Hong Kong's Best Wife Cakes Haven't Changed for 30 Years

[@cgf1973]

"... that just sounds wrong in English..." The guy is the best!!!

[@Scarsofevil]

"no wives were harmed in the production of wife cakes"

[@mailamakua602]

Best line 🙌🏻🤣

[@youngmasterzhi]

NO IT’S NOT!!!

[@rebeckyc1401]

Love his gentle humour. These have to be the BEST and I can imagine winter melon filling-not mushy

[@sgiang]

I think a better translation would be handmade touch

[@Kwijiboi]

This guy is hilarious. I love the jokes he worked into the interview 🤣. Man I miss Hong Kong.

[@sallykeng248]

I saw him in one of the episodes in Netflix~ that one super hilarious too! And now saw this video and I’m moved to HK now~ really have to go visit his shop one day haha

[@babyyT]

“ I don’t see it...... That’s why my pastry falls apart.” LMFAOOOO!!

[@ketmateo]

This guy as an absolute natural. Someone needs to get him his own channel!

[@davidho9238]

Not to mention he studied overseas and earned college degree. He went home to cont. family business. He is so easy going and focus on carry on the family business.人情味＝human kindness?

[@ShinAlive]

The Dutch use the word 'Ambachtelijk' quite a lot which literally translates to "Artisanal". I guess that's not really a marketing term in English. I would say the most understood translation, especially on food, would probably be "Made by hand", so people know it's not a concoction of machinery pumping out millions.

[@yakitatefreak]

"Rustic, Artisanal, and Handmade" are probably the rough equivalents in English to "人情味" for marketing purposes. If I were to describe the food item, there's no precise machinery churning/mass producing these pastries. There's a soul/human to each of the items that are made.

[@janem3575]

I think it is more passion. Always makes food taste better

[@XimenaZhaoArchive]

I love his humility and his dry, sarcastic sense of humour! What a cutie pie.

[@liannevictoria]

I grew up on these, from this shop in MK! my mum still gets them when I visit - so nice with they are warm. nomnom

[@TheLuja11]

Such a nice guy, great interview!! I wish one day I get to go there and try a wife cake, it looked so good 😍

[@coquitlamfalcons3976]

You must try it- such a great pastry, even though I haven't been to that particular bakery! And no, haven't found one as good outside HK.

[@yujaii]

​@@coquitlamfalcons3976 There is a very good one in Vancouver ;) The owner is one of the most popular wife's cake bakery in hk

[@Shinjiwwl]

@@yujaii Just wanred to reply that Vancouver had nice wife cakes XD

[@rf8343]

@@coquitlamfalcons3976 that shop is in Fa Yuen Street ( garden street ) nest to east mong kok station !! He is right, as we go there , we just look for the traditional cakes , not the moncha ...... , so they just focus on their strength is fine !! But I don't know why he didn't mention " siu pand " ( fried sticky rice cake ) , people always line up for " siu pand" , and " kai jai pand " ( kai ( chicken ) Jai (son) pand ( cake ) , all together means chicks cake !! HAHA ! ) , very traditional cake but a bit oily , very popular since 30's I think !! I hope u could try if you go there or try other shop if they have it !! Taiwan got a lot of traditional cake shop , much more than HK , especially the traditional cake shop !! U could find anywhere in Taiwan and very popular, maybe , taiwanese like the traditional cakes better than HKers !! That's true !! Try if u would visit Taiwan !!

[@omgnetwork5231]

this guy deserves his own show! haha he'd be a great host!

[@annielin9053]

this guy is amazing lolol

[@ntsiko4537]

No wifes were harmed...

[@bribotran6121]

This is china theres no guarantee

[@Ebbsy08]

@@bribotran6121 nah this is Hong Kong, way different than China

[@ZoeIpfilms]

My auntie literally lives next to this street where the store is located and every time my family go to Hong Kong and we stay with her or visit her we always go to this place and get the pastries there. Always my favourite place to go.

[@weirdcoincidence]

Ahhh glad to see another video of him after seeing him on Restaurants on the Edge! He is a real funny guy!

[@rebeckyc1401]

These look the best...want NOW! Seriously I love his character, how “Errand Boy” explains the craft.

