Street Eats: Breakfast Buns

Wienies for breakfast? Isn't that what sausages are?

um no, dont bring out of town guests. chinatown is not a zoo, and chinese people are not animals to be gawked at. you're lucky we even let you come into the neighborhood without being stabbed in the eye.

I board the Manhattan-bound R train in the morning
and it is often filled with men and women going to work in Chinatown-Manhattan from Chinatown-Brooklyn. Many bring full, steaming cups of coffee on the train, along with various interesting pastries. It seems common practice for them to dip their pastries in the coffee (and to slurp the coffee loudly). Don't recall seeing any pastries with meat inside: they usually appear to be sweet buns, often with a custardy filling.

i call it four-piece hot dog bao. good stuff.

Those are awesome. Korean bakeries have something similar which is pretty badass too.