Chiu Quon Bakery

Love the display of pastries here :)
I always try to order tarts when I get a chance. They’re delicious when fresh.

I typed in best bakery in Chicago’s Chinatown and this popped up! And the hubby and I decided to check it out! We got two egg tarts, cream bun, taro bun, almond cookie & BBQ pork buns for my mother since we were going back home (Seattle) and there were excellent reviews on them! And they were amazing!!! The best pastries I’ve had! Compared to Seattles bakeries! I love the crust on the egg tart and the cream bun was delicious!!! And the price is pretty decent for pastries! Hubby doesn’t like pastries but the cream bun was his favorite!
I’m docking one star off because it’s CASH ONLY! So before you go grab some cash! There’s a US BANK across the street from the bakery if you need cash! Street parking is $ 2 an hour!
Definitely going back the next time we are in town!

Every time I stop in town I have to come and get their barbeque pork buns. Incredible taste and deal ($ 1!!!). The bread is fluffy and soft, and the meat is very flavorful. They also have a huge variety of options, but IMO, the barbeque pork buns are what this place is known for and they can’t be rivaled.

Pork Buns! Coconut buns! For $ 1! What more could a girl ask for?!

Chiu Quon Bakery is the oldest bakery in Chinatown, owned and run by the Chiu family. The place has been around since ’86 and offers baked buns (sweet and savory versions, such as Coconut Twist, Butter, Raisin Twist, Taro, Cream Bun, Ham & Egg, Curry Beef, Ham & Cheese, etc.), steamed buns (filled with BBQ pork, vegetable & pork, pork & shrimp, etc.), cakes (custom cake that is soft, light, and airy, and their whipped cream is made with soy; they even offer chestnut cake), savory foods/​dim sum (shrimp and pork dumplings, shrimp rice crepes, fried taro root, etc.), pastries (Thousand Year Egg Cake, apple pie, crispy honey noodles, fried doughnuts, etc.), and drinks (Ovaltine, Horlicks, milk tea, soy milk, etc.). I tried the Custard, the Cream Bun, the Coconut Sweet Top, and the Ham & Cheese, and all had a nice soft pillow-​y bread that was subtly sweet (except for the Custard, as that was a little dry). My favorite was the Ham & Cheese, as the filling was nice and salty, all encased in a nice little Japanese-​like sweet pastry bread. The assortment of breads come in a pink box for easier carrying.
+Ham & Cheese bread
+oldest bakery in Chinatown

Just happened to stumble upon this while walking through Chinatown and I’m glad that I did! I ordered the char siew bao and the portugues dan tat. I was actually pretty disappointed with the Portuguese dan tat… I thought that they could have flam-​bayed the top a bit more, so that it really caramalized.
I thought that the pork bun was decent and well worth the price. A giant bun for only $ 1! However, I would have preferred a bit more of the pork-​to-​bun ratio i.e., a bit more pork and less bun. I think that it may be a personal preference, but I like the bun to be less fluffy and more crispy. The pork was fine, not the best char siew I’ve had, but I’m not sure if the finest cuts of char siew ever end up in bao. My bf really liked the fluffy bun though!

Now that the Wan Shi Da Bakery has shut down, Chiu Quon is your best bet on Wentworth for basic Chinese baked goods and snacks. The selection parallels what’s available at the popular Argyle street location, but is still somewhat limited. It’s good enough, but nothing special.

My favorite bakery in Chinatown! The pork buns are a must! As well as the custards, the mooncakes too! I love how cheap the goodies are but it is such a hassle to only accept cash. So buyers beware. Its actually quite wise to take out a 20 when visiting Chinatown because so many establishments only accept cash. Just plan a day to shop around Chinatown.
At any rate, the pork buns here are better than any other place in Chicago that serves them. Even the other dim sum restaurants ! When they are fresh and still hot… it is magical.
Moon cakes are an acquired taste. I’ve grown to enjoy a plethora of flavors! I can always count on Chiu Quon to have unique new flavors to try. From winter berry to red bean pastes! Love it!
I make it a point to stop in every time I visit Chinatown.

One of my favorite places to stop at in wonderful Chinatown Chicago. I’ve been coming here for almost 10 years, best pastries and tarts, the cakes are delicious. BBQ pork buns are a MUST try! Will be back again Friday :)

I stopped here for breakfast and was thrilled that it held up to all its great reviews. I ordered an egg tart, coconut bun, and egg/​ham bun… all were seriously delicious! The coffee wasn’t super strong, but it was nice and hot. Definitely need to stop back again!

