Department of FoodieDepartment of FoodieCafé baking airy treats in a variety of flavors -- from pandan coconut to chocolate.
What to order: Pandan Coconut sponge cake · Lunar New Year (orange & apricot) sponge cake · Lovely Butterscotch sponge cake · Purple Yam sponge cakeFrom Google Maps reviews.
Variety of flavors that all taste great! Texture is what you expect from a sponge cake, soft and fluffy. Cash only if you’re total is under $5. More than $5 and you can pay with card/apple pay. One complaint is that the sponge cakes are not labeled and all look very similar, so if you buy a variety you won’t easily be able to tell which flavor is which. Other than that. I loved every flavor!
Walked past Spongies on Baxter Street in Chinatown and the smell pulled me straight inside. It’s a tiny spot doing Hong Kong-style paper-wrapped sponge cakes, and they’re really good. We tried five flavors and my favorite was the Pandan Coconut, a pretty green cake with a pronounced, completely natural-tasting pandan flavor. My partner loved the Lunar New Year special with orange and apricot. The Cappuccino was a close second for both of us. The texture across all of them is incredibly light and
One of my favorite spots to come to whenever I'm in New York! I always bring home 20+ of these back to my family every year! Their Lunar New Year/Happy Spongie with oranges and apricot is PHENOMENAL. So amazing, I can eat 6 in a sitting. All their cakes are good but that one is next level. I'm devastated when it isn't on the menu! I've been coming for 6 years now! It's fluffy, soft, yet somehow custardy. They're also affordable & delightful with their housemade drinks. A special Chinatoen stap
From the Jun 10, 2025 health inspection. Lower-priority items are listed after the serious ones.
Food was left exposed to possible contamination during storage, prep, or serving.
Dishes and utensils weren't being properly washed and sanitized.
Damaged canned food wasn't set aside and marked 'do not use'.