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| - Ever since their debut on "You Gotta Eat Here", I loved going to their joint for Steamed Bao and Banh Mi. That was years ago, when they set up shop at their first location on Queen and Spadina. Since then, they've opened multiple locations, and I just happened to stop by the one near Yonge and Eglinton for a late lunch.
I ordered their Five Spice Pork Belly steamed Bao with a side of fries, all in for just under $7.50.
Their flavours are just like I remembered: salty and savoury from the big slice of pork belly with their signature "luck sauce", and sweetness from the bao and pickled veg.
What sucks about today though was that I felt there was a bit too much pickled veg. It ended up shoving the pork belly from underneath so when I took a bite of the bottom, all I got was bao and veg. A bit of an imbalance, but I'm willing to look past it.
I dug into the fries after my first bite of the bao, and it was all soft... no crispiness. Now, my mentality is: you can't mess up a good fry. There's probably someone who likes soft fries, but I was just hoping for something with a little more crunch.
Despite that, I still love Banh Mi Boys and their food. It'll take a bit more than that to change my mind.
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