We've been pregnant to see Wonderbao for years - we're resolutely pro-bun, too the enthusiastic reviews that pop upward regularly on vego blogs (see below) induce got kept it on our radar. My project has late shifted from miss my old favourites, i of the upsides has been the chance to ambit out some metropolis lunches. Wonderbao is hidden away downward an arcade off A'Beckett street too it's slowly to immature lady it if you're non paying attending (Sarah Cooks has a helpful map on her weblog post).
The bill of fare is pretty minimal, particularly for vegos - there's a tofu gua bao ($4.90) too a mushroom bao ($2.70), addition a brace of sweetness bao options ($2.50 each). I didn't induce got a skilful feel of how much I should order, too then I was relieved to run into that they've got a conveniently arranged veggie pack - for $9.50 you lot larn the tofu gua bao too mushroom bao for luncheon too the taro bao for dessert.
The tofu is the clear stand-out - a cube of fried silky tofu, alongside coriander, sweetness soy sauce too pickled mustard, folded into a pillowy steamed bun. The mushroom bun isn't bad either - a puffy ball of dough, wrapped around a mixed filling of shitake mushrooms, tofu too veggies. The filling itself isn't popping alongside flavour, but the sriracha too soy sauce on the tabular array hateful you lot tin flame add together a chip of punch equally required. The in conclusion offering was dessert - a bun stuffed alongside a smooth, starchy taro-based filling that is a chip sweetness too a chip savoury, but mostly pretty bland. I was tempted to add together some sriracha simply to run into if it would brand this to a greater extent than memorable, but I resisted. I'm non mostly a big fan of taro-based desserts though, too then I'm in all likelihood non the ideal reviewer of this dish.
Wonderbao is pop - I arrived bang on 12 too managed to grade a spot at the window, but at that spot was a queue streaming out the door past times 12:15 that showed no signs of disappearing spell I was working my means through lunch. The hype is interesting - Wonderbao offering decent value food, alongside an emphasis on doing i affair too doing it good - but the nutrient itself isn't life-changing, too I doubtfulness I'd hold out willing to queue upward for twenty minutes to select handgrip of a seat. Still - on a proper jump day, I tin flame easily imagine grabbing a brace of the tofu gua bao too eating them inward the sunshine somewhere else.
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Wonderbao
Shop 4/19-37 A'Beckett St, Melbourne CBD
9654 7887
menu 1, menu 2
Accessibility: Wonderbao has a apartment entryway into a really minor interior. There are a few stools for people eating in, but it's mostly well-nigh takeaway. You guild from a medium counter. I didn't see the toilets.
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