The bamboo baskets are filled with "baozi" which means
more or less "something wrapped up in a package". In this case various meat and
vegetable fillings are wrapped in bread dough and then steamed. Chinese chives and egg
or mushrooms and Chinese cabbage are a couple of my favorite kinds of baozi. At this
stand, an all pork filled bun goes for about 12¢, other varieties are about a dime each.
Several of these - I'm usually good for four, sometimes five - make a great hot
breakfast on a cold winter day. |