Wei Hong Bakery

Always fresh baked goods. The bbq rolls are great. I also love the coconut rolls. The duck is amazing. They have the sweetest fresh baked rolls too. I have never had anything that wasn’t delicious here. Stop in early (by 10am) and you’ll get the baked goods fresh from the oven.

where do i start with this review!!! I’ve been here multiple times… every time the peaking duck has been super delicious and flavorful! this past time. not so much, i should of known just by looking at the color of the duck. it seemed like it lacked in flavor and it did. They had some roasted pig out and it looked really fresh and good! so we decided to get some! I’m not a huge fan of roasted pig in the STL area because i’ve had it in Canada and ATL (which is by far the best ever) so it’s hard to find a super good place that makes it right. Whenever I’m here I usually order the pork buns and other pastries depending on what they have. Everything is always good! and that’s what makes me want to return. This past visit… will make me rethink on when I want to return again. the lady try to upsell us. we wanted 3lbs of roasted pig and she didn’t want to chop up the entire chunk so she was trying to sell us almost 6lbs. We told her it was too much since we ordered a couple ducks too. after going back and forth a couple times, she finally took her butcher knife and chopped off a portion… we still ended up with almost 4lbs but it was whatever at that point. but that’s not the reason why i may not return anytime soon… we saw the guy chopping up some roasted pig and some fell on the ground. we saw him pick it right back up and back into the pile… disgusting. i mean i can’t imagine what else is done in there. i’m sure it happens at a lot of restaurants but we happened to witnessed it… such a shame.

Run, don’t walk to Wei Hong Bakery! The bakery offers Chinese baked buns (sadly, no steamed pork buns only baked), egg custard tarts, cookies, roast duck and pig, chow fun, and many other tasty foods. They also have cold beverages available and a bar-​top along the window in case you want to eat there.
The pork mixture in the chasou bao and the lap cheong in the hard-​boiled egg/​sausage buns are a little drier then what I grew up eating (I’m Chinese-​Hawaiian and grew up eating manapua in Hawaii and California), but still very tasty and the only Chinese bakery I recommend in Saint Louis.
When my family comes to town, we always make a field trip (usually two or three) to this bakery.
As a quick aside, a few years ago a colleague who lived in Malaysia for many years and I each declared that we knew the best Chinese bakery in the area. He claimed the best Chinese bakery was located on South Grand and I was sure the best one was on Olive. After much debate we discovered that — you guessed it — they are run by different members of the same family. So it seems we were both correct.

A trip to st louis is not complete unless we stop here to get egg tarts (which run out fast), curry buns, coconut buns, sponge cakes and more. The problem is getting here early enough. They also have roasted duck, pork and chicken available.

We went ot Wei Hong Bakery a couple of weeks ago. We were really looking for some «Egg Tarts». We had been in Chicago a few months back and had them for the first time in Chinatown.
This little bakery sits next to the restaurant of the same name. Definitely Chinese owned and run. We walked in to a very small and unassuming basic storefront, there was a line already with a large glass cabinet of baked goods. We were there for a while waiting on the Egg Tarts to be finished and so we saw a lot of traffic come and go. It looks like a local favorite to me.
There was a guy in one station doing nothing but chopping up «to go» orders of roast duck! I mean he must have made 20 orders while we were there. It must be good. I will go back and try that next time.
Egg Tarts were good, maybe not as good as Chinatown in Chicago but it may just be personal taste. Very friendly people and a thriving business. We will have to try the restaurant too.

it was lunch time. i was hungry. i promised my friends we’d go check out some asian bakeries. this was one of the ones on the list.
I knew they made egg tarts. I thought the egg tarts were only available on weekends but it was a friday and they had egg tarts! WIN! Their egg tarts are really delicious: nice and flaky shell with a creamy custard. not the best egg tarts of my life, but definitely some of the best in st louis.
I also wanted something savory to eat for lunch. They had some funny tofu skins. I got those and started eating them as my friends were still paying for their food. It was deep fried veggie goodness. I immediately grabbed two more paper trays, handed them to my friend, and told him i’d pay him back if he bought them for me. They were THAT good.
So if you’re ever across the street at Aldi or had dimsum at weihong on olive or just driving around craving some great chinese food, hop on by this place. It shouldn’t disappoint you (unless, of course, i was just there and bought out all their egg tarts and tofu skin wraps).

I came here the other day to get my crispy pork fix (got one after watching several episodes of Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations — the episodes where he’s eating pork & lots of it). Saw the custard buns & tried them. Freaking delish! Foodgasm, foodgasm, foodgasm. Now, I realized why my Thai buddies love them a lot. Custard buns (the brown ones with a «x» or something on top of them) — my new food obsession. Thanx, Wei Hong Bakery!

