HongKong Island Dim Sum House

What Reddit says

A Spadina Chinatown bakery known for egg tarts kept warm on a tray, pineapple buns and steamed pork chop rice. Opinions are split, with some finding certain buns odd, like the oniony char siu bun, and the place merely okay.

Paraphrased from the comments below.

What to order

• 8.8
  Egg Tarts#1 for egg tarts in Toronto
  Top pick
• 7.6
  Dim Sum#14 for dim sum in Toronto
  Worth trying
• Coffee1 Redditor
• Pastries1 Redditor

In their words

Short excerpts, each linked to the full comment on Reddit.

• “For Chinese egg tarts, go to Hong Kong Island Bakery. They keep them on a warming tray so they are delicious”

• “I like to go to Hong Kong Island bakery on Spadina south of Dundas in the morning.”

• “Many of the HK island’s buns are weird, their char siu bun is oniony and curry beef bun is sweet”

• “The regular pineapple bun at Hong Kong Island is good too.”

• “Mashion, Ding Dong, and Hong Kong Island are all great.”

• “Hong Kong Island Dim Sum House is pretty authentic.”

• “I find HK Island to be more meh.”

• “Hong Kong Island Dim Sum House both have it!”

• “It's a bakery with seating, but it's loud and lots of old people yell at each other. I like it.”

• “Their steam pork chop rice is also top notch”

• “has the best pinapple buns at only 80c which is even better.”

• “Hong Kong Island Dim Sum House!! It’s on spadina!”