Friday, March 5, 2010

Steamed pork buns that made Momofuku famous

3-05-2010 Fri. chilly, windy, sunny

BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- steamed dumplings
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea | apple
DINNER --- vegetable soup of napa cabbage, mushrooms, pickled bamboo shoots and seaweed | steamed taco-shaped buns with oven-braised pork brisket and pickled gourd


  • these taco-shaped steamed pork buns made David Chang of Momofuku famous. In China the bun is called "lotus leaf folder", it looks like a steamed fluffy pancake folded in half, with pork and pickles in between. these pork buns are easier to make than the closed-form kind such as Xiao-long-bao, mainly because the shells and fillings are cooked separately, and assembled at the serving time, just like a taco.