Hand-made artisanal Cantonese pastries since 1950.

A taste of tradition. A taste of nostalgia.

Founded in 1950, Tai Thong Cake Shop (大同饼家), is located at 35 Mosque Street, Singapore 059513. The bakery specialises in traditional Cantonese-style pastries made by hand daily from regionally-sourced raw ingredients. A home-grown business in continuous operation over the past 70 years, Tai Thong Cake Shop preserves a piece of yesteryear culture and has become an iconic destination in Singapore’s historic Chinatown.

The founder, Mr. KWOK Khim Wai (郭金维), trained as a pastry chef at a famous restaurant in Hong Kong where a constant crowd of patrons queued for his creations. In the late 1930s, he settled in Singapore and in 1950, fulfilled his dream of opening his very own traditional Cantonese cake shop. The sense of community was very strong among the residents of post-war Chinatown, and Khim Wai envisioned his store as a place where everybody could come together to enjoy a treat. Hence, a simple name was created for the bakery: 大同饼家 Tai Thong Cake Shop, loosely signifying “everyone agrees”. The name was also memorable and easily identifiable, as many of the customers at the time were illiterate.

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Celebrating 70 years of craftsmanship.

A taste of heritage, made in Singapore.

Photo credit: Phillip Lam

Tai Thong Cake Shop has since passed down to second-generation members of the Kwok family. In their youth, Khim Wai's five children regularly helped out at the store to learn his trade. His youngest son and oldest daughter, Mr. Johnson KWOK (left) and Madam KWOK Sow Lan (below), jointly took over the operations of the bakery in 1992. Following Johnson's passing in 2014, Sow Lan became the sole owner, overseeing the store in addition to her role as head baker.

Together with her team of experienced staff, each pastry is still lovingly hand-crafted from scratch at the premises, following the traditional artisanal techniques as taught by Khim Wai, to maintain the fine mouthfeel that is unattainable by modern machinery.

All Tai Thong Cake Shop pastries are prepared without the use of preservatives. Our creations are sold exclusively from our only physical location at 35 Mosque Street.