[@normanryan9145]

This cute and witty "errand boy" is a mood~

[@angm7660]

No pumpkin spice! Haha that cracked me up. He has cute sense of humour.

[@christinaky2564]

I came for the wife cake recipe and was charmed by the golden errand boy 😊 effortlessly funny

[@fatdoi003]

wife cake, my favourite chinese pastry.... still can remember its texture, sweetness from my early childhood... 2nd is chicken biscuits, the crunchy and savoury taste from the nam yue.... so nice

[@lekwanduh]

This guy is hilarious. Saw him on an episode of Restaurants on the Edge. Comedic timing always on point.

[@pontian16]

How to better describe this guy, charisma? Respect for his knowledge 👍

[@thihal123]

Love the errand boy :)

[@user-oz4ts5mv5h]

"No wives are harmed during the production of wife cakes" haha

[@tammydeplata2526]

This guy should audition for the big screen - he's hilarious.

[@celineshady4998]

14 people disliked because their wife left them oof xD

[@platystrophia]

Dude needs a promotion to platinum, he’s awesome!

[@jamiehaenisch8190]

This shop is right below my grandparents apartment - whenever I go back to HK each year, I always buy a preserved egg pastry (pei dan sou). So good .. AND I'VE SEEN WILLIAM THERE, I'VE BOUGHT PEI DAN SOU FROM HIM A WHILE BACK

[@joiemilaor3784]

Thank you for making content that is relevant, authentic, and relatable. I know that because of cultural differences it's hard for China to break into the mainstream unless it's about politics or tech. I'm not Chinese but I think you guys did a good job in highlighting these little nuggets of joy that are usually overlooked lol. Keep doing you.

[@cindyling5790]

Everything he mentions above is my favorite. I can't wait to get some when I visit Chicago when this craziness over.

[@Onisasu]

One of my absolute favourite pastries🤩🤩🤩 I love seeing how much work and dedication is put into making these!!

[@nategjesdal4405]

so excited to visit Hong Kong again next year!

[@patriciawong1924]

The manager a.k.a. Errand boy is very entertaining. I love traditional cakes. Hope after the world rids Covid, I would love to travel to HK and visit all the lovely food shops I found on this channel and have a great feast tour in HK. Cheers!

[@jeaniellw]

aww I want to visit the shop, I miss much of the traditional chinese pastry!

[@fanofpencils-cleo774]

I watched the whole video just to admire the humble yet hilarious "errand boy", haha, smart and funny man!

[@niabiii]

This is a little random and completely unrelated but the background music is very nice! I feel like a lot of the time I find myself getting annoyed by or clicking off of a video that has really loud and brash and upbeat music but multiple times throughout this video I would catch myself vibing to the music without realizing, it's not too distracting but I feel like once you notice it you get even more relaxed unlike most videos.. thank you for the great video !!

[@reneet0163]

This guy deserves his own show. He is hilarious 😂

[@wisecanadianwoman]

Loved this piece. I really like your channel it is so informative, fun and very well done!

[@seinooo]

dang, the angle whenthe baker puts the tray in the oven and turns it around is so cool

[@annhans3535]

That guy is funny. "No wife was harm in the making of wife cakes", that is always good to know. i wouldn't want to eat anyone's wife.🤣

[@paulinewqi]

This Manager/Errand boy has command of language in describing his wife's cakes, very precise, yet methodical recipe...I will definitely enjoy eating every wife cake now, even if it's not from his shop...😋 Tqtq for sharing....💖💝💐

[@renee8302]

omg everytime my mum and i go to mongkok we always make sure that we get something from this bakery, it's so good!!

[@makeupbycarlcapellan]

Reminds me of Hopia herein the Philippines. Same exaxt bread with wintermelon custard filling..

[@cyoung9458]

First chance I get, visit HK and gonna be non stop eating.

