One of my favorite foods in dim sum are these buns, and I've been trying to Google it but to no avail... A lot of Chinese buns are these white, fluffy kinds and those are exactly the ones I dispise. The one I want looks like this, under Baked BBQ Pork Buns. This page cleared it all up for me, explaining that there are two types of cha siu bao, or pork bun, baked and steamed.
There's just something about the bread that I love... It's the bread I'm after. The pork's good, but the bread is even better. It's round and squishy... And it just makes me think of anime. Like when anime or cartoon characters eat... It's just simple food. That's why I'm also thinking... Screw upscale restaurants. They don't know what food is. Clearly. Clearly. =) Always small portions... What ever happened to a nice piece of bread and some squishy, tender, saucy meat. And no, no crunchy bread. No dry bread. No Italian bread and no French bread. Squishy, baked, Chinese buns. Exactly the way it should be.
Posted by Mark Canlas at February 10, 2005 12:27 PM