Kam Do Bakery

Yummy!!! just fyi, this place is CASH ONLY. glad I had cash (80 loonies) while some of the people I went with didn’t have cash but that’s fine. We got a good 3 trays of pasties and one of the girls was like to the cashier «well just get 80 loonies worth of pastries» thinking we got more than 80 loonies (that’s like $ 90 worth? what??) worth and guess what, it was only 19. hah aha hha ha… it was quite funny. the pastries were good, we were so full from lunch we didn’t want to eat a big dinner and this hit the spot. I liked the custard buns, the hom bow and I tried the sesame ball, all good. This place is pretty cheap and reasonable and pretty easy to find.

Good convenient location, especially if you take public transit.
We had our chinese wedding cakes made here in 2013 (ordered ~100) — I spoke with the owner/​manager directly about the order and when they were picked up, each were good, packaged and stamped just as I had requested.
They have buy 2 get 1 free after 8pm, but they are SUPER ANAL about it being exactly at 8pm. If you buy it at 7:59pm, nope, you won’t get the discount. If you’re hoping to come here for this special, I don’t think it’s really worth it, it’s just $ 1 you’re saving on buying 6 buns and you don’t get much choice eitheir, or you get the less perfect ones.
I’ve noticed lately, that they don’t put the bottom aluminum lining like they used it. Perhaps a cost savings.
Service is OK.
Eh.

If you ever crave for asian pastry, hit this place up. They have amazing pastries that are made fresh and oh so worth it. The crusts are flaky and the fillings have the right amount of sweetness/​savory bslance. The flavors are so unique and varied. I personally love everything that have salted eggs so that’s what I often get.
However, I haven’t eaten anything here I didn’t care for and most of the time, we pick up random items!
The drawback is they only accept cash.

This is probably the best Chinese bakery in Richmond. It is well known for its delicious Chinese pastries like the sweetheart cookies (lo pah banh) and spiral moon cake cookies. They are pretty pricey about $ 1.65 each. Comes with pretty wrapped box to gift away.
I personally love the Portuguese tart (best fresh!) and I eat it right away.
I recommend you bringing lots of money because it’s so easy to spend over $ 50 Canadian dollars here.

We stopped by on a Sunday afternoon before heading back to Seattle. The store looks relatively new, and there is a small parking lot in front, which makes it convenient. We were looking for some wife cakes to take back for friends, and they have them pre-​boxed and ready to go. Prices are ok (1.45 CAD each). I didn’t end up getting any other pastries since I usually shop at the bakery in the mall next door, but I’ll stop by next time to try the other pastries out.

The bread and buns are always good but the service is lacking. When you select your products then bring it to pay, the cashier just manually calculates the price in their head without any machine or calculator without giving you any receipt. How the hell on earth do you know they calculated it correctly or not. This place is cash only.

Heard about this from a relative and wanted to try this as I was up in Vancouver for the weekend.
Parking — extremely packed on Sundays apparently. There is a parking lot right in front of the bakery, but only a few spots. There is parking along the shopping mall as well as a parking garage just next to it. I would suggest going early to avoid the chaos not only for parking but also in the store.
Store — packed. People walking everywhere in this small store and awaiting for fresh items to come out. I was surprised they were still making everything at around 2pm. They are nicely stocked all day it seems :) they have 4 registers to ring you up and different offerings on both such as cakes on the right hand cashiers and more wife cakes on the left.
Goods — I bought the famous wife cakes, coconut cream bun, BBQ pork, both types of egg custards and a curry one. All are good quality! I wish I wasn’t flying so I could bring more!

I absolutely love Asian bakeries, but this one has got to be my fave!
The location is extremely accessible — it’s right next to Richmond Centre (make a left after exiting through the Shoppers Drug Mart exit), & also just across the street from the Richmond-​Brighouse Canada Line Skytrain Station.
I usually do a bakery run here whenever I’m shopping at RC, but sometimes I actually drive out here just for their baked goods!
My fave here is the deep fried donut sausage bun. So greasy, so crispy, and so bad for you, but it’s so delicious! It actually also still tastes good when warmed up later, so sometimes I buy extras for my next day’s breakfast too!
Another bun I always get here is the sausage bun with cheese. Also pretty greasy but the cheese topping is really flavourful!
Overall, a great place to pick up some buns to snack on, any time of day.

Mmm pastriiiies!
On a staycation in Richmond I walked by Kam Do a couple of times and the name rang a bell. I Unilocaled it immediately and discovered how beloved it is! Well, I knew I was going to have to stop in, and on my way to the Skytrain, I did.
I perused the shelves, and everything looked delicious, and wildly unhealthy! I ended up getting a garlic ham bun, and a pineapple coconut bun. The shelves said 20% off, but I assumed that was already taken off the $ 1.65 price tag — NOPE! My total for 2 buns was under $ 3; I couldn’t believe it!
I was absolutely ravenous and tore into the ham bun — it was definitely super garlicky, which I appreciated, but I could have done with quite a bit more ham as there was only a little sliver in each end. The pineapple coconut bun, on the other hand, was like a beautiful dream of deliciousness! The top was crusty and sweet, the bun light and fluffy, and the filling rich and tasty — it doesn’t get much better than that!
Definitely a special treat kind of spot, calorie-​wise, but money-​wise I’d be here every day if I could!

