Yue Lai Bakery

137 East Broadway

New York, NY 10002

(917) 257-2263

https://www.menupix.com/nyc/restaurants/250454930/Yue-Lai-Bakery-New-York-NY

Open: Sunday-Saturday 6:00am-7:30pm

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d24850332-Reviews-Yue_Lai_Bakery-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

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Yue Lai Bakery at 137 East Broadway

I have been visiting Yue Lai Bakery for many years but recently I have been exploring the outskirts of Chinatown for my blog, ‘MywalkinManhattan.com’ and started to revisit it again. I know that Chinatown is loaded with little bakeries all over the place, but Yue Lai Bakery really stands out for selection, quality and display of their products. Their pastries are always so nicely displayed.

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The pork buns are wonderful.

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The insides are rich and sweet.

What I enjoy is the quality and the selection of their baked goods. There are always a lot of interesting buns and twists to order here. I used to come in for their Baked Pork Buns ($1.50) but the last three times I was in they were sold out. So, I ordered one of their Cream filled buns ($1.50) and it was delicious.

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The selection at Yue Lai Bakery is very extensive

The outside of the bun was baked perfectly and was soft and sweet with each bite. It was made better when you bite into the middle of the bun and taste that sweet eggy cream center. It tastes like a cross between a cream puff and cream filled doughnut.

On my second recent trip, I got there a little later in the afternoon and they were having a sale on their buns, three for $2.00 and they had a pretty large selection available.

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The Plain bun is delicious

I ordered the Plain Bun, another version of a Cream Bun where the cream was in the middle of a sweet bun with sugar on top and a Coconut Bun that almost tasted like a cream Danish.

The Plain Bun was a large round sweet bun with no filling. It was soft and chewy and the dough had a nice flavor to it. It is the perfect bun to serve with coffee and tea.

The Coconut Bun had a cream filling that tasted more like an egg custard with condensed milk and coconut milk as well. It was firmer inside than a cream bun and tasted and had the consistency of a sweet cheese Danish. It was soft and tender and well baked.

The Cream Filled Bun is a long, sweet roll that is split down the middle and filled with a type of whipped cream and then topped with a rock sugar. This bun is so much fun to bite into because you really get into the cream taste plus you have to keep wiping your mouth to enjoy the cream.

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The Cream Filled Coconut buns are delicious

It was funny when I was eating the buns in Seward Park in Chinatown because the cream got all over my mustache and someone walked by and let me know that I had to wipe my face a few times because it was all over my mustache. It is fun to eat and each bite you get the cream oozing out of the bun. It is just delicious.

The ladies that work there are also very energetic and very friendly. They make wonderful recommendations if you do not know what to order and they wrap everything up nicely (though with me it barely lasts down the block). They really have wonderful desserts.