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| - The Prince of Taiwan had just eaten lunch at another joint but had to invest some time in coming to this delightful hole in a wall type place located inside a hair salon place..yeah..you heard that right. You can get your bikini wax and some chinese food all at the same place..or even the same time if you are adventurous enough.
The P o T has been to many exotic places to eat in the past years, from sashimi off the bodies of nekkid chicks to Thomas Keller's Bouchon in Napa, but his heart will forever be given to small mom and pop type places whos passion for cooking spills forth in their service and food.
I demand everyone who goes to Las Vegas to give this tiny place a try. I met with the chef and wife (?) who were very nice and friendly. We chatted about their business, and how they got started, to the food scene in Vegas and my native San Francisco. They apparently know the folks over at the Bay Area Chairman Bao, but I have to say thier stuff is a notch above. Everything is made to order, and the chef, a big bald dude that can probably twist me into the shape of a pretzel, was making my stomach beg for mercy while he seared my meat. That sounded dirty...sorry.
Get the best deal, which is the 3 bao plus drink for 1o bucks. boss/Wife and I got the pork belly, mushroom/ tofu, and the duck. each was delicious and off the chain. so good Jeremy Lin can be bribed to lose a game or two for some of these bad boys.
Pork belly is seared perfectly, as was the mushroom cooked to a T. but it was the DUCK DUCK DUCK that had the Prince of Taiwan howling at the moon, scaring all the white folk in the salon. tender morsel of duck with some pickled veggies gave it a perfect bite and crunch. It is most worthy. Crackhead worthy.
They say they are soon filming a show for Food Network next month and I wish them the very best.
All my loyal padawans out there....go now and get bao'd.
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