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Barobao - Stockholm Food Stories
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The Taiwanese specialty gua bao hit the Stockholm food scene in 2015, and one of the places to hail for getting these steamed buns of goodness onto the menus around town is Barobao.
Located on Hornsgatan on Södermalm, this place offers baos in its purest form, it is cheap, it is fast and above all – it is delicious.
The classic Taiwanese bao are snowy white, pillow soft and savory-sweet with the goodness of slow cooked pork inside with pickled cucumber, coriander and peanut dust.
But Barobao is far from fine dining, it brings the steamed bun back to where it is most commonly found in Southeast Asia – as quick and cheap street food.
The traditional bao is still there on the menu with pork belly, hoisin sauce, pickled cucumbers, peanuts and coriander – but they have also expanded the menu to include more creative items such as oysters with kabuso tapioca and yuzu hot sauce.