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Daily Discussion Thread: 🌃🏙️ Friday, August 9, 2024 (aussie.zone)

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[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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@aussie.zone 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] StudChud@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 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.