Friday, May 26, 2017

Day 144: Bao (Steamed Bun)

The first and only time I had a bao was when I went to New York for the Governor's Ball Music Festival last summer with my friend Nguyen. He had wanted to go to the BaoHaus, a tiny hole in the wall bao place in NYC, to get some of the best bao ever. It was right across the street from a Michelin three star restaurant, so I already had some high expectations. They used flatter bao that was folded over ingredients (I got some bomb tofu) and eaten like a sandwich as opposed to being a stuffed dumpling. They were incredible and I was super excited when I found out there was a recipe for bao in this book. The same buddy Nguyen is here in town visiting me right now, so I thought that it was only right if we make some bao from scratch. Neither of us had made them before so it was quite an adventure. They turned out delicious and I would love to make some legit stuffed ones. I didn't know they were so easy to make either. I'm still skipping around in the recipes, but I had to do this one for the sake of my friend. 

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