Chiu Hong Bakery

Chiu Hong Bakery is an old time Cantonese bakery in Chinatown, one of the last of its kind. It's a low-key, no-frills community shop, a Chinatown OG that's been in the area for over four decades. It's filled with the local elderly crowd who like to read the newspaper over a cup of tea or chat with their friends. Here you can buy a bunch of buns and mochi balls for only $1.50 each. The prices at this old school bakery are considerably low. They sell perhaps the best mochi balls in NYC! You can choose between red bean or peanut mochi balls, two for $1.50. They're soft, gooey, chewy, fresh, and not too sweet. Sounds kind of funny, but it always feels really nice to sink my teeth into them. I really like the texture in the peanut mochi balls because the peanuts inside are crunchy with sugar, the outer layer has shredded coconut, and the mochi part is very soft, chewy, and stretchy - so it's like a whole medley of textures. Cash only! Chiu Hong Bakery(161 Mott St, New York, NY 10013)Open daily 7am-7pmWhat we ordered:$1.50 (2) mochi balls$1.50 coconut tart $1.50 egg tart$1.50 coconut bun $1.50 milk tea

Came here because I heard they have the best handmade chinese mochi in the city, and I was skeptical, but this place is a hidden gem for sure. Having grown up eating this kind of mochi in my chinese family, I knew I was in for a treat when I walked in and saw that this was a very no-frills, community bakery for the elders of Chinatown. The service of course was authentic, too, and I got 2 mochi (one of each kind - peanut and red bean filling) for $3. Took it for a solo picnic and bit into the softest, stretchiest, freshest chinese mochi I've had to date. This place is DEF one of my favorite finds all year and I would go back in a heartbeat. I want to try their other items now, too, to see if they match in quality. But I'll brush up on my chinese a bit beforehand haha.

Definitely a hidden gem! The bakery with filled with lots of old grandpas and grandmas! That's how you know it's good, just kidding but it was good. I ordered the two mochi for $1.50. There's two flavors: peanut and red bean. The peanut is definitely the superior one. I tried the red bean one fresh and the mochi skin is so so soft. The red bean filling was just okay though. Nothing special, barely noticed it. But the peanut mochi was amazing. I had it hours later, skin was still so so soft. I enjoyed the peanut filling. There were small pieces of peanuts inside and maybe some sugar. Overall: definitely try out their mochis! So soft, affordable, and delicious.

What a gem! I've walked past this place probably hundreds of times and never thought to look past its slightly dusty windows. My loss. However, recently I read that they have delicious mochi, and I decided to wander inside. Truly, the mochi live up to the recommendation--and at a unbeatable prices. They offer two flavors, peanut and red bean, two for $1.25. They are on the smaller size, but you really don't need much to enjoy the richness. They were perfectly soft and gooey, with just the right amount of sweet but not too sweet filling, and oh-so-soft sweet rice, and shredded coconut on the outside. Superb!I also tried what appeared to be a challah-like braided bread for $1.75. This was so light and fluffy, but sweeter than a typical challah. Very well-priced for such an airy loaf!One of the workers was so kind in offering a free egg tart for my son, who was getting fussy while I was perusing the selection. The staff really are wonderfully kind and patient. Not the best egg tart in Chinatown since it has a hard rather than flaky crust--but still delicious custard filling. This bakery is definitely worth many more return trips, especially for the mochi, especially if you're a mochi lover like me!

Great old-style bakery along a stretch of Mott that's seeing lotsa changes. This was my first time here and there was so much to choose from...so, I got 1 pineapple roll and 2 coconut egg tarts. They were both delicious and tasted so good! I hope to return sometime soon to try their other offerings...

My mom has been buying moon cakes from here every year for the longest time. They're consistent with the quality and offer many traditional flavors. You get to mix and match (4 per box) or you can buy individually. As for their non -moon cake products... they don't have many bread/pastry variety, unless it's just like that during mooncake season

Came here a couple times in the past few weeks, each time I got there late afternoon/early evening so their famous mochi balls were sold out already but I got a couple of the Chinese pastries with a flaky exterior and lotus seed or red bean paste filling. Was very pleased with these, the flaky pastry was perfectly reminiscent of the ones I grew up eating, with a shell that is light and slightly savory and a bit on the drier side to complement the generous amount of filling inside. Their moon cakes also look good, and though I haven't had the occasion to buy an entire moon cake yet, I plan to try these in the future. As others have mentioned this is an old school spot so don't expect much in terms of decor. The space itself is pretty good-sized for a bakery, with a few larger round tables set up with chairs, though due to covid I haven't seen more than a couple other people in the shop around late afternoon time. That being said I thought the service is pretty cordial, no frills but sufficiently pleasant. Covid-relevant notes: Staff wears masks and pastries are handled tongs and placed directly into wax paper baggies. All the pastries are inside glass pastry displays and a clear plastic tarp between the display and the ceiling is set up to run most of the distance above the display cases.

This is a review for their deep fried dumplings 角仔， which is a traditional Chinese New Year food. Recommended by foodies online, I went and got a box of it for $11. It is an old fashion Chinese bakery. It looks like a hole in the wall with minimal decorations. Prices are cheap for bakery items but I didn't try anything else. The man, I believe he was the owner was friendly. The deep fried dumplings was generous in portion. It had a flaky shell and crunchy filling including peanut , sugar. Definitely will return for their fried dumplings again and may also try other items.

Always good n fun to explore those tiny little bakery shops in chinatown. This time, it's Chiu Hong bakery. Place is out of the normal chinatown range and the street is overwhelmed by urban yard and other new comes in chinatown. But that doesn't stop they great some delicious Chinese bakeries. You can order breakfast, noon cake pork bun and all the traditional bakeries here. Don't be afraid of the dark light here. The owner is very nice and patiently awaiting u to order ur food. Cash onlyOverall: 5 stars and Support local business

Consistently good each and every time! One of the original bakeries in China town. I usually stock up on their Mochis, egg tarts, coconut tart, sesame balls and buns. They are honest and products and yummy and cheap! Just went there yesterday again and I realized I have never put a review here yet so here I go!