterday night’s leftover goods that were refried the next morning for resale. What bakery in their right mind does this crap?!? Don’t be cheap asses. THROW old stuff away like all the other legitimate bakeries. Fresh baked goods should always be fresh baked. The sesame balls were leaking oil from sitting around in old grease and then being twice fried. It was also burnt and tasted like charcoal. Look at the disgusting photos I took. There are plenty of other bakeries within blocks.

Listen people… Listen…
I LOVE RED BEAN… I never had black bean until I came here and holy shit… Now I am a fan.
My girlfriend told me to get a black bean pastry, i dont remember the name but it was like a crusty delicious and small, black bean pastry.
The crustiness, the thickness of the black bean, everything was delicious.
I had to buy TWO… TWO I SAID!
People come over.

Good, yummy desserts.
I am so happy I decided to give this bakery a try. This bakery is small, but they have tons of goods here. What I like most about this place, is they have a wide variety of traditional pastries and cream cake rolls, as well as harder to find pastries.
I ended up going home with the following:
–Banana Rolls with Red Bean filling: these rolls made with glutinous rice were really, really good. Most banana rolls I’ve eaten are plain banana flavor, so the red bean filling was an extra special treat. And I could be wrong, but I think the traditional way of making these rolls is with the red bean filling. Also, I loved that these were gooey, but not too sticky. I really am so happy they sell these here. I grew up eating banana rolls and they are hard to find nowadays. These may actually be the best I’ve had (and that includes the bakeries I frequented in San Francisco, CA).
–White Sugar Sponge Cakes: though this dessert isn’t necessarily hard to find, as they are found in most dim sum houses, it is hard to find them made right. And this place does it right. I loved how spongy, moist, and soft the cake was. And, I loved that it did not have that slightly sour taste, as most places have the tendency to do.
–Brown Sugar Sponge Cake: I’m assuming this is supposed to be similar to the white sugar sponge cakes, but it was not even close. Though shaped the same, and I assume made the same, it did not taste good at all. The taste was weird and hard to describe. $ 1.20 for a piece as large as my hand.
–Black Bean Pattie: the best way to describe this dessert, is that it most resembles a flattened sesame ball (without the sesame), and is slightly pan fried vs. deep fried. It was good. Not too sweet. $ 1.25 for a bag of three.
–Mini Wife Cake/​Sweetheart Ball (???): I’m not sure what this is called actually. I was interested in buying the regular wife cakes, but they only sell them in a pack of five for $ 2.75. Because it would be just myself eating them, I didn’t want to get an entire pack. The lady working behind the counter suggested I get this flakey, ball thing as it had the same filling. Either way, I didn’t like it. The filling was too wet and gooey. I couldn’t taste the winter melon at all. This little pastry was either $ 0.70 or $ 0.80.
–Pineapple bun: I’m not sure how I feel about this bun. Loved the outer crust; probably one of the best crusts I’ve ever had. It is nicely sweetened, but it is also crispy and flaky; almost like it is a thin layer of cookie on the bun. However, the bun itself was too dry. But I will most likely be back for more as that crust is the best.
–Pineapple bun with coconut filling: like the plain bun, it has a great crust. The coconut filling was a bit too coconut-​y to me, but still good.
–Pineapple bun with milk cream filling: good. The crust is like the original, but with the milk cream filling. Not too sweet.
–Hopia (mung bean) cake: not my favorite. My husband likes the Filipino version of hopia, and was hoping this would be similar. This hopia has a salty taste to it, though most hopia he’s had is sweet. Though their was a good amount of filling, and the cake was moist and soft, I couldn’t get into it. Neither could my husband. My toddler liked it and at an entire one. $ 2.75 for a pack of 5.
I didn’t purchase any this time, but it looks like they carry moon cakes and Chinese New Year Cakes (aka nian gao aka tikoy) all year round.
The ladies working the counter were super friendly and nice. They could tell I was struggling with my Chinese and didn’t once make fun of me in front of my face.
Even though this place is on the smaller side, if you can come at the right time, it could easily fit a stroller and/​or wheelchair. Although, their is a single step you’ll have to deal with. They sell pastries, so it’s kid friendly.
This is a take out and cash only establishment.
LPT: if you’re into sweetheart/​wife cakes, I recommend getting them at Chiu Hong Bakery on Mott Street. You can actually see and taste the winter melon, it’s not too sweet, has a nice texture, and sells for only $ 0.80 a cake.

