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| - From what many others have said since this place has opened, it seems they have figured some things out and are pretty decent now. While it doesn't match the quality of other bao places, it's still a respectable option without the need of going far for those of us in the Markham/Richmond Hill area and I appreciate that.
Before I breakdown the individual items, the overall flavour theme is SWEET and SALTY. If you don't like that combination, then you probably won't like these or the entire concept of these restaurants. For me, I love these two flavours. Some might think it's too much. Especially if you get the bulgogi, then it's the sweetness of the bulgogi, adding on top of the sweetness of the kimchi, the sauce, the carrots, AND the bao. Like everything is sweet!
Japanese fried chicken bao - not karaage, it's more like panko breaded chicken. Served with a sweet soy based sauce.
Battered fish - probably the better one of the two. Light and crunchy fish that contrasts the baos well with mayo. It was less intense in flavour in a good way than the others due to the lack of a sweet sauce.
Bulgoggi Bahn Mi - really enjoyed this. It was packed with ingredients. A good amount of sweet bulgogi, with kimchi, carrots, raddish, jalapeƱos, corn, cucumbers and more. The bread was toasted crisp and the entire thing packed some serious sweet and salty flavour.
Bulgogi kimchi fries - okay but way too salty. Don't know what made the fries so salty. Also, I expected better fries, it was a tad cold and were frozen fries. I like my fries freshly cut with the skin on - see Bahn Mi Boys kimchi fries. Otherwise, there was a healthy amount of toppings.
All in all, it's a bao time is a pretty decent fast food place to get these 'fusion' baos and Bahn Mi although some improvements would be welcome.
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