Serious Eats

"Hole in the wall coffee shop you could easily skip except for the fragrant and ethereally light sponge cake, easily the best in Chinatown and a steal at 70 cents each."

Thrillist

"It's especially known for its airy, melt-in-your-mouth sponge cake -- the original flavor is akin to angel food cake and has a slightly egg-y taste, but trendy and seasonal iterations are available as well, like matcha, coconut, strawberry, and pumpkin spice."

Fodor's Travel

"Perfectly fluffy, freshly made Chinese sponge cakes. This gently sweet treat, which pops up in Asian supermarkets and bakeries, is steamed instead of baked and it's lighter than its American counterpart."

Christina Izzo

"Its unassuming appearance belies an angel-food-like interior, ethereally light and mildly sweet. Even better? The shop has launched a green-tea variety, smaller than the original but steeped with earthy tea flavor, mellowing out to a vanilla finish."

Rachel Wharton

"There are few decisions to make about what to order at New Kam Hing Coffee Shop, a 30-year old bakery that specializes in eggy, golden-crumbed, Chinese-style sponge cakes sold for 75 cents."

Ligaya Mishan

"Johnny Yee, who owns the restaurant with Yong Jin Chan, also oversees Kam Hing Coffee Shop, whose memorable spongecakes taste of little but eggs and the tears of angels. Every morning they are brought fresh to Joy Luck Palace, but are available for takeout only."

Patty Lee

"Though New Kam Hing has started to play with trendy flavors like matcha and pumpkin spice, none match up to the angel food-like original."

Randy Lau

"This is an egg-y sponge cake that will remind you of an egg-y version of angel food cake. The version here is moist, egg-y and quite good."

Ray Chin

"You can find Kam Hing Coffee Shop by their big sign proclaiming that they have the best sponge cakes in town and they just so happen to have the best Chinese style sponge cakes in town! They come in interesting flavors like coconut, green tea and chocolate chip and they are all scrumptious and incredibly soft and well… spongy."

Food In Mouth

"The version at Kam Hing Coffee Shop is a smidgeon sweeter than other sponge cakes you might find in Chinatown. This is a good thing because otherwise you would be distracted by the egginess of the cake, instead of the cakyness."