Ridiculously cheap for such delicious, authentic Asian pastries, and probably the best egg custard tart I’ve ever had (and I’ve tried ones from quite a few places). They really took the egg tart to another level with an extra buttery and flaky crust and a well-​baked/​deliciously eggy/​custard-​y filling that was baked with just enough burnt on the top.

The best egg custard in the entire city of Chicago. Stop reading all the other reviews. It’s CASH ONLY so bring them dollar, dollar bills and don’t ever purchase an egg custard anywhere else.

This place is great for quick and cheap breakfast. I grabbed some pastries on my way to the metro. A day before I tried the Saint Anna Bakery & Café not far from here. I would say both places have pretty similar quality and price.
The only reason why I came here twice is, because Chiu Quon opens earlier than the other place.
But the service here is a little bit rushed and I feel like they don’t give you that much time to look around and pick. But still delicious!

I’ve been fairly spoiled by the great Chinese bakeries in Houston (and now South Bay), and Chicago’s pale by comparison. Chiu Quon gets mainstream love for their egg tarts, which come in two styles: Hong Kong and Portuguese. I prefer the latter, as they’re the more popular kind on Taiwan (formerly a Portuguese colony), and have never ordered the former from Chiu Quon.
Chiu Quon’s Portugese-​style egg tarts are fairly decent. The crust is too flaky and doesn’t sufficiently hold up the filling. Meanwhile, the filling is a little loose, a little too jiggly like flan. I’ve tried a couple other tarts in Chinatown, and Chiu Quon’s are the best of my samplings.
Once, I went later in the day and they were sold out, so that’s something to watch out for. I haven’t tried anything else there, so this review is solely for the tarts.

There’s not much to do in China town. Most of the businesses are out. The area looks deserted and feels empty, NOT WHEN YOU WALK IN CHIU QUON BAKERY!!! there’s sweets everywhere you turn. I got sweet coconut pudding and a mochi ball. They were delicious!!! The coconut pudding was served cold so it was refreshing for cooling down after walking around town. All the desserts are affordable.

Went to check out Chicago Chinatown for the first time and stumbled across this bakery on the way back to the car. What an awesome find!
Lots of selection – ranging from light fluffy sponge cakes, both sweet and savory bread rolls, pastries, steamed buns, egg tarts (both the Chinese and Portuguese kinds), fortune cookies (regular and chocolate), and even tofu pudding!
I got a taro bun, almond cookie, and winter melon cake to try. Only $ 3.16 for the whole lot, and each piece was GINORMOUS.
Verdict? Fresh, delicious, and great prices. They take credit card, too. Only knocking one star off because it can be on the greasy side.

Very good selection at cheap prices! Cash only to keep prices low. U might be skeptical to try certain things but if u can keep an opened, curious eye u might discover the deliciousness as I did. Fyi: egg tarts taste like flan

I was able to bring someone who did not know Chinese people even had bakeries, let alone ever been in one. Needless to say, it was an adventure for the both of us, me ordering my childhood favorites and secretly hoping that my boyfriend would fall in love with everything that he would taste and him because he found out Asians eat bread too. For 8 bucks, we got 2 bbq pork bread (awesome), 2 cream breads (tasted a little stale), coconut bread (good), 2 egg custards (decent) and a slice of fruit cake (out of this world). The service was really good as well. Around 2 pm on a Saturday, a lot of the items were out.

Chiu Quon is just… cool as shit. I don’t even know how else to put it. They clearly have a serious talent for baking, and they make exactly the type of awesome bakery things you’d expect for an asian influence. I’m not sure if it’s truly (or explicitly) Chinese, but it definitely fit in with what was expected:
fluffy delicious pastries
red bean pastries
fortune cookies (including chocolate ones, haha).

Delicious. Fresh. Cheap.
The best of all worlds.
We got 2 sesame balls (with red bean), 1 egg bun with sweet crunchy topping and 1 cream cone. AHHHH so good!
The sesame balls were crunchy on the outside, with the mochi type squishiness and the slightly sweet red bean. YUM
I didn’t try the cream cone but the boyfriend gave it high marks.
The egg bun was amazing! The bottom was soft, the top was sweet & crunch, and the middle was like an eggy, coconuty custard.
And all of this for $ 3.50.
Going back, and next time, we’re trying a dozen things!