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Quick Review of Wong Lee Bakery

Wong Lee Bakery, on 738 Jackson, is just opposite the must busier and more famous House of Dimsum, and while they do serve some dimsum, WL should really be better known for its big baos and eggtarts. 


The place is rather dark and there's often a line going in, and you have some time to look over the steam table / shelf of egg tarts (decently priced) and other items on the menu behind them. 

They are probably more famous for frozen wontons and dumplings for sale by the dozens. 

If you want to eat cheap, I recommend ordering a pound of chow fun (rice noodles) or chow mein (egg noodles). There's no meat in these, just scallions and soy sauce. As of March 2023, it's $3.70 a pound. And you should be more than half way full once you eat a pound of that. 

The other item I recommend is the "dai-bao" (lit: big bao) which is mostly chicken, but also has chinese sausage (which is pork) plus portions of an boiled egg, for a mere $2.20. So One pound of starch, 2 die-bao, and it's still under $9.  And I doubt you can eat everything in one sitting. 

This photo of menu is current as of March 2023.  And they may have more items on the glass counters on those pink paper additional signs. 

Their eggtarts are not bad, but not quite as good as the ones up at AA Bakery, IMHO. But it's also quite a bit cheaper. These are definitely better than the ones across the street at House of Dimsum though. 

So as I said, one dai-bao and one pound of chow fun or chow mein and your lunch is set. That's definitely one of the better bargains in Chinatown. You may even be done just eating the die-bao by itself, or just have two of them and no starch! 

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I've also tried "shrimp tofu". it is very oily and I don't recommend it. 

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Kasey is a professional tour guide and amateur historian who specialized in Chinatown History and Tours. You will often find him guiding groups sampling delicious food and learning interesting historical tidbits about Chinatown most weekends.

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