Cover There are the best cafes and bakeries to try vegan desserts in Hong Kong (Photo: Instagram/@koke.lab.hk)
There are the best cafes and bakeries to try vegan desserts in Hong Kong (Photo: Instagram/@koke.lab.hk)
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From cakes and cookies to bubble tea and churros, here are our top picks for the cafes and bakeries in Hong Kong serving vegan desserts and sweets
While vegan pastry is still a relatively new concept in Hong Kong––outnumbered by the many traditional bakeries in the city––the launch of products such as Omnipork, vegan bubble tea brands and hotels going green is paving the way for plant-based eating. sweet treats included.
If you're on the hunt for vegan desserts, we’ve got you covered. Whether you've got a penchant for cakes, tarts or a dessert-forward drink, these are our picks for the best cafes and bakeries to get vegan desserts in Hong Kong.
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1. Koke Lab
Koke Labs is an online-based vegan bakery founded in 2018 that incorporates the beauty of nature into its cake and dessert designs. It offers a variety of sweet treats, from Swiss rolls and tarts to traditional cakes and even mooncakes for mid-Autumn festival, using ingredients such as mango, blueberries, avocados, sweet potato and tofu. Pre-orders are a must as they don’t take walk-ins, but you can easily place them on their website or contact them via Whatsapp.
Koke Lab
1012, Shing Yip Industrial Building, Kwun Tong. +852 5722 4452
2. The Cakery
The Cakery will help satisfy your sugar cravings, even if you have plant-based proclivities. They offer a range of desserts that are organic, sugar-free, gluten-free and vegan-friendly. Some of these include cupcakes, tarts and traditional cakes, and are available by the single portion or whole dessert.
The Cakery
Shop 124, 1/F Lee Garden Two, 28 Yun Ping Road, Causeway Bay. +852 2816 1838
3. Years
Years is a plant-based eatery that provides both savoury dishes and desserts, with multiple locations across Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories. It boasts a vegan and vegetarian-friendly menu with burgers made with Impossible Meat or OmniPork, and their homemade sweets are also made from vegan ingredients: think matcha chestnut cake and earl grey lemon almond tarts.
Friends of Years
G/F, 20 Sam Pei Square, Tsuen Wan. +852 5296 9864
4. Mother Pearl
Hongkongers love bubble tea, and Mother Pearl is the city’s first and only vegan bubble tea purveyor that aims to provide a more sustainable beverage option for eco-conscious consumers. The menu comprises mostly of drinks, with various flavours of bubble tea and traditional tea options, but they also some food offerings which include cookies and scones.
Mother Pearl
G/F, Lyndhurst Building, 23–29 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central. +852 3596 5100
5. Sweetpea Cafe
Originally an architect, founder Angel Hon turned her passion for baking and cooking into reality with Sweetpea Cafe. It offers baked goods, lunch options and a drinks menu—with all of the fare made using vegan, dairy and gluten-free ingredients—as well as rotating selection of freshly-baked cakes.
Sweetpea Cafe
G/F, 4 Shin Hing Street, Central. +852 3689 7269
6. Bake to Basics
Spearheaded by the health and fitness-conscious boxing instructor Keikei Yip, Bake to Basics is the result of Yip’s passion for providing delicious and healthy vegan treats. Their menu focuses on classic American-inspired favourites such as cookies, brownies, cinnamon rolls, doughnuts and cakes in a various flavours as well as the option to customise to your tastes. Customers need only to place an order via their website.
Bake to Basics
Suite 112, 1/F, Foo Yet Kai Commercial Building, 56 Java Road, North Point
7. Sow Vegan
For an intimate vegan dining experience with savoury dishes and sweet desserts, look no further than Sow Vegan. This private kitchen is managed by a dedicated team of plant-based chefs where everything is made from scratch using the freshest ingredients that are both local and organic. Better still, their menu is inspired by their own travels, personal experiences and experiments for that special touch. You can book a table via Whatsapp.
Sow Vegan
1102, 11/F, Hung Tat Industrial Building, 43 Hung To Road, Kwun Tong. +852 9029 3009
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