• Seagoon_OP
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        I think it’s a modern problem. Bao have traditionally been eaten in soup/stew but a restaurant in Shanghai started calling steamed buns dumplings.

        Bao means bag , it’s a reference to filling, but dumpling is a reference to how it’s cooked.

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          I thought bao means bun. That’s why you only need to say bao otherwise you are saying bun bun.

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            1 month ago

            I’d say bao bao and blow their minds

            Edit: saying “bao bun” is equivalent to saying “naan bread” or “chai tea”; it’s basically saying “bread bread” or “tea tea”.

            Bao means bun in Cantonese, and bao is a Cantonese food.