Went to the Wong Wah Bakery (83 Canal between Allen & Eldridge) on the advice of Aki, and I had the Cheesecake. Oh. My. God.
It was exactly as she described it: light, moist, and not at all like the American heavy cheesecake. Very sponge-cake like.
Yes, it's truly wonderful and I regret not getting anything else, the other pasteries look equally enticing. I'm going back for lunch tomorrow and will report back.
By AbbyLovi
on Apr 23, 2001 02:05 PM
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Visted the Wong Wah Bakery again, this time after hitting the Vietnamese Deli on Grand and Broome (another Aki pick). I had no idea that the house special sandwich would be so HUGE at only $2.50. Lightly toasted bread was incredibly fresh and stuffed with lots of roasted pork, pork slices, carrots, cilantro, pickles and a spread I could not identify.
While I was there, someone ordered the fresh squeezed sugar cane juice, which was intriguing.
This time at Wong Wah, I was going to get the cheesecake and something else but at the last moment, I decided to limit my gluttony. I got what seemed to be a chocolate and regular sponge cake. It was two layers, separated by some kind of delish sweet buttery spread. Not as good as the cheesecake. But very good.
I also noted that they have some kind of a pig-in-a-blanket type pastry. Made me chuckle.
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