Search for “bear cookies” and you will usually see a long list of shops and reseller prices, followed by warnings that you need to queue early for egg rolls and may have to preorder preserved licorice lemon. You might plan to leave souvenir shopping until the final half hour, only to discover that finding the right shop often takes longer than choosing a flavor.
Want to avoid a wasted trip? Start here: for one classic tin, visit an official Jenny Bakery shop; to check prices and choose flavors first, browse The Royal Garden Fine Foods; save a morning in North Point specifically for Tak Shing Ho; and choose Lemon King when you need something compact, checking preorder status for popular flavors. Remember that finding an item online does not mean the seller is an official Hong Kong shop. If your itinerary is not set yet, start with this first-time Hong Kong itinerary.
Information updated: October 17, 2026.
Four souvenir shops at a glance
| Souvenir | Where to go first | Key details checked for this guide | Taking it back to Taiwan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jenny Bakery | Mirador Mansion in Tsim Sha Tsui or Wing Wo Street in Sheung Wan | Both list 10:00–19:00; in Hong Kong, products are sold only at its own shops | The shelf-life page says 90 days, but check the tin |
| The Royal Garden palmiers | The Royal Garden in Tsim Sha Tsui East, plus mall counters and an online shop | Original flavor, 180 g, HK$228; up to 6 tins per person | Check the ingredients. Halal certification covers only the products named on the page |
| Tak Shing Ho egg rolls | 64 Java Road, North Point (according to a travel article) | No official website. The article lists Thursday to Saturday from 09:30 | Fragile. Check the label to see whether it contains meat |
| Lemon King | 18 Wing Kut Street, Sheung Wan | Daily 10:00–18:00. Preserved licorice lemon appears in the preorder section | Preserved fruit and fresh fruit are treated differently |
The prices below were displayed in the official online shops when this guide was checked. Tak Shing Ho has no official price page, so do not treat prices in other articles as the shop’s own pricing.
Jenny Bakery: check the address before choosing a tin
Jenny Bakery tins are popular gifts, which is also why similar-looking tins turn up elsewhere so often. The brand’s Chinese homepage says it has only two Hong Kong branches, open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. They may close early if stock sells out, and purchase limits may apply during holiday shortages. The stated shelf life is 90 days. Jenny Bakery Chinese homepage
The branch page listed these addresses when checked:
- Tsim Sha Tsui: Shop 42, 1/F, Mirador Mansion, 62 Nathan Road. MTR Tsim Sha Tsui Station, Exit D. Tel. +852 2311 8070. 10:00–19:00.
- Sheung Wan: Ground-floor shop, 15 Wing Wo Street. MTR Sheung Wan Station, Exit E2. Tel. +852 2524 1988. 10:00–19:00.
The brand’s notice says its Hong Kong products are sold only in its own shops and that it has not authorized anyone to manufacture them in Shenzhen. Tin designs change, so a bear alone proves nothing. When you see claims such as “reseller,” “skip the queue,” or “specialist shop,” return to these official pages and compare the addresses. Hong Kong branches | Counterfeit warning
A tin makes an easy gift, but if you are sharing cookies among many coworkers, work out the number and weight of the tins first. If you are worried about an early sellout, shop midway through your trip instead of rushing there on the day of your flight.
The Royal Garden palmiers: check online before visiting the hotel
The shop at The Royal Garden is called the Fine Foods Shop. Its palmiers have a different texture from Jenny Bakery cookies. The main shop is in the lobby of The Royal Garden at 69 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East, and opens daily from 11:00–20:00. Daily palmier quantities are limited to 6 tins per customer, and the official site recommends reserving stock through the official online shop. Fine Foods locations
Online prices on October 17, 2026: the 180 g premium gift boxes in original, sesame, Uji matcha, and coffee flavors were HK$228; sakura shrimp, 180 g, was HK$238; chocolate, 260 g, was HK$288; the four-flavor assortment, 200 g, was HK$238; and the 45th-anniversary six-flavor assortment, 215 g, was HK$248. Strawberry, 75 g, was HK$128, with an original price of HK$158 shown on the page. Fine Foods online shop
The page says the original, sesame, Uji matcha, and chocolate palmiers, as well as the mango and chocolate mille-feuille pastries, are Halal-certified and contain no pork or lard. The certification statement applies to those named products.
Beyond the hotel, the same page also lists wwwtc mall in Causeway Bay, ifc in Central, apm in Kwun Tong, MOKO in Mong Kok, Sheung Shui, Mikiki in San Po Kong, Kwai Fong, and Yuen Long. Their opening hours differ from the lobby’s 11:00–20:00, so choose the nearest branch and check its schedule. Palmiers break easily; do not wedge them into a suitcase corner as padding.
