#Steamed Bao

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What a Modern Bao Shop in Taiwan Looks Like | Food of Taiwan [PILOT]

Have you ever had a hot steamy bao? Have you ever had one on the side of the road in Asia? That’s a whole new story. There’s almost nothing better than holding and eating a hot steamy fluffy pocket full of savory or sweet filling, I say ALMOST because there’s so much good food in Taiwan it’s hard to pick a favorite. We started a Youtube channel to talk about Taiwanese food! This is a pilot…

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Im hungry af. Tadi cuma makan bakpao sm melon doang

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626 Quick Bites, 9505 Garvey Ave, Ste A, South El Monte, CA 91733

I’ve been going to Baguette City for years and was surprised that they closed. However, it turns out that it’s still the same business only they changed names because they wanted to add dim sum. They also remodeled and added some new equipment. One piece of equipment looks like a refrigerator but actually keeps the dim sum hot.

They still have banh mi sandwiches (made to order, starting at $5.50), but they added baked and steamed buns/bao, har gow, shu mai, chicken feet, sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaf, and steamed pork ribs. They also have some Vietnamese ready to eat food on the counter. Oh and a few vegetarian items and drinks. The sandwiches are buy 5, get 1 free. They bake their own baguettes and make their own dim sum.

Combination bun/ dai bao ($2): Smaller than usual but the dough was surprisingly thin, surprisingly stuffed full with a piece of sausage, a tiny quail egg, pieces of shrimp, chicken, pork water chestnut. The sausage was a little salty and I like black pepper in my dai bao but still, it’s a pretty good deal with good flavor

Sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaf ($5): They say it comes with pork, chicken, shrimp and egg but I could only see ground meat. The sticky rice part was fine but the flavor was lacking.

Baguette ($1.75): A big baguette, pale looking. The exterior is thin and crisp and the interior soft and chewy. It’s lighter and softer than your French baguette. Toasted, it works well for banh mi sandwiches.

Takeout only (there’s no seating). Service was friendly. They even gave me a free iced tea (free with the purchase of dim sum, I believe). It’s in a strip mall with its own parking.

4 out of 5 stars

By Lolia S.

[daily-deliciousness]

Korean chicken bao

[niftyrecipe]

Gua Bao (Pork Belly Bao Buns)

[amphibianaday]

day 1349

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Steamed Buns by lyphine_gan on Instagram

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Steamed Red Beet Year of the Bunny Buns (Vegan)

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meijimantou on ig

[sikfankitchen]

Salted Egg Yolk Custard Steamed Buns ~ Recipe 🐷

[mintjeru]

in honor of us being blessed w/ more gaming leaks today: i've been contemplating his favorite dim sum dish for a while and finally decided on one >:D

cw for mentions of game leaks and food under the cut!

there are so many dim sum dishes to choose from so i basically had to hone in on one by ruling out categories

also i'm assigning him a fav dim sum dessert bc i feel like desserts deserve their own category ><

first of all, i intentionally did not consider larger dishes, such as salted fish fried rice, crispy soy sauce fried noodles, etc., bc technically you can get those at any chinese restaurant, not just a dim sum one

second, i'm excluding expensive dishes you'd typically only see at banquets, such as crab, lobster, etc., bc i'm trying to hc a dish he'd be able to order often when he goes out in a party of 4

third, since canto food is generally light and mild, i think he'd prefer this type of cuisine over food w/ strong spices or flavors. that isn't to say he can't handle or doesn't enjoy stronger tasting food, but i think milder dishes are what he'd go for if he wanted comfort food

now. since he has to stay in shape for his guard duty and performances, i don't think he'd like having fried food often. i think he'd prefer smth lighter so he wouldn't feel sluggish. this would exclude fried calamari, xo sauce stir fried cheung fun, fried pumpkin w/ salted egg yolk, etc.

i'm gonna rule out vegetable dishes too (sorry vegetables!!) bc even though they're good, they're typically not the highlight of dim sum

moving on to other dishes, i'm ruling out har gow and siu mai (don't come at me for this) bc of the fact that they're standard dim sum dishes. yes, they're yummy and are telling of the quality of the dim sum restaurant, but i don't think he'd say they're his Favorite dish out of all the options. i have nothing against har gow and siu mai ok, it's just that i don't think he'd pick one of those as his top favorite bc it's standard to order them every time you get dim sum anyway.

even after ruling all these dishes out, there are still a lot left at this point. so, to make my life easier and bc i felt like it, i decided to hc that gaming likes sweet food. you may ask why and my answer is 1. bc i can, 2. bc it would be gap moe of him to have an energetic, fiery personality while preferring gentle sweets, and 3. bc i can. again bc it's canto cuisine, it's mild sweetness he's looking for.

after deciding on this, the two dishes that came to mind were char siu bao and phoenix claws. it's really funny that i thought of char siu bao bc judging by the look of gaming's recently leaked specialty dish, it's steamed char siu bao.

additional hc: i think he really likes char siu bao, and if he had to pick he'd go for the steamed kind rather than the baked kind bc it's soft and fluffy. interestingly enough, i decided on this prior to the leaks about his specialty dish, the description of which says it's steamed. mhy and i are on the same wavelength fr.

that being said. i'm gonna rule out char siu bao specifically because it's food you can eat on the go. because the story blurb in gaming's drip marketing says he spends his leisure time at the dim sum restaurant, i think he'd want to order smth he doesn't usually get to eat and smth he can take his time enjoying.

in conclusion, i think his favorite dim sum dish would be phoenix claws, which fits those two criteria. it's sweet, a dish that you can only get at dim sum restaurants, and he can take his time savoring it.

as for his favorite dim sum dessert, i had an easier time deciding bc i decided on the steamed char siu bao preference hc beforehand. i'm gonna go with the steamed custard buns bc they have a gentle sweetness and are also soft and fluffy. do you see my vision here? it's all coming together.

thank you for coming to my ted talk, i love him a lot as you can see

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i really need to invest in an actual steamer i cannot keep building the tower of babel out of plates and sieves every time

[daily-deliciousness]

Gua bao (pork belly bao buns)

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Went to Canton Paradise (乐天小香港) at Junction 8 after praying at the temple. We were seated at two different tables, so each ordered their dishes separately. This Braised Peanut & Chestnut was the appetizer they placed on the table. Whole savoury peanuts with sweet chestnuts perked up the tastebuds as we poured ourselves the Glutinous Rice Pu-Erh Tea (糯米沱普洱茶).

We started off with the classic dim sum Siew Mai or Steamed Pork Dumpling (鱼子蒸烧卖皇). The pork and prawn filling with sprinkling of flying fish roe adding specks of colour is both meaty and wholesome tasting. Then came the Har Gow or Steamed Prawn Dumpling (笋尖鲜虾饺) with chunky succulent and crunchy prawn enclosed inside the translucent skin.

The Steamed Xiao Long Bao (上海小笼包) or soup dumpling is also another must order item. Pick it up gently with chopsticks into a soup spoon. Take a small bite in the dumpling skin and proceed to suck out the soup (beware, it's hot) then popped the whole thing into the mouth.

[vegan-nom-noms]

Banana Peel Char Siu Bao