Baohaus

Baohaus had us at the name. So we were predisposed to fall, hard, for the steamed buns stuffed with Niman Ranch pork belly (the Chairman Bao), skirt steak (Haus Bao), and fried tofu (Uncle Jesse), each also stuffed with 'haus' relish, cilantro, and peanuts (the Uncle Jesse). They taste better --- more complex, richer --- than they look, perhaps because the tinfoil creates an unintended spaceship effect.




And there's no fitter end to a lunch of Taiwanese street food than fried strips of bao, dipped in a not-entirely-unpleasant-even-though-it-was-gritty sesame sauce.