Tak Shing Ho: decide whether to queue on a North Point morning
Tak Shing Ho does not have an official website. An April 2026 travel article places the shop at 64 Java Road, North Point, open Thursday to Saturday from 09:30–19:00, with fresh butter, hometown egg, and fresh coconut milk flavors. The phone number is +852 2570 5529. If you can accept the risk of finding it closed, reserve a North Point morning; otherwise, treat it as optional. April 2026 shop report
The same article also discusses queues and purchase limits. If you get a tin, keep it near the top of your bag and check the tin for its shelf life.
Lemon King: distinguish preorders from in-store stock
Cookies and palmiers are both sweet. For someone who does not eat buttery biscuits, Lemon King’s preserved licorice lemon and preserved plum lemon come in smaller packs. Buy one to taste before deciding whether to take home more. Licorice lemon brings sour, salty, and sweet flavors all at once, and it is not for everyone.
The official address is the ground-floor shop at 18 Wing Kut Street, Sheung Wan, a walk from Sheung Wan Station Exit E1. It opens daily from 10:00–18:00; tel. +852 2513 8139. Hours change for Lunar New Year, so check the locations page instead of assuming the usual 18:00 closing time applies over the holiday. Lemon King address
When checked, the homepage’s preorder section said products were expected to ship in October, while orders placed after October 11 were expected to ship in November. Preserved licorice lemon was listed for preorder at HK$60. The crispy and tasting series below it were described as more readily available in the shop. In other words, the shortage concerned the online schedule for particular items, not the entire shop. For a specific flavor, check the Lemon King homepage or call directly.
Planning Tsim Sha Tsui, Sheung Wan, and North Point
With only half a day, you genuinely do not need to visit all four shops. Buy from two shops in the same district and the outing will feel more like shopping and less like racing between closing times.
If you are in Tsim Sha Tsui: first check whether the Jenny Bakery shop in Mirador Mansion is open, then walk to The Royal Garden in Tsim Sha Tsui East. Enter both the address and shop name in your map. Searching only “Jenny” or “Royal Garden” can easily lead you to another counter.
If you are in Sheung Wan: combine Jenny Bakery on Wing Wo Street and Lemon King on Wing Kut Street in one stretch. Lemon King closes at 18:00, so do not set off from far away at 5:30 p.m.
If egg rolls are essential: ask whether Tak Shing Ho is selling them that day before assigning it a North Point morning. If you miss out, have tea or ride a tram instead; Jenny Bakery and Lemon King remain good backups. If four people are shopping together, sort your phone list into personal treats, gifts for older relatives, and items for coworkers, so you do not return to the hotel with nothing but butter cookies.
Hong Kong has no sales tax, but returning to Taiwan is separate
A Hong Kong government statement from March 2024 says Hong Kong has no sales tax or value-added tax. When you buy cookies or palmiers, there is no Japanese-style airport counter for a consumption-tax refund. Customs declarations on your return to Taiwan follow a separate set of rules. Hong Kong government tax statement
A Taiwan Customs Administration press release dated May 16, 2025 says that, since June 26, 2024, the duty-free allowance for arriving passengers’ personal and household baggage is NT$35,000. Controlled goods, tobacco, and alcohol are calculated separately. Amounts over the allowance must be declared through the red channel. Goods intended for resale are not personal-use items and require separate import procedures. Duty-free allowance press release
Food also requires a quarantine check. A Taipei Customs reference chart places meat-filled mooncakes and meat floss on the declaration side, while pastries without animal meat that are made with butter or lard are shown as examples not requiring animal quarantine. Fresh fruit is prohibited. The chart’s dried-fruit examples are not the same category as preserved or pickled fruit, so the actual preparation method matters for licorice lemon. Personal-use food also has weight and value limits; exceeding them is not a matter of simply checking the ingredients and walking through. When in doubt, use the red channel and ask instead of guessing on the plane. Taipei Customs food rules
Packing tins, flaky pastries, and preserved fruit
Palmiers and egg rolls break more easily than cookies in a tin. If you are checking a suitcase, place them in the middle with clothes as cushioning; do not use an egg-roll tin to compress your luggage. Preserved fruit takes up less space but can absorb moisture, so inspect the seal first. At checkout, confirm the items, quantity, and dates, and photograph the receipt. Back at the hotel, store everything somewhere dry and out of direct sunlight.