[@missgidimay4397]

#nowivesrhardduringtheproductionofwifecakes!🤣🤣🤣🤣 Such a lovely video to watch

[@alexthai2456]

my favorite is wife cake............love it very very much

[@TheEberdz]

This guy is HILARIOUS if he had a channel I'd watch it

[@KeungTo4ever]

One of my favorite bakery in Hong Kong, traditional Chinese pastry

[@VIsTheMusic]

I just LOVE this thank you everyone and I'm so happy you do not use butter and other dairy ingredients !!! Bravo bravo !!! His sentiments towards the end: "gives a sense of yun ching mei" in English would be more along the lines of hearty or sentimental feeling when it comes to food and the feels it makes us experience a nostalgia something so sentimental and whole hearted perhaps yeah ??? LOVE from Vancouver BC Canada xx

[@stingraytingvideo]

They don't use butter but they use lard (which is animal fat)...one of the secrets to making the pastry super flaky

[@infiresman5876]

this looks so good i want to try it! also the guys seems super funny lol

[@lovelydeath04]

Ooohhh!!! All their baked goods sounds so yummy!!! I wanna see their walnut cookies next!!!

[@janem3575]

Oh my. Mr Golden Errand Boy. You are well versed in comedy. Love your sense of humor

[@weRarmy_weRBL]

This guy is great...I really wish I can go there , say hi, and try one!...one day...

[@Emily-9005]

I haven’t eaten a 老婆饼 in so long but I feel like my tastebuds still remembers how it tastes like. I don’t remember the last time I ate one from a Chinese bakery but my mom tried to make some I think during 2020 she really experimented with making Chinese baked goods. All from the internet btw😂

[@katiekkwk]

this shop is so well known in the area!!! i will always get at least a few when i'm nearby :)

[@Reeferology]

A nice glimpse into Chinese culture and cuisine :)

[@angcharmine7871]

Ah my favourite! It's so good!

[@azerul1055]

Very well spoken and articulated guy! Kudos man!!🙏🙏

[@troutstalker4744]

Omg, ..one of my all time favorite . Gatta get some now

[@TW-akatim212]

That guy is very articulate and smart and humorous.

[@Obscurai]

Learned how to make these and other Cantonese pastries as a kid. Never did get a good explanation of the name. As with most pastries, they are best fresh when they are flakey. After an hour or two, they can get soggy.

[@XimenaZhaoArchive]

I put them in the toaster oven when I get home, because I don't like them softened up.

[@phuongnguyen-yd3bn]

In the next day (I mean today) I have bought wife cake from Hong Kong market and enjoyed it a lot. It’s not so sweet but smoothly dough, about 120 calories each only. Really good and cheap.

[@somewhereovertherainbow3643]

We have the same thing in Suriname (a South-American a country above Brazil) we call it Blacka Eye (Black Eye). It was imported to Suriname by immigrants. It looks completely the same only ours is filled with red bean paste. It's really delicious. It's my favourite pastry which reminds me of my childhood.

[@aaronleung8809]

This is other staple we have in Hong Kong too red bean filling is very common red bean pastry

[@laurine9061]

This guy didn't need subtitles. Love it

[@notimportant3932]

im gonna stick to the other origin stories like when the man's wife sells herself to buy medicine and he invents these pastries to make enough money to buy her back cause that one sounded funky

[@ameliabee2003]

Wow I'd love to go there and learn this first hand 😍 what a dream come true

[@robertgreene2621]

Can you have him host a segment for Hong Kong?

[@uuuu-ov6xi]

Yes, please!

[@invisi-bullexploration2374]

I just spied some of these at an international market. I figure I will do a review of them and of course they probably won't even compare to the fresh ones. But they look fiiine. Think I will enjoy this one.

[@maryngshwuling9916]

Thanks for sharing 🌻

[@whytho2841]

High-key the guy's voice is really cute

[@AngelaRMFerrer]

Like hopia? It looks super good💕💕

[@Mystiqa]

Best video and comments threads I've seen in a looooong time 🤣🤣

[@media-fiend]

This video is amazing. What type of camera/lens/stabilization is being used inside the bakery to get these shots?

[@rabbitbobo4131]

A 30+ year customer here.. best short bread and banana cake, also don't miss the sweet beans pastry at noon. just add some historic context in chinese: 廣州蓮香樓首創，早年蓮香樓聘請一位來自潮州的點心師傅，他把老婆在家鄉自製的炸冬瓜角帶給酒樓其他師傅嘗試，其他師傅覺得好吃，於是蓮香樓便將之改良並推出；由於這是潮州的師傅的老婆製作，便把它名為“老婆餅”.

[@JC-vr9zx]

I hope HK is pretty much the same after the pandemic. I really want to go there to eat and enjoy the city again.

