Hei Lee Bakery

Hei Lee Bakery is often overshadowed by the tourist-packed Jenny’s Bakery located right next to it, but locals know Hei Lee offers some of the best traditional Cantonese baked goods in the city, especially their buttery, shortbread cookies. Instead of using machinery, Hei Lee’s pastry chefs persist in doing everything by hand, from kneading the dough to hand-cutting the identically-sized cookies. The bakery also uses the finest ingredients such as cashews from India, cranberries from Wisconsin and fresh butter from New Zealand to keep the cookies’ texture perfectly tender and crumbly. There are a wide range of popular flavours to choose from – black sesame, pandan, cranberry, and deep coffee-flavoured ones that are a must-get.