I grew up coming to this bakery when they were at their other location all the way til now and it’s one of my favorite Asian bakeries in St. Louis. This place isn’t perfect; the interior is a bit dingy and seems dirty, but the baked good definitely make up for it. They have a large variety of pastries, cakes, buns, dims sum, as well as roasted pork and duck.
Some of my favorites:
–ham and egg bun (thick slices of ham and egg inside a buttery bun)
–egg tarts (sweet egg custard inside a flaky shell)
–curry beef bun
–custard bun
I highly recommend trying this place out. You will not be disappointed.

Love stopping by for red bean sesame balls or egg tarts. They make both so well, and at a great price.
The only prob is that they never have them out on time, and at certain hours they just don’t have any at all, which seriously bums me out when I’m having a craving!
But still, haven’t found a place that has perfected the egg tart (outside of SF chinatown) quite the same way…

So after coming here a couple more times, it’s really just a matter of «hey I haven’t been here in a while let’s head over» sort of thing. I still prefer the crispy skin pork at Wonton King, the Roast Duck at KC Rotisserie, and the baked goods over at J&W… but evvvvvery so often I’ll head on over here.

This bakery is fantastic. This was my first visit and I got several of the buns to take home. I was not sure if I was going to make it to my house before diving into the bag. I tried the pork bun, the coconut bun, and the bacon bun. They were all delicious. The coconut bun was more of a desert bun while the others were more savory. I really enjoyed the bbq pork bun — great for a small sandwich. Best of all are the prices. 5 buns came to just over $ 4! Can’t beat that. I am already looking forward to going back to try more selections.

I want to thank the St. Louis Unilocalers for their review of the Chinese bakeries and restaurants.
I originally plan to come in for tea but I was there at 10:15 AM. The owners told me that they were behind schedule and that tea would not be ready until 11:30 AM. I then went over to LuLu.
On my way back from LuLu, I stop by to buy the following:
–white «fat-​ko” – a sweet boiled cake that is not found in NYC except once a year at Chinese New Year (nice).
—-dunn tze – a salty glutineous rice wrap with salted pork (outstanding even by NYC standard.
–egg custard tarts (not bad)
–walnut cookies (not bad)
–wintermelon cakes (not bad)
Her sesame balls were not ready.
Her roast pork and roast pig were not ready yet.
I’m really sorry that I did not get to go to tea here.

I’m confused because the Wei Hong bakery I went to is attached to the seafood place, and it didn’t deserve the rave reviews this one has from other reviewers. Maybe it’s different?!
My mom went to the bakery on Olive and found fresh, delicious treats and since I work at UMSL, the Olive one was closer.
I went in and I wasn’t impressed by the décor, but I know that it doesn’t make or break a restaurant. Unlike the one on Grand, there was limited foods (at least that I saw) and they didn’t look appetizing at all. I played it safe and got the sausage and hot dog roll. It was fairly cheap, but I got what I paid for: meat wrapped in plain egg bread– nothing special It tasted old and it looked like it was made without any effort. I lived in Japan for 10 years, and I’ve never been unsatisied with any Asian bakeries. This was absolutely awful.
I can say I won’t be coming here ever again!

Their bakery is only satisfactory (my favorite is the eggtart btw), but what people really should try are their rice platters. Delicious and really cheap.

There are two kinds of Chinese bakeries out there.
The first type is clean and well-​lit. The buns are soft and fresh. Sweet buns are sweet, savory buns are savory. Each bun is individually wrapped in cellophane. You pick out what you want from clearly-​labeled shelves, put everything on a tray, and check out at the counter. Everything tastes great. And everything costs less than a buck.
Wei Hong Bakery is the other kind.
At Wei Hong, the lights are dim and the dude behind the counter is sketchy. Nothing’s wrapped. Everything’s stale. Your custard bun tastes like green onions (BAD TOUCH!), either because they stored them too close together or because they didn’t bother to clean out the mixer between making batches of filling. Your «sweet top bun» has a crumbly sandy non-​sweet top. Your coconut bun is too bready and has a piece of roast pork wedged in the bottom. And everything costs less than a buck.
If you like the «authenticity» of crap food, Wei Hong’s your place. If you actually want to eat something, J & W Bakery is thataway (about 4 blocks west at 8148 Olive).

I agree… Wei Hong has some yummy baked buns. It was a nice find in St. Louis. When I visited, I got some of the BBQ pork buns and taro buns. Both were really good.

This place is great, just how I like my chinese bakeries — ghetto looking! The pastries were all really fresh and full of flavor. The sesame balls were crisp on the outside and sweet & chewey on the inside. The cream buns were filled with the most wonderful cream filling (take THAT out of context!) It was sweet, but not sickly sweet. The people were actually really nice too. That kinda scares me.
A tip, please just go and buy two of everything. Nothing costs more than 70 cents anyways, so you’re looking at 8 bucks, tops. Just go, try something new and different and you’ll thank me for it.

Its slow but oh so good.

I felt like there really weren’t too many places to get good authentic Chinese baked goods (and various other treats) in St Louis, that is until I stumbled upon this little establishment.
It certainly doesn’t compare to the goods you can get in a bakery from a larger city like New York or San Francisco, however it will definitely satisfy any cravings you may have for items like BBQ Pork Buns.