Best wife’s cake ever! I love this place. I wish they have an online website, so I can place order to Los Angeles. Three years ago, I stopped by this place before I flew home. The half of dozen wife’s cake was delicious and memorizing. I craved it everyday.
Finally, today I am able to eat them again. Just as I recall how delicious it was 3 years ago. My awesome godmother picked them up yesterday and had it delivered to me today. She is the sweeties lady ever. Yep, she’s 89 years old. She took a bus to Richmond, bought me my favorite Kam Do wife’s cakes and took a taxi back to her elderly home to give to another awesome person to bring back to Los Angeles.
Tonight, I opened the box of dozen and took one bite. Just as remembered how delicious the winter melon was in the pastry. It’s fresh, chewy, perfect sweet taste and I couldn’t resist finishing the whole wife’s cake within 3 minutes.
I’ve eaten many wife’s cakes around the world. Even in Hong Kong, I still can’t get them close to this texture, fresh winter melon and great taste as from Kam Do Bakery!
I wish they would expand to Los Angeles or San Francisco. If you do… you will be seeing me around all the time. :-)

Stopped by Richmond on our way up to Vancouver, had some dim sum up the street and thought we would buy some baked treats we could snack on throughout the weekend.
Parking was pretty atrocious when trying to find a spot on a Saturday afternoon. Just park somewhere on the block and walk over. Upon entering, the smells are wonderful, plenty of selections to choose from. Grab a tray and start piling on the pastries. It was pretty crowded in there so you’ll have to weave through some of the madness and pushy rude people that think it’s the Hunger Games in there.
Everything we got from BBQ pork buns, Pineapple buns, Custard buns, Red Bean buns, Sesame buns were all delicious! We even accidentally grabbed a Tuna bun and that was pretty tasty. It’s pretty much canned tuna with some spices like a lot of white pepper added to it and stuffed in a bun then baked. Very different but it wasn’t bad.
Glad we came in to grab some treats and will definitely be back to get some more. Prices were good, selections were plentiful and all very tasty. Not all the staff speak English so good luck with that, also at least for me, they took US Currency for my transaction.

I pass by this temptation on a daily basis
Lots of choices to choose from.
I’ve only ever eaten their wintermelon pastry

The bakery is fine, it’s not great, but have a good variety. Price is okay. But I have to take a star off for service. The cashier is just rude and u helpful. Really, a kind smile will go a long way.

What is not to like?
Cheap
Convenient
Classic
Chinese deliciousness.
Only drool-​worthy places deserve alliteration.

I basically bought this bakery for $ 10.60. So many buns were bought. I figured I’d have about $ 25 worth of buns, far more than I wanted to spend, so I was very visibly happy when it was less than half of that. Everything was delicious. I especially enjoyed the butter cookie egg tart and the cheese wiener bun. This will be my breakfast place every time I go to Richmond Center.
Cash only!

Very easy to access and there is a lot of sweets. I like Asian Bakeries ’cause they don’t load on the sugar in their pastries. Most of them are very cheap. I can walk in here with a $ 5 bill and come out with a lot of pastries. I am especially in love with their mango pudding and of course their banana roll. Of course what you can get here you can get at most Asian bakeries, however, I am often here enough when visiting friends in Richmond that we stop by here so that I can have a snack on the way home or for lunch since there are some things in here that are GF. One of my favorite bakeries in Richmond. I appreciate how it is very clean as well.

I’m from Seattle, and when I come to Richmond, I always make a stop here! They’re my favorite bakery in Richmond and I always come by and get some mango pudding and some peanut mochis. There aren’t very many places in Seattle with mango pudding as good as here! I’ve had their breads, and they’re good, but Seattle has the same things. So for me, their mochis and puddings stand out.
As for con’s, as with almost any asian bakery, their service isn’t the greatest. The employee who helped me today took awhile to grab the mango puddings because she was talking to another employee. I wasn’t too affected by it since I’m used to it, but just expect to be there for a couple minutes at check out!

Despite cash only, limited parking options, and being situated on a super busy street right next to a huge shopping mall — these peeps are still deserving of five bright stars.
I can’t think of any other place in the lower mainland that makes Asian buns and pastries as good and good looking as Kam Do. The wife (lo po) cakes here are definitely what they’re known for and are a staple for every wedding or engagement with my family and family friends.
If you’re looking for a high end Asian bakery with high quality stuff, go here. Their pineapple buns (bo lo bao) are deadly and the best you’ll ever have. No one else in the lower mainland puts as much care and quality into their pieces as anyone else. Prices are a bit higher, but not outrageous. The pineapple bun is around $ 1.30 and the wife cakes are $ 1.50 each. Tip: If you buy 10 dozen wife cakes you get one dozen free.

I seriously LOVE this place! Whether I am going in Vancouver or on my way to Whistler, you bet your arse I’ll be stopping here EVERY SINGLE TIME!
This is as close as I can get to a legitimate Egg Tart! (Team Cookie Crust!) Oh so good!
Their buns are so fresh, that I always end up buying everything they have to offer and spend loads of money.
Now.why did I give it only 4 stars? Because it is always disappointing to come across a CASH ONLY place in the freaken 21^st century! Nor do I ever carry enough cash to buy this whole place up… so that’s why I took away that 1 star.
But other than that. eat your little hearts out! PS. I LOVE CARBS!

Their wifey cakes are one of the best that I’ve ever had. I always get a dozen when I’m in the area!
The other place that has awesome wifey cakes are from Golden Gate Bakery in San Francisco!
Cash only!

This bakery used to be on Alexandra road but to be honest, I prefer this location much better.
Anyways, the three items that I always get are: red bean filled pineapple bun, Chinese garlic bread (two rectangular pieces), and their BBQ pork pastry puff!
Everything is very well made and tastes as if you’re eating in Hong Kong. It’s located right across from the richmond brighouse sky train station so give it a try if you’re ever in richmond!