0 a piece of dough (= a mixture of flour and water) cooked in steam and filled with meat or vegetables, originally from China:
This is the sort of strong, thick dough you'll find used to make steamed bao in China.
The pork belly bao buns were delicious, the puffy bun folded at an angle with a cucumber slice wedged between.
There were big, fat bao buns heaped with BBQ pork, jalapeno slices, cilantro and citrus aioli.
