Morning Light Bakery

I love this place. The staff are very friendly, and helpful. They have a wide variety of buns. The taro, and red bean buns are my favorite. Their bubble tea is great, and you can ask for less sweetener if regular bubble tea is too sweet for you.
They also have three 15 minute free parking close by for a quick stop in.

A MUST visit for tourists and locals alike! Far beyond a quick pop-up Boba shop, Morning Light has the trifecta of what it takes to be a fantastic business down perfectly:

1. Great location! Just off the Winooski Circle and by the water, there’s plenty of beautiful spaces to wander with your cup of tea and warm bun!

2. Great food/drink! There’s a ton of variety for bubble teas, their buns are out of this world (go RUN to buy a Pork floss bun and a Coconut bun right now!!!), and they have a ton of delicious sweets like their Green Tea Swiss Rolls!

3. Great Service! To say the people who work there are amazing is the understatement of the century. Incredibly kind, patient, and generous! THIS is exactly the kind of local business you love to see because the people behind the counter really care about those in their community!

So good, and such sweet people! I was visiting my cousins for the weekend and we ordered takeout from here for lunch. As soon as we walked in, the guy at the checkout counter, Ken, remembered my cousin and the last time he’d been in: “I haven’t seen you since before the New Year, Happy New Year! So good to see you!”

I got the milk tea, and on my cousins’ suggestion, the no sugar option — the base has sugar in it so it was still sweet. It had an earl grey tea taste to it.

We also got the pork belly bao, a friggin’ revelation: chunks of marinated pork belly that fall apart in your mouth, crunchy cucumber and lettuce, in a steamed pillowy taco-shaped bun.

And for dessert, the wife cake, a pastry stuffed with some soft, mochi-like paste.

Morning light bakery’s char siu/bbq pork buns are the best I’ve ever ever had in the US, in all my four years as an international student who always looks for them. Their pineapple bun is so well-made and delicious too, and I wish I had more time in Vermont to try more items. No one should miss this!

Awesome place to walk in and grab a bite to eat. Pretty good variety of buns. Everything I've tried is great. My favorites are the pork bun, pork floss, and the egg tart. Nice that they are open before work starts. Seems like a great option to treat co-workers in the morning. Bring in a box of buns and make some new friends.

Delicious baked goods made fresh by a wonderful local family. I adore the cream buns for a not-too-sweet treat, and the chicken curry bun makes for a perfect lunch. Highly recommended!

Delicious start for the day. Their strawberry mochi is amazing. Taro root bun is also really good. A lil disappointed with the pineapple bun, it only had one small chunk of pineapple in it and a lil bland. The texture of the cream and bun were still good though. 😻

The absolute tastiest!!!!!! I LOVE food and know/appreciate good quality and this is it!!! I don't think you could go wrong ordering here but my favourites are pineapple buns, pork floss buns, chicken curry buns, red beans buns, pork buns, and veg/pork bao buns which now that I write that out, is everything I've ordered from there because I couldn't choose favorites. And you gotta get a bubble tea. Just go!!!

High quality authentic stuff! Rates right up there with some of the best bun shops I've been to, in Montreal, Seattle, Okinawa. Tasty food, kind staff. Roommate really loves the mango cake. Pork floss bun is top notch. Really love this place becoming a part of Winooski. We aren't worthy.

I am so excited to have this wonderful addition to our community! The bubble tea is delicious as is the ham and cheese bun. I will definitely be heading over earlier next time as the pork buns were gone by noon since they are so popular!