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About BAO - City
BAO City, inspired by the Xiao Chi houses of Taiwan, specialising in Taiwanese Fried Chicken, BAO and Bubble Tea.
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Classic BAO
£6.50
Fried Chicken BAO
£6.75
Yellow Chilli Chicken Rice
Highly rated
Marinated chicken in yellow chilli, fermented greens and onion relish.
£12.00
Taiwanese Style Beef Noodle Soup
Highly rated
Slow-cooked beef cheek noodles with a rich broth made using aged beef fat and our master beef stock from aged beef bones. Served with marinated beef cheek, preserved greens, coriander, and spiced beef butter.
£14.75
Lamb Dumplings
£8.00
Burnt Chilli Daikon BAO
£6.00
Dan Dan Noodles (ve)
Highly rated
Minced Tofu in Dan Dan sauce with noodles.
£11.25
Soy Glazed Aubergine (ve)
£6.50
Daikon BAO (v)
£6.00
Mushroom Dumplings (ve)
£8.00

Bubble Tea
Milk tea made with Hong Yu Tea and sweetened with Hei Tang Sugar. Finished with tapioca pearls and topped with a milk foam.
£5.75
Peanut Milk (ve)
Currently sold out
£5.50
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Popcorn Nuggets - 6 Pieces
A cult, unmissable, dish. Served with Sichuan Mayo, Hot Sauce and Basil Ranch
£9.75
Popcorn Nuggets - 3 Pieces
A cult, unmissable, dish, hot sauce on the side
£5.00
Peking Caramel Chicken Wing - Each
Currently sold out
£2.50

Classic BAO
12-hour soy braised pork belly, fermented mustard greens, coriander and peanut powder in a fluffy Gua BAO.
£6.50
Fried Chicken BAO
Signature Taiwanese fried chicken in a toasted sesame BAO with Sichuan mayo, coriander, golden kimchi and house-made hot sauce.
£6.75
BAOnut
Our take on a doughnut—deep-fried in tempura batter for a crisp, airy crunch. Dusted with milk powder sugar and drizzled with rich Taiwanese Hei Tang caramel. Sweet, creamy, and too good to share.
£4.00
Burnt Chilli Daikon BAO
Daikon croquette, with house-made Burnt Green Chilli sauce & soy pickled chilli served in a toasted sesame BAO.
£6.00
Daikon BAO (v)
Fried daikon served in a Gua BAO, with pickled Daikon, coriander and house-made hot sauce.
£6.00
Baby BAO
A single steamed Gua Bao.
£1.50

Taiwanese Style Beef Noodle Soup
Highly rated
· Slow-cooked beef cheek noodles with a rich broth made using aged beef fat and our master beef stock from aged beef bones. Served with marinated beef cheek, preserved greens, coriander, and spiced beef butter.
£14.75
Lamb Dumplings
Boiled Lamb Dumplings in a sesame chilli crisp dressing (6 pieces)
£8.00
Dan Dan Noodles (ve)
Highly rated
· Minced Tofu in Dan Dan sauce with noodles.
£11.25
Mushroom Dumplings (ve)
Soy glaze, Kow Choi Oil (6 pieces)
£8.00

Yellow Chilli Chicken Rice
Highly rated
· Marinated chicken in yellow chilli, fermented greens and onion relish.
£12.00
Braised Pork, ‘Lu Rou Fan’, Rice
Traditional Taiwanese rice bowl, with double cooked soy braised pork belly diced over rice with fish floss, egg and pickles
£8.75

Smacked Cucumber (ve)

£5.00
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Green Salad, Tiger Dressing
The BAO House Salad has been on the menu since day one at BAO Soho. Grated salted duck egg is our equivalent to Parmesan, providing that salty and creamy hit. It requires a bit of time to dry out the salted duck eggs so they’re easy to grate.
£5.75
Soy Glazed Aubergine (ve)
Aubergine with Thai Basil in a chilli garlic sauce, topped with battered crumbs.
£6.50
Potato Fries, Confit Garlic Mayo
Potato fries, served with a confit garlic mayonnaise.
£4.00
Yu Shiang Eggs
Yu Shiang Boiled Egg, Dodington Cheese
£3.75
Taiwanese Style Edamame (ve)
Edamame seasoned with cracked black pepper, vinegar, sesame oil and garlic.
£4.75

BAO Book
Part manifesto, part cookbook, our first book — BAO — is a declaration of our intentions, what’s important to us and an explanation of why and how we do the things we do and cook the dishes you love.
£30.00