By fusing authentic Chinese tradition with their own spin to. But it just doesn’t hold a candle to even the second tier “made to order” places out in the San Gabriel Valley - and forget comparing it to Elite, King Hua and the like. We believe great food starts with great people: Our expert chefs are masters of the culinary arts. And it’s well located with good service and an attractive interior. Yeah, if you’re a non-Chinese who doesn’t know how dim sum should taste, Bao is fine. It’s better than the new Empress Pavillon (which is wretched) but not even as good as the Santa Monica mainstay. Overall, Bao was about as I expected, but not particularly good. The sauce was too sweet, but the meat was tasty. Pretty decent actually, my second favorite dish. The texture was fine but it just didn’t taste great.īaked BBQ pork bun. I ordered this because I just had this dish at Sea Harbor and it was fabulous. Pretty good version actually.Ĭrispy egg tofu. Slightly different taste, but dough wasn’t fabulous. I hate that, but I should have remembered to tell them to stage it. I must mention that they brought nearly by entire order simultaneously. Nor do they charge (here’s looking at you again Elite). Sure, 30+ years ago the whole cart thing was a novelty, but I much prefer the freshness of to order.īao is decent in the sauce department too, and far easier to actually get your sauces than an authentic place - as they actually bring them without asking 5 times. Plus Bao is a “to order” place rather than cart style. The menu, while lacking in any major surprises, has all the right classic dimsum fare. Inside it actually has a decor from this century, which is more than can be of the likes of Elite (except Elite has much better dimsum!). I’ve been doing a pretty good job working through the top places in the San Gabriel Valley (although I have a few new ones to try) but I had an hour or so at lunch to kill in Beverly Hills and I figured I try out Bao. Anyone who reads my blog knows I’m a dimsum fiend.
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