Mei Lai Wah. 美麗華 An old-school coffeeshop with grandfatherly types manning the hectic counter. The roast pork buns here are especially popular among Filipinos who hear about this place through word of mouth.
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Ho Won Bake Shop. 好旺. recently renovated, good roast pork buns.
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Hop Shing/Chatham Restaurant. 合誠. The place for roast pork buns with extra gravy in them, along with cantonese dim-sum.
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- NYC Coffee Shops -
Dunkin Donuts
42 Mulberry St
212-374-9294
coffee and donuts
Hip Cup Cafe
225 Park Row
212-227-8870
just coffee
Ho Won Bake Shoppe
146 Hester St
212-966-5626
good roast pork buns
Hop Shing/Chatham Restaurant
9 Chatham Sq
212-267-0220
good roast pork buns
Kam Hing Coffee Shop
119 Baxter St
212-925-0425
Kai Yue Coffee Shop
26 Eldridge St
212-965-0176
coffee shop
Mee Sun Cafe
26 Pell St
212-962-9934
Mei Lai Wah Coffee House
64 Bayard St
212-925-5435
good roast pork buns
New South Wind
21 Division St
212-966-4116
dried shrimp rice crepes
Roasting Plant
81 Orchard St
212-775-7755
futuristic-looking automated coffee shop
Starbucks
241 Canal St
212-219-2725
coffee and pastries
Sun Hop Shing Tea House
21 Mott St
212-267-2729
W.Z.M Bakery
33 Catherine St
212-566-8383
bakery, buns, and stuff
- Casual Tea/Coffee Cafes -
Big Apple Tea House
22D Howard St
212-941-7987
gourmet tea, and internet cafe
Fusion Crepes
125 Bowery
212-966-2266
french, asian, american flavored crepes
Green Tea Cafe
45 Mott St
212-693-2888
bubble tea cafe
Hong Kong Cafe
28 Canal St
212-587-8888
bakery, hk style milk tea, congee, ovaltine
Hong Kong Station
128 Hester St
212-966-9383
hk style cafe, milk tea, toast, noodles
Hong Kong Station
43 Bayard St
Kobma Restaurant
23 Pell St
212-406-4259
hk style cafe, sandwiches, rice
LV Cafe
154 Mott St
212-925-8118
malaysian, bubble tea
M Star Cafe
19 Division St
212-966-8988
hk style cafe, milk tea, toast, coca cola w/ ginger
