Dishes

Steamed pork bun

鮮肉包

Also called: 肉包 (bah-pau) · baozi

A soft, yeasted wheat bun steamed around a juicy minced pork filling.

Photo: bryan... from Taipei, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0

Photo: Francesc Fort, CC BY-SA 4.0

What it is

Baozi are yeast-leavened buns, usually of wheat flour, filled and steamed. The pork bun is the basic version, with a juicy minced pork filling.

Where it comes from

A legend first recorded in the Song dynasty credits the strategist Zhuge Liang with inventing steamed buns as stand-ins for human heads in a sacrifice. Treat it as folklore.

How it is made

Leavened dough is wrapped around a seasoned pork filling and steamed.

How to eat it

A breakfast bun, or a snack on the go. At Kuan Lai Shun in Kaohsiung, locals recommend it with salty soy milk.

In Kaohsiung

Kuan Lai Shun in Zuoying's Guomao community makes its buns by hand, and TVBS praises the juicy filling.

Where to eat it in Kaohsiung

寬來順早餐店

BreakfastZuoying

Kuan Lai Shun Breakfast

This Zuoying breakfast shop made its name on soy milk. Order a clay-oven sesame flatbread with egg and pickled greens, a pork bun and a salty soy milk.

Breakfast

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