Keep two payment methods available as well. Hotel online shops, mall counters, and established independent shops do not necessarily accept the same methods. Seeing Apple Pay somewhere does not mean every souvenir shop takes it. If you use an overseas card for an online order, confirm that the transaction actually went through.
When finding shops, maps matter more than unlimited data
You will need internet most when changing plans from Tsim Sha Tsui to Sheung Wan, checking a street number at Mirador Mansion, or looking for a Lemon King preorder update. For a three- or four-day trip focused on navigation, messaging, and occasional reviews, a daily or fixed-data plan is often enough. If you constantly film and upload, then check the fair-use terms of an unlimited plan. A souvenir-shopping trip does not require every traveler to buy a separate unlimited plan.
If this trip also includes Macau or mainland China, JEKO offers daily China–Hong Kong–Macau plans, fixed-data China–Hong Kong–Macau plans, and unlimited China–Hong Kong–Macau plans. Check each product page for the carrier, number of days, hotspot support, and reduced speed after the allowance is used. Data-only plans do not include a local Hong Kong phone number and cannot receive SMS, so they cannot replace a number that a shop requires for an order. See the eSIM installation guide for setup.
Before leaving, save offline maps, addresses, preorder details, and phone numbers. Use your connection to verify addresses and preorder status. For the tins, rely on the two official shops.
Checklist before you go
- For Jenny Bakery, use only Shop 42 on 1/F in Tsim Sha Tsui or 15 Wing Wo Street in Sheung Wan. Both list 10:00–19:00 and may close early when sold out.
- Check The Royal Garden’s online stock first. The limit is 6 tins of palmiers, and mall hours differ from the hotel lobby.
- Tak Shing Ho’s Thursday-to-Saturday schedule comes from an April 2026 travel article.
- Lemon King closes at 18:00. Preserved licorice lemon is in the preorder section, while the page says the crispy and tasting series are more readily available in store.
- Hong Kong has no general shopping VAT. Taiwan’s personal-use duty-free allowance is NT$35,000; food is also subject to ingredient and quantity rules.
Frequently asked questions
Q1: Where should I buy Jenny Bakery cookies to reduce the risk of fakes?
Start with the two official Hong Kong shops. The Tsim Sha Tsui branch is Shop 42 on 1/F of Mirador Mansion, and the Sheung Wan branch is at 15 Wing Wo Street. Do not rely only on whether the tin has a bear. Branch page
Q2: Can I preorder a bear tin from another website?
In Hong Kong, the products are sold only at the brand’s own shops. If you find another online seller, compare it with the brand’s notice first. Notice
Q3: How long do Jenny Bakery cookies keep?
The Chinese homepage states a shelf life of 90 days. The tin has a production date. Brand page
Q4: Do I have to visit The Royal Garden hotel lobby for palmiers?
No. The lobby shop opens daily from 11:00–20:00, and the same page lists other malls and the official online shop. Your chosen location may have different hours. Locations page
Q5: How many tins of palmiers can one person buy?
Up to 6 tins. A 180 g tin of the original flavor costs HK$228 online. Online shop
Q6: Is Tak Shing Ho open every day?
The shop has no official website. An April 2026 article lists Thursday to Saturday, starting at 09:30. Its phone number is in that article. Article
Q7: What time should I queue at Tak Shing Ho?
Stock and queues differ from day to day. If it is a priority, reserve a morning and keep another shop as a backup.
Q8: Is Lemon King’s preserved licorice lemon currently in stock?
It was listed for preorder, not as in-store stock, when checked. The page said orders after October 11 were expected to ship in November, at a listed price of HK$60. Other series were described as more readily available in store. Homepage
Q9: Can I visit Jenny Bakery and Lemon King together in Sheung Wan?
Yes, they fit into the same part of your route. One is on Wing Wo Street and the other on Wing Kut Street. Lemon King closes daily at 18:00. Address
Q10: Can tourists get a tax refund on souvenirs bought in Hong Kong?
There is no general shopping VAT to refund. Hong Kong has no sales tax or value-added tax. On returning to Taiwan, the NT$35,000 personal-use duty-free allowance still applies. Hong Kong tax system | Taiwan duty-free allowance
Q11: Can I take cookies, egg rolls, and preserved licorice lemon back to Taiwan?
There is no single answer for all three. Meat-free pastries and meat-containing egg rolls are different categories; fresh fruit is prohibited, and preserved fruit depends on how it was processed. If you exceed personal-use quantities or the duty-free allowance, use the red channel and ask. Food rules
Q12: Do I need an unlimited eSIM just to shop for souvenirs?
No. If you mainly need navigation and address checks, choose according to how much data you expect to use; a data-only SIM has no local phone number or SMS.
