Shi Jia Gua Bao

石家割包

Address

No. 8-1, Lane 316, Section 3, Roosevelt Road, Da'an District, Taipei City, 106

City

Taipei

MRT Station

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Gua bao is a Taiwanese street food that is steamed white bun stuffed with stewed pork belly, ground peanut, cilantro, suan cai (pickled vegetable) and a brown sugary powder. The version here was outstanding. The bun was fluffy, the pork belly was tender and flavorful as you could really taste the five spice and star anise and the condiments were all great. This is probably one of the best gua bao I’ve had.

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Pork Belly Sandwich

Gua bao, also known as steamed bao, pork belly buns, or ambiguously, bao, is a Taiwanese snack food consisting of a slice of stewed meat and other condiments sandwiched between flat steamed bread. The steamed bread is typically 6–8 centimetres (2.4–3.1 in) in size, semi-circular and flat in form, with a horizontal fold that, when opened, gives the appearance that it has been sliced. The traditional filling for gua bao is a slice of red-cooked porkbelly, typically dressed with stir-fried suan cai (pickled mustard greens), cilantro, and ground peanuts. The food is known colloquially in parts of Taiwan as hó͘-kā-ti (虎咬豬; "tiger bites pig") due to the mouth-like form of the bun and the contents of the filling. Gua bao are also called "Taiwanese hamburgers" due in-part to the wide variety of novel ingredients used as filling, such as fried chicken, fish, eggs, and stewed beef.

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