Who doesn’t love a good steamed bun… Pork, vegetarian, or chicken and simply steamed, roasted or baked, there are a bounty of buns on the market right now. But how do you choose just one? Good thing is, you really don’t have to! We’ve been on a bun binder for a few months now and there’s no end in sight. Chances are if you’re around this weekend, you can find us at one of these restaurants, steamed bun in hand. We’ll see y’all there… Happy Labor Day weekend!

I’m In The Kitchen Sandwich Board: NYC’s Best Steamed Buns
August 31, 2012

The Pork Bun

Mei Li Wah – Steamed Roast Pork Bun or Baked Roast Pork Bun

Momofuku – Steamed Pork Belly Bun with Hoisin, Cucumbers and Scallions

Buddakan – Pork Belly Bun

Ippudo- Hirata Buns, pork with eringi mushrooms and original spicy buns sauce

Hop Shing – Roast Pork Buns

Hide Chan Ramen – Sweet and Spicy Pork Bun

Golden Steamer – Pork + Mushroom Steamed Bun

Baohaus – Chairman Bao

Red Farm – Pan-fried pork buns, spicy sauce

The Vegetarian Bun

Ippudo – Hirata buns: eggplant + eringi mushrooms with ippudo’s original spicy buns sauce

Golden Steamer – Pumpkin Buns

Baohaus – Uncle Jesse

Mei Li Wah – Egg Yolk Buns

Hop Shing – Coconut Buns