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| - I had high hopes for this restaurant, but unfortunately it wasn't the greatest experience. The location is great, the restaurant has an awesome urban look and the staff is nice. The food however, fell short.
We ordered quite a bit of food and avoided reading other reviews so as not to taint opinions. Overall, the baos were way too big for the small amount of protein used in any of the dishes. Also, the vegetables that are traditionally pickled (carrots, etc.) are not. This is unfortunate, as it would balance out the overpowering sauces they use for the duck confit, beef bulgogi and jerk chicken baos. The popcorn chicken was quite tasty and did not have an oily taste. The fish baos were the favourite, but once again, the baos seemed too large because of the small amount of fish. The piece of actually appeared large, but it was more batter than meat.
This reataurant has a lot of potential and I'm confident that with a few refinements like using pickled veg, larger servings of protein and making the sauces a bit less overwhelming (or simply using less of it - more sauce doesn't necessarily mean better flavor) this bao joint will get many great reviews
Duck confit bao
Jerk chicken bao
Beef bulgogi bao
Fish bao
Popcorn chicken
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