BAO Soho

BAO Soho opened on the Lexington Street corner in April 2015 as the first room from Erchen Chang, Shing-Tat Chung and Wai-Ting Chung — a thirty-seat counter and bench room dedicated to Taiwanese gua bao with a tight rotation of xiao chi small eats around it. The Classic bao with braised pork and the Confit Pork bao are the menu's reasons for being; the fried chicken bao runs them close. Bib Gourmand-held since the early days, still queue-only, still cheaper than three plates at most casual chef-led rooms in the same postcode. The honest first stop on a Soho walk and a benchmark the audience always recognises.