小豬奶黃包
síu jyū náaih wòhng bāau

piglet custard bun

Steamed custard buns shaped to look like piglets.

流沙包
làu sā bāau

molten custard bun

A recent Hong Kong-invented variation of custard buns, these have a molten custard filling made f...

豆沙包
dauh sā bāau

red bean paste bun

Fluffy steamed buns filled with red bean paste (made from adzuki beans). The paste can be chunky ...

芝麻包
jī màh bāau

sesame paste bun

Fluffy steamed buns filled with black sesame seed paste.

蓮蓉包
lìhn yùhng bāau

lotus seed bun

Steamed buns filled with lotus seed paste.

壽桃包
sauh tòuh bāau

longevity peach bun

Steamed bao made to resemble peaches of immortality, filled with lotus seed or red bean paste, tr...

菠蘿包
bō lòh bāau

pineapple bun

Bun with a sweet crunchy top in a crosshatch pattern reminiscent of a pineapple. Sometimes there ...

菠蘿油
bō lòh yàuh

pineapple bun w/ butter

Pinapple buns served with butter.

菠蘿流沙包
bō lòh làu sāa bāau

pineapple lava custard bun

A pineapple bun with a molten custard filling.

叉包
chā bāau | caa1 baau1

pork belly bun

Meat, usually pork belly, served taco-like in a soft doughy bao wrapper. Originating from Fuzhou,...

肉夾饃
yuhk gaap mòh

Chinese hamburger

This street food originating from the Shaanxi province in Northern China is often listed in Engli...

牛肉夾饃
ngàuh yuhk gaap mòh

Chinese beef hamburger

A Chinese hamburger filled with beef

素菜包
sou choi bāau

vegetarian bun

Steamed wheat buns with vegetable fillings.

湯包
tōng bāau | tong1 baau1

soup dumpling

Soup dumplings are not dumplings in soup, but the reverse, steamed buns filled with soup. Of the ...

小籠包
síu lùhng bāau

Shanghai dumpling

These steamed buns, with skin pinched at the top creating vertical ripples all around, are filled...

朱古力小籠包
jyū gū līk síu lùhng bāau

chocolate Shanghai dumpling

One of the more whimsical variations of Shanghai soup dumplings (available at Din Tai Fung and, i...

茶包
chàh bāau | caa4 bau1

tea bag

Origin Story The first commercial tea bags (although not the first patented tea bags) were devel...