Last night, we thought we’d check out the grand opening of Tom’s Bao Bao on Westminster Street in Providence. Apparently, we weren’t the only ones. After waiting in line for about 10 minutes, we decided to head to Faust down the street for yet another fine meal.
But we promised the kids to return for breakfast—well, Sunday brunch at least. This time, there were only a handful of people in line, and the service was fast.
We tried several kinds of bao—sweet potato, vegetarian, chicken, pork, and beef. For the uninitiated, a bao is similar to the pork buns in Chinese dim sum—it’s basically a steamed doughy bun filled with vegetarian or meat ingredients. My favorites were the vegetarian, which contained lots of greens and tofu, and the fragrant sweet potato.
Tom’s Bao Bao
326 Westminster Street
Providence, RI
http://www.tomsbaobao.com/
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Wow! I can’t wait to try it!
By the way, the name of the place is cute; “bao bao” is a colloquialism for “hug”: https://translate.google.com/#zh-CN/en/%E6%8A%B1%E6%8A%B1
Cool! I didn’t know that!