[@iramsavir5631]

Good thing he cleared that up, about the cakes not being made out of wives. Look much tastier than Hotteok. 😋

[@karaokeandrandomclips]

I personally prefer hotteok. Wintermelon paste tastes weird

[@elizabeths156]

This guy's level of English is phenomenal, considering he's lived in HK most of his life. Watching this wife cakes video, I'm reminded of that TVB drama called "Square Pegs" where I first learned about the existence of wife cakes. such a good drama!

[@StellariumSound]

I know that place in Wong Kok. I go every time I visit family.

[@cookbook800]

wow...... very cool, looks yummy!

[@lofitazo]

I saw William in person when I went to Taiwan. He really does look cute. Believe me.

[@justme8108]

Love the guy who is the Errand Boy (Manager)

[@bobbelcher678]

Bro wife cakes are the bomb! There is another variant I think called sun cake and the only difference is that one’s pastry thicker and one is thinner.

[@chounrithypung3708]

Guy who run the store: here's the backstory Narrator: *Adjust glasses* Actually....

[@MrsBluehappiness]

Love both the cakes and the cute guy!

[@nn-ym8qn]

I first had this a decade ago when I went to a collage in a small city in Malaysia. There was a hidden chinese bakery around 30min walk from my college. I remembered buying it because I found the name to be funny and of course because it's dirt cheap and I can buy more than one compared to other pastries. It's very delicious and the price was also a good deal for a poor student like me! I frequently walked to that bakery whenever I am craving for some pastry for around 3 years of my college life. It was such a good memories and I wish to have a taste of this cake again

[@wnmaisarah]

do you perhaps know where we can find a halal version of this in malaysia? looks so good

[@nn-ym8qn]

@@wnmaisarah a friend of mine told me she had this back in her hometown in kota bharu. Im not sure where but she said it's from a local bakery that sold halal pastry Edit: she told me the bakery is called Muhibah Bakery

[@laurak-e8797]

OMG, I could one every day and not get sick of them. The story behind these is super sweet too. But the One I heard wasn't the one this guy told. lol

[@jellyluver22]

looks so good!

[@sbaumgartner9848]

Willian is the new generation of Hong Kongers. He's letting the secret out that no wives are harmed in making their Wife Cakes. I love it. They are probably delicious!

[@elteeyoutube2023]

Woaaaah working the dough is serious, look at how big the arms of the cooks are @1:59

[@Sonia-fr1vp]

I eated it, it was really good that always give me a sense of deja vu i really miss that delicious cake

[@opalfruitcake]

They look delicious!

[@Jimux]

God I miss eating them, It sucks that I can't find them here in the states. I can only find ones that came in from a box, it's hard to find it freshly made without going up north to a bigger city. I really hope that places like this will last and keep its tradition for many more years to come

[@kylin3197]

had to look up jan cing mei 😂 人情味. yea does sound kinda weird if translated to english lmao

[@jinngeechia9715]

Hi Goldenthread. It will help if you put in the Google Map link to the shop. Some foodcentric videos do that. Helps us get over there in a jiffy!

[@ianlaw4333]

its called 奇趣餅家 its in 35 Fa Yuen St, Mong Kok, Hong Kong. hahha hope it helps, i am also a great fan of this pastry shop !

[@LowScoville]

omg I have that terrible feeling of when I crave something nostalgic and I know I won't be able to find it

[@suehonglee5107]

日思夜想的味道😋😋😋👍👍👍

[@lizzychase740]

this guy is so sweet

[@glynislailann9056]

Geez I wish I had known of this shop when I last visited HK.

[@dnataliesmith2209]

No wives were harmed during the production of wife cakes! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mudslide-md2uz]

Everyone in Hong Kong goes to Yuen Long for freshly made wife cake because Yuen Long has Hang Heung cake shop which makes The world-famous Wife cakes. It’s been making cakes for over 100 years and been making Wife cakes since 1940. You can even buy them at the Hong Kong airport duty-free.

[@jkdsteve2465]

Man, I miss those fresh pastries from Hong Kong. Ahh, those freshly , just came out of Niven are the best. Love the egg custard tarts (don-tot) in HK. They’re so good & yummy yet, so bad for you😂😂.

[@adminjamie]

Greetings from Malaysia 🇲🇾 I'm chinese I do like wife cake 老婆饼