If you feel a meal is about more than just taste—if it's a multi-sense experience of taste, smell, sight, touch, and (yes) sound—then The Bao is offering up the complete package. Tucked into 13 St.

The arrival of Bao SF brought me such joy! As far as I know, the Mission didn’t have a dedicated dumpling house before now. As we transition back to eating inside restaurants, including some of my ...

Sheng jian bao might be one of the most difficult dumplings to get right. They’re part yeasted bun, part potsticker and a soup dumpling all in one. The best sheng jian bao have a thick, crispy bottom, ...

Four variations of guan tang bao — a style of soup dumplings popularized in Kaifeng, a city in north-central China’s Henan province — headline the menu at Good Alley in Rosemead. Pork anchors three of ...