• Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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    3 months ago

    I think it’s a modern problem. Bao have traditionally been eaten in soup/stew but a restaurant in Shanghai started calling steamed buns dumplings.

    Bao means bag , it’s a reference to filling, but dumpling is a reference to how it’s cooked.