Jessica Reynolds: Try the Crazy Cake with chocolate custard and a Red Velvet cupcake... or any other of the dozens of combinations. Make sure they add the sprinkles!
Melissa Sands: Great "penny" candies and the custard is amazing. Such a treat!
Liz Jones: Try a Crazy Cake concrete -- a whole cupcake blended with frozen custard; Scarlett's Last Fall is also amazing - red velvet cupcake, custard, raspberries and marshmallow, w/ whipped cream and a cherry
3. Chiu Quon Bakery
8.3
2242 S Wentworth Ave (at 22nd Pl), Chicago, IL
Bakery · Armour Square · 26 tips and reviews
E. W.: One of the more unique offerings is a rice pancake with egg custard. Try it. It's .70 cents. The outside is a perfect, sweet chewiness; the inside? Coconut-tasting custardy bliss.
Jazmin McNish: Custard is a must try
Xinnie: Finally found another good fried dough place in Chinatown. They also have mouth watering Portuguese tart, highly recommend!!!
Robert Bratney: The char siu pineapple pork bun is one of the best things I've eaten this year, and the Pasteis de Nata were a taste of Portugal. We will be coming back regularly!
Amy Graff: The only place in Chicago (I've found) to get Hong Kong milk tea & yuanyang! Pastries are incredible & creative - love the char siu pineapple bun, miso brownie & egg tart. Cute space, great service.
Neal U.: Fancy Chinese and vaguely Asian-y pastries that are amazingly delicious.
6. Cai
8.0
2100 S Archer Ave (at S Wentworth Ave), Chicago, IL
Chinese Restaurant · Armour Square · 61 tips and reviews
Serious Eats: Baked Egg Tarts: Featuring a fine, flaky crust and a sunshine yellow egg filling, that jiggles uncontrollably at the barest movement, it's an indulgence worth braving the crowd for.
Jaim: Must try - Egg tart, steamed creamy egg yolk bun, baked green chive puffs, & pan fried turnip cake; OK - Veggie tofu crepe; Don't try - BBQ pork turnover, and rice noodle with shrimp (cheong fan)
Jennie Yu: egg tarts chow fun
14. Tre Kronor
8.7
3258 W Foster Ave (at Spaulding Ave), Chicago, IL
Scandinavian Restaurant · North Park · 83 tips and reviews
Time Out Chicago: My favorite of the four kinds available here packs more smoked salmon into a triangle of custard than I ever thought possible, topping it with a layer of dill and encasing it in a butter-rich crust. Read more.
Margaret Nolan: The burnt custard is to die for!
Jim M: Swedish Meatballs are delicious. The duck is also great, when they have it. Pick any desert. BYOB.