• Seagoon_OP
    5·
    5 months ago

    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.

    • CEOofmyhouse56
      4·
      5 months ago

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

      • StudSpud The StarchyEnglish
        3·
        5 months 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.