LIFE OF SHAYAN
  • Blogging
    • FOODIE HOME
    • BASE
  • Top 5
  • Interviews
  • FOOD CHALLENGE
  • Food Club
    • Burgers
    • Life of Shayan - Curry
  • FOODIE HOME
  • Blogging
    • FOODIE HOME
    • BASE
  • Top 5
  • Interviews
  • FOOD CHALLENGE
  • Food Club
    • Burgers
    • Life of Shayan - Curry
  • FOODIE HOME
• LOVE FOOD, LIVE FOODIE •

YOUR SOURCE FOR WHAT TO EAT

Bao Fitzrovia: Buns in London

24/3/2017

0 Comments

 
PictureCrispy Fried Seaweed
London has the quality and diversity of food like no other. Well, maybe New York too. Next up on the list of niche restaurants is steamed buns from Bao.
​
BAO = Bun. This is how they describe themselves
"We make all our Baos in house, using milk, wheat flour and a roux.
We steam our Baos so they are soft, pillowy and cloud-like."

​That's it. what more do you want to know?

Bao is very related to one of my other loves; Burgers. If you think about it, they are very similar. Buns are a vessel to serve food.

When the buns are 'soft, pillowy and cloud like' it is no surprise that Bao has become a hit in London. From huge queues at their original site in Soho, they opened up a second restaurant in Fitzrovia and delighted those queue haters with a booking system.

I eventually went to Bao in early February, just before Valentines Day and the table was booked and we walked in to a busy restaurant. Sat and welcomed, we went about checking out the Fitzrovia menu. This menu, we were told was slightly different to the original and had also been updated with new editions.
Picture
Buns = Bao
Bao Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - Zomato
The menu is quite simple and you are asked to put down the quantity of what you want. ie - next to the buns, put down 3 if you want three. Get it! A good example is on the Zomato website for this.  Between the three of us we ordered two buns each, fried chicken, fried seaweed and great dessert of peanut butter ice cream.

​The buns we had were the classic bun of pork, beef short rib and also confit pork too. The fillings in each were amazing and all the meat was cooked perfectly. Tender, pull apart and with a good three or four bites, then bun was gone. 

It's not just buns at Bao, the dishes of fried chicken and seaweed were great too. The crunch and bite were deafening at times. Most importantly it was fried to the point of non greasiness. Quality and good enough quantity, where importantly I wasn't stuffed but full and content. Good work BAO.
Square Meal
Picture
Beef Short rib
GOOD TIMES = all buns and the dessert for sure. Teas for those healthy people but also good cocktails to start a night.

WATCH OUT = I would recommended booking a table to avoid long queues

OMG = why has it taken me so long to go?!

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Follow @lifeofshayan

    RSS Feed

    Archives

    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012

Foodie Home

Blogging

Top 5

Serious

Food Challenge

Photos used under Creative Commons from *_*, donwest48, cchana, Random Retail