
About BAO - Borough
BAO Borough, inspired by the Xiao Chi houses of Taiwan, specialising in Taiwanese Fried Chicken, BAO and Bubble Tea
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Fried Chicken Bao
£5.95Prawn Shia Song Bao
£6.50Beef Short Rib Bao
£6.50Classic Braised Pork Bao
£5.50Charcoal Grilled, Yellow Chilli Chicken Rice
£12.25Taiwanese Fried Chicken 5pc.
£8.95Braised Pork, 'Lu Rou Fan', Rice
£9.75Brown Sugar Bubble Milk Tea
£5.50Charcoal Grilled, Fried Chicken Breast
£12.50Grilled Cucumber, Soy Glaze
£5.50
Dream Drinks
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.£5.50VegetarianPeanut Milk (ve)
Currently sold out£5.50VeganMango & Salted Coconut Tea
£5.75VegetarianBlueberry, White Chocolate & Matcha
£5.75Vegetarian
Taiwanese Fried Chicken
Taiwanese Fried Chicken 5pc.
A cult, unmissable, dish. Served with Hot Sauce.£8.95Charcoal Grilled, Fried Chicken Breast
Chicken breast marinated in soy, Shaoxing wine, garlic and ginger, fried in crunchy Taiwanese batter, brushed with spicy garlic dressing, then grilled. Served with a fresh, tangy cabbage salad. Spicy, bold, and hard to share.£12.50Popular
Bao
Fried Chicken Bao
Signature Taiwanese fried chicken in a toasted sesame Bao with Sichuan mayo, coriander, golden kimchi and house-made hot sauce.£5.95PopularPrawn Shia Song Bao
Chopped prawns with celery and carrot served in a deep-fried Hot Dog Bao with a Taiwanese sweet mayonnaise.£6.50PopularBeef Short Rib Bao
Slow-cooked beef short rib, pickles, crispy shallots and Sichuan mayo in a fluffy Gua Bao£6.50PopularClassic Braised Pork Bao
12-hour soy braised pork belly, fermented mustard greens, coriander and peanut powder in a fluffy Gua Bao£5.50Daikon Croquette Bao
Fried daikon served in a Gua Bao, with pickled daikon, coriander and house-made hot sauce.£4.95VegetarianBurnt Chilli Daikon Bao
Daikon croquette, with house-made burnt green chilli sauce & soy pickled chilli served in a toasted sesame Bao£5.50VeganBAOnut
Our take on a deep-fried doughnut with Hei Tang caramel£4.00VegetarianBaby Bao
A single plain steamed Gua BAO£1.50Vegetarian
Chi Shang Rice
Charcoal Grilled, Yellow Chilli Chicken Rice
Marinated Chicken in Yellow Chilli, Fermented Greens, Onion Relish£12.25PopularBraised Pork, 'Lu Rou Fan', Rice
A comforting dish of double cooked pork belly & fried egg over prized fish floss & rice£9.75
Xiao Chi Snacks & Sides
Peking Caramel Grilled Chicken Wing
A grilled chicken with dressed in a sweet Peking sauce.£2.50Grilled Cucumber, Soy Glaze
Grilled Cucumber, Soy Glaze, Tempura Crisps£5.50VeganMassaged 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.£5.00VegetarianYu Shiang Eggs, Doddington Cheese
Clarence Court eggs topped with the Yu Shiang Mayo and finely grated Doddington cheese from Neals yard dairy.£3.75
Dips
Sichuan Mayo
Our house-made Sichuan Mayo with spicy Sichuan sauce.£1.50Burnt Chilli Sauce
Our house-made Burnt Chilli Sauce. A medley of smokiness, sweetness and a spicy tang served with a full-bodied texture.£1.50Hot Sauce
Our signature house-made Hot Sauce. Perfect for fries or spicing up the Classic Bao.£1.50
Drinks
Coke
£3.50Diet Coke
£3.50Taiwan Beer
£5.60BAO Oolong Beer
Our Classic BAO Beer brewed with Braybrooke Beer Brewery. An aromatic, light amber lager with pleasantly bitter tea-like qualities.£6.80
Merchandise
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