Mei Lai Wah.
In 2 Shout NY guides.
Food + Drink
The Best Breakfast Spots in NYC
The Chinatown bakery founded in 1968 on Bayard Street, now on Mott, is famous for one thing: baked roast pork buns, glossy and sweet and filled with barbecued pork, a perfect breakfast for a couple of dollars.
Go for: Hours: daily 8:30am to 8pm. Go for: two baked roast pork buns.
Food + Drink
The Best Dumplings in New York City
Technically a bakery, and it belongs on any dumpling list anyway.
Go for: a baked roast pork bun and a pineapple bun with pork, then wontons around the corner.