Name(English): Ki Tsui Cake Shop
Name (Chinese): 奇趣餅家
Category: Food and Beverage
Phone Number: +852 23941727
Address(English): G/F, 135 Fa Yuen Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon
Address(Chinese): 旺角花園街135號地下
Address Google Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/KNuMGFYbsYUhC24a7
Address longitude and latitude: 22.321678670441276, 114.17063907038634
Nearest MTR Station: Mong Kok MTR station Exit B3
Nearest MTR Station Google Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/aJy1rXwqP6JdsPWR7
Nearest MTR Station longitude and latitude: 22.320784217150226, 114.16971452436592
How far from the nearest MTR Station: 4 min walk from Mong Kok MTR station Exit B3
Opening Hours:
MON 08:00 – 20:00
TUE 08:00 – 20:00
WED 08:00 – 20:00
THU 08:00 – 20:00
FRI 08:00 – 20:00
SAT 08:00 – 20:00
SUN 08:00 – 20:00
Budget (per person): HKD30
Recommended Time to Visit: Any opening time
Recommended Food/Drinks: Wife cake, egg tart, Mor Lor So, Gai Jai Beng
Accessibility Note: Easy access
One of a handful of traditional Chinese bakeries remaining in Hong Kong, Ki Tsui doesn’t just survive but succeeds by loyally treating the people with their good old flavors for more than 30 years.
The shop is almost hidden by the tacky teen fashion in the area and street stalls on Fa Yuen Street, Mong Kok. But once you get close to it, you will be attracted by the crowd outside the shop, the buzzing tungsten lightbulbs, and, of course, the aroma of the pastries.
Since opening in 1984, the bakery has been focusing on only traditional Chinese pastries such as wife cakes, Gai Jai Beng “chicken biscuits”, walnut cookies, and so on. Even the business had been taken over by William Cheung, the second generation of the owner’s family, everything continues to stick to its old ways- traditional Chinese pastries made of only flour, sugar, lard, and oil, by hand.
Everything they make is without a doubt great. So just point at whatever connects with your instinct. For more complex flavor, Gai Jai Beng, a.k.a “chicken biscuits” with no chicken are a perfect little nibble of savory and chewy bread.
The shop has no intention at all to bake up gimmicky new creations nor to scale up, since William knows the tradition and the quality of the products are the key of its success. “The process is part of the pastry,” he says. “You know this is made by hand because it’s crooked. You can see the filling peeking through the walls. It gives us a sense of humanness.”
“If it’s not broke, why fix it?” he says.
He’s proven right- Last year, he and the shop were featured in Restaurants on the Edge on Netflix as an successful example.
Today, you can get to taste Ki Tsui’s iconic baked treats when you are onboard Hong Kong Airlines planes. Or you may find it on online platform Ztore. But what’s better than having a bite of the fresh treats right at the shop yourself?
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