Opaque jellyfish?? Hahahaha! Ya'll crack me up. Strange that something so normal should look so weird.
It's a bun with stuff in it, as yoyew said. We call it a "bao". The dot on top tells you what's inside. For example, the yellow dot tells me that this is a chicken bun. A smooth bun (without the folds that make it look like a jellyfish means that it has a sweet bean paste inside. You can get pork bao, vegetable bao, lotus paste bao, and even da bao (very big bao with everything inside, including egg).
You buy it from a steamer type thing that keeps it warm. I'll take a photo of it. :)
Btw Brian, I really really like the breakfast series you linked! Thank you!
chinese steamed buns... the original macsteamy... like a burger but the patties don't ever fall out...
i wonder what it'll be like if MacDonalds ever decides to go into the bao business... after all, they've already got that wrap thingy (chicken foldover i think it's called)... and what would you like with your double-cheese-and-bacon MacBao sir? a large Coke or chinese tea?
I give up.
ReplyDeleteWhat is it?
It's coffee with an opaque jellyfish on top.
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I stumbled across someone else's picture of that same jellyfish breakfast thing today! (I'm with Jim ... what is it?)
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Via Jason Kottke.
What is it??
ReplyDeleteit looks tasty, but, yeah, what is it?
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Opaque jellyfish?? Hahahaha! Ya'll crack me up. Strange that something so normal should look so weird.
ReplyDeleteIt's a bun with stuff in it, as yoyew said. We call it a "bao". The dot on top tells you what's inside. For example, the yellow dot tells me that this is a chicken bun. A smooth bun (without the folds that make it look like a jellyfish means that it has a sweet bean paste inside. You can get pork bao, vegetable bao, lotus paste bao, and even da bao (very big bao with everything inside, including egg).
You buy it from a steamer type thing that keeps it warm. I'll take a photo of it. :)
Btw Brian, I really really like the breakfast series you linked! Thank you!
chinese steamed buns... the original macsteamy... like a burger but the patties don't ever fall out...
ReplyDeletei wonder what it'll be like if MacDonalds ever decides to go into the bao business... after all, they've already got that wrap thingy (chicken foldover i think it's called)... and what would you like with your double-cheese-and-bacon MacBao sir? a large Coke or chinese tea?