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    Bao by Kaya - W52nd

    3.2 (13 reviews)
    Open • 10:30 am - 7:45 pm

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    Shen T.

    Taiwanese Lu Rou Fan sure sounds good at this time while visiting my office this past weekend. Of course once ordered and got my food, I was surprised to see that it's more salad over rice and some minced pork. Overall, it wasn't even close to what I was expecting. I understand what each restaurant likes to do to make their dish more unique, but they really shouldn't call this Taiwanese as this is something that's way opposite as I'm not even sure what to call it. But the bottom line is taste, and it really wasn't that good either so I was quite disappointed

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    James A.

    Located in the Urbanspace W 52nd food hall, Bao by Kaya sells large portions of noodle dishes, served up rice bowl style. The food hall was fairly busy on a Thursday afternoon. My wife and I decided to get noodle bowls, so we ordered two: Dan Dan Noodles and Szechuan Beef Noodles, both priced at $14.99 each. Once paid, you would wait for a bit (5 minutes) and then pick up your tray once they call out your name. The lunch crowd was clearing out, so we were able to find seating for 4 at the upper dining hall. Both dishes came in plastic to-go bowls, and was very generous in serving size (if I could do it again, I would have just ordered one noodle bowl and maybe got one bao to taste). The thick rice noodles are obviously fresh, and are a great conduit for the sauce to stick to. One small issue was that the dishes had ingredients that normally would not be in the dish, if strictly following the name. I really liked the Szechuan Beef: there was 6 thicks slices of braised beef shank and liberal use of peanut sauce with pickled vegetables..but not sure why that would be considered Szechuan. The Dan Dan noodles....not really, which I think threw my wife for a loop. It used peanut sauce, plus had a lot more ingredients than mentioned on the menu (e.g. hard boiled egg, pickled vegetables like carrots and fresh veggies like kale and red cabbage), along with a white sauce I couldn't place my finger on. One bowl would have been plenty for the two of us for lunch, and since we didn't want to carry around food for the rest of the day, we sadly had to throw about half of it away. It would have been absolutely a great meal the next day (for me at least).

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    Sherry J.

    - Located in a food hall - Indoor/outdoor seating - Great lunch options - Substantial amount of food for less than $20 - The Lu rou rice bowl has too much oil for my liking, it sits all around the bottom of the bowl but the flavour is good - Bubble tea was good; not too sour, boba was chewy

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    Amazing service and food was soooooo yummy and cooked perfectly. The sauces were amazing!!

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    Bowl was disgustingly salty. Bao was fine but not especially flavorful. Would not order again.

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