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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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Brown Sugar Bubble Milk Tea
Milk tea made with Hong Yu Tea and sweetened with Hei Tang Sugar. Finished with tapioca pearls and topped with a milk foam.
£5.50
Vegetarian
Peanut Milk (ve)
Roasted peanuts, vanilla pods, light brown sugar, oat milk, oat cream
£5.50
Vegan
Mango & Salted Coconut Tea
Currently sold out
£5.75
Vegetarian
Blueberry, White Chocolate & Matcha

£5.75
Vegetarian

Taiwanese Fried Chicken 5pc.
A cult, unmissable, dish. Served with Hot Sauce.
£8.95
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Peking Caramel Chicken Wing 2pc
Double-fried wings glazed in a sticky Peking-style sauce with hei tang caramel, tomato, garlic, and vinegar. Finished with balsamic and pineapple for a sharp, tangy kick. Bold, smoky, and seriously addictive.
£5.00

Classic Braised Pork Bao
12-hour soy braised pork belly, fermented mustard greens, coriander and peanut powder in a fluffy Gua Bao
£5.50
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Fried Chicken Bao
Signature Taiwanese fried chicken in a toasted sesame Bao with Sichuan mayo, coriander, golden kimchi and house-made hot sauce.
£5.95
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Mama Yu Malay Curry Chicken Bao
A special collaboration with Mama Yu! Malaysian crispy chicken, mayo, cucumber and Mama Yu’s signature curry chilli oil.
£6.95
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Burnt Chilli Daikon Bao
Daikon croquette, with house-made Burnt Green Chilli sauce & soy pickled chilli served in a toasted sesame Bao.
£5.50
Vegan
Daikon Croquette Bao
Fried daikon served in a Gua Bao, with pickled Daikon, coriander and house-made hot sauce.
£4.95
Vegetarian
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
Vegetarian
Baby BAO
A single steamed Gua Bao.
£1.50
Vegetarian

Taiwanese Beef Noodles Soup
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, Sesame Chilli Crisp
Boiled Lamb Dumplings in a soy chilli dressing (6 pieces)
£8.00
Tofu 'Dan Dan' Noodles
Minced Tofu in Dan Dan sauce with noodles.
£11.95
Vegan
Prawn Dumplings, Soy Chilli Oil
Boiled Prawn Dumplings in a Soy Chilli Oil 6pcs
£8.50
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Mushroom Dumplings, Soy Kow Choi
Soy glaze, Kow Choi Oil (6 pieces)
£7.75
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Charcoal Grilled, Yellow Chilli Chicken Rice
Marinated chicken in yellow chilli, fermented greens and onion relish.
£12.25
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
£9.75

Smacked Chilli Cucumber
Spicy smacked cucumber with chilli oil.
£5.50
Vegan
Potato Fries, Confit Garlic Mayo
Potato fries, served with a confit garlic mayonnaise.
£4.00
Vegetarian
Massaged Seasonal 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.
£5.00
Vegetarian
Black Pepper Edamame
Edamame seasoned with cracked black pepper, vinegar, sesame oil and garlic.
£4.75
Vegan
Soy Glazed Aubergine, Crispy Tempura
Aubergine with Thai Basil in a chilli garlic sauce, topped with battered crumbs.
£6.75
Vegan
Yu Shiang Eggs, Doddington Cheese
Rich Clarence Court eggs topped with Yu Shiang mayo—made from doubanjiang, garlic, and fermented chilli—plus finely grated Doddington cheese. Creamy, punchy, and full of umami.
£3.75

Hot Sauce
Our signature house-made Hot Sauce. Perfect for fries or spicing up the Classic BAO.
£1.50
Sichuan Mayo

£1.50
Burnt Chilli Sauce
Our house-made Burnt Chilli Sauce. A medley of smokiness, sweetness and a spicy tang served with a full-bodied texture.
£1.50

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