Growing up in London as a child of immigrants, the connection between Aaron Mo and his culture were Hong Kong buns. He started a bakery to share his love of these breads. People love his version of pineapple bun, his cats, and his quirky sales technique — where he doesn’t make it sound the best, but folks love his honesty anyway.


Shop address: 122 Bethnal Green Road, London E2 6DG

This is the seventh episode of our latest “Mean Street Gourmet” series about mom-and-pop stores across the Chinese diaspora. In the next episode, we visit a family that’s been making crispy Taiwanese fried dough sticks for 30 years in Australia.

0:00 Reinventing a Hong Kong classic
02:00 How to make it
03:30 Rosy start to rough patch
05:05 “Don’t give up on your dreams”

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Producer: Yoyo Chow
Videographer: César del Giudice, Anand Singh
Editor: César del Giudice
Animation: Stella Yoo
Mastering: César del Giudice

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