The best bakery in Chinatown!
The best egg custards as well!
Actually everything from their pork buns to angel food cakes is just delish! And the prices are still low for great quality baked goods. The staff is friendly, and can understand English. They’re not rude like most establishments here; but then again you go to Chinatown for tasty eats. Even with rude service you get over it quickly once you have some yummyness pass through your taste buds. I rarely give 5 Stars but Lung Moon deserves it for the quality, service & price. Highly recommended! Forgo the chain bakeries and trendy ones popping up and support this small shop bakery!

Okay, I finally got off my lazy butt and actually went to this bakery instead of just making my husband go for me. And it was totally worth it.
Warm egg custard tarts, yum!
Moon cake sold ALL YEAR ROUND. Fan-​freaking-​tastic. I love mooncake. And their lotus paste with two egg yolks version is delicious. Four of these mooncakes cost $ 19, and that includes the nice metal tin. You normally can’t find this in the middle of «spring» (um, it’s still freezing outside, I’m not taking the quotation marks off of the word spring until there are flowers outside and I can put away my puffy winter coat), but this place sells it even when it’s not the Autumn Festival. That makes them excellent. They also have other flavors, including the delicious «mixed nuts and ham» (Tap Cam if you’re Vietnamese), however they don’t make a version of the mixed nuts moon cake with egg yolks :(
That’s okay though; they’re inexpensive, you don’t need to speak any Chinese dialects, and they’re nice.
I’ll be back!

Mooncakes and tikoy! I seeked out this Chinese bakery after reading that they make Chinese new year cakes (nian gao). I haven’t had them in years so I was really happy to find a bakery that makes them. I bought one large tin as well as moon cakes and cooked them at home. It was so good! I will definitely be coming back to satisfy my cravings!

I had to update that they raised the price of the egg tarts from 70 cents to 90 cents but still hell of a bargain! Stopped by today and the quality is still top. Highly recommended to get your egg tart fix.

I love bakeries that you can actually see trays of baked goods coming straight out of the oven in the back of the store. It was almost a shame that they were hardened so quickly by the cold wind being let in from all the patrons (who obviously know how good this bakery is) coming and going.
I got greedy and bought too much.
2 sweet sticky rice balls
a bag of 6 vegetable and pork buns
a bag of 6 cha shao buns
lotus and egg moon cake
2 egg tarts
1 sponge cake
(All came out under $ 20)
So far, I’ve only had the egg tart, but it was GOOD. I heated it up in the microwave a tad bit when I got home, put it back in its aluminum cup, and spooned it out little by little to savor each bite. The creamy egg center had just the right amount of sweetness and the pastry didn’t taste oily at all as some egg tarts do.
The lady who served us was so sweet. She suggested the egg tart to us and said these are what the bakery is known for.
It is close to Chinese new year, so the store also had a lot of different traditional treats, such as nian gao.
Bottom line: plenty of options, sufficient space to move around, yummy carbs.
The treats are so yummy that my $ 65 parking ticket was worth it. =)

One of many tasty and cheap Chinese bakeries in the area. This is a great choice if you’re getting a bunch of stuff to bring home. Not a great place if you want to linger and chat over a snack as there is no seating and the place is tiny. Also I’m pretty sure that they are cash only so make sure you come prepared!
As for their baked goodies — delish. My favorites are the egg tarts and sponge cake. My usual favorite is the pineapple bun but I think there are other spots in Chinatown that do this one better. I was too transfixed by the food to notice their beverage selection, but I’m definitely going to go back for a Hong Kong tea based on some of the glowing reviews.
I’ve also grown used to the snappy, borderline cranky service I get from cheap and fast places like this in the neighborhood, but I was pleasantly surprised at how nice the man behind the counter was I was browsing and choosing. I left with a smile and not just because I was carrying a bag chock full of yumminess!

To DIE for egg tarts for .80 — that is ALL you need to know.
That and their Hong Kong tea is delicious.
It a just tea cooked in with milk to get it to a creamy taste almost– and then sweetened.