BAO Marylebone is a Taiwanese restaurant at 56 James Street in St Christopher’s Place. Designed as a translation of a Taiwanese xiao chi house, it offers quick cold dishes, freshly folded dumplings, steamed bao and small plates throughout the day. Counter seats overlook the open kitchen, while additional tables and a lower floor accommodate longer meals and groups.
The classic bao encloses soy braised pork belly with fermented mustard greens, coriander and peanut powder. Fried chicken comes with Sichuan mayonnaise, hot sauce and golden kimchi, while beef short rib is paired with onions and gherkin. Prawn Shia Song fills a fried hot dog style bao, and crisp daikon croquette versions provide vegetarian choices.
Dumplings come with fillings such as prawns, lamb or mushrooms and are finished with soy chilli oil, sesame, chilli crisp or fragrant chives and ginger. Taiwanese beef noodle soup combines slowly cooked beef cheek with fermented mustard greens and spiced beef fat. Dan dan noodles use handmade noodles, chilli oil, soy vinegar, fermented greens and minced tofu for a deeply savoury vegan bowl.
Taiwanese fried chicken is marinated before frying and served with hot sauce, while a larger chicken steak adds a chilli and lime dressing. Rice choices include charcoal grilled yellow chilli chicken and braised pork lu rou fan. Soy glazed aubergine, smacked cucumber, house pickles and other xiao chi plates complete a sharing meal, supported by cocktails, beer, dream soft drinks and sweet dessert bao.
Address: 56 James Street, Marylebone, London W1U 1HF, United Kingdom
Most loved here
Based on diner reviews and ratings
- Fried Chicken Popcorn Nuggets – 6 Pieces £9.75
- BAO Classic BAO £6.50
- Noodles, Rice & Dumplings Yellow Chilli Chicken Rice £12
- Noodles, Rice & Dumplings Taiwanese Style Beef Noodle Soup £14.75
- BAO BAOnut £4
BAO Marylebone Menu
BAO
Classic BAO Loved
12-hour soy braised pork belly, fermented mustard greens, coriander and peanut powder in a fluffy Gua BAO.
Prawn Shia Song BAO
Fish Black BAO
Calamari & Onion Ring BAO
Green Monster BAO (ve)
BAOnut Loved
Our take on a doughnut—deep-fried in tempura batter for a crisp, airy crunch. Dusted with milk powder sugar and drizzled with rich Taiwanese Hei Tang caramel. Sweet, creamy, and too good to share.
Daikon BAO (v)
Baby BAO
A single steamed Gua Bao.
Fried Chicken Bao
Beef Short Rib Bao
Noodles, Rice & Dumplings
Yellow Chilli Chicken Rice Loved
Marinated chicken in yellow chilli, fermented greens and onion relish.
Taiwanese Style Beef Noodle Soup Loved
A rich, salty beef soup served with all the classics. Noodles made by us using the especially imported 12% gluten flourSlow Cooked Beef Cheek, Beef Butter, Fermented Greens, Coriander
Lamb Dumplings
Dan Dan Minced Tofu Noodle
Braised Pork, ‘Lu Rou Fan’, Rice
Traditional Taiwanese rice bowl, with double cooked soy braised pork belly diced over rice with fish floss, egg and pickles
Mushroom Dumplings
Soy glaze, Kow Choi Oil (6 pieces)
Dan Dan Tofu Rice Box
Fried Chicken
Popcorn Nuggets – 6 Pieces Loved
A cult, unmissable, dish. Served with Sichuan Mayo, Hot Sauce and Basil Ranch
Popcorn Nuggets – 3 Pieces
A cult, unmissable, dish. Hot Sauce on the side.
Taiwanese Fried Chicken 5pc
Sides & Snacks
Smacked Cucumber (ve)
Spicy smacked cucumber with chilli oil
Soy Glazed Aubergine (ve)
Aubergine with Thai Basil in a chilli garlic sauce, topped with battered crumbs.
Green Salad, Tiger Dressing
The BAO House Salad has been on the menu since day one at BAO Soho. Grated salted duck egg is our equivalent to Parmesan, providing that salty and creamy hit. It requires a bit of time to dry out the salted duck eggs so they’re easy to grate.
Potato Fries
Potato fries, served with a confit garlic mayonnaise.
Taiwanese Style Edamame (ve)
Edamame seasoned with cracked black pepper, vinegar, sesame oil and garlic.
Yu Shiang Eggs
Bubble Tea
Bubble Tea
Peanut Milk (ve)
Drinks
Taiwan Beer
Classic Taiwan Beer, crisp and refreshing.
Diet Coke
Coke
BAO Oolong Beer
Our Classic BAO Beer brewed with Braybrooke Beer Brewery. An aromatic, light amber lager with pleasantly bitter tea-like qualities.
BAO Midnight Beer
Our Midnight Beer made with Braybrooke Beer Brewery. A dark beer taking inspiration from the old-school stouts of London and the dessert favourite, Horlicks.
Dips
Sichuan Mayo (v)
Our house-made Sichuan Mayo with spicy Sichuan sauce.
Hot Sauce (v)
Our signature house-made Hot Sauce. Perfect for fries or spicing up the Classic BAO.
Convni Store
BAO Book
Part manifesto, part cookbook, our first book — BAO — is a declaration of our intentions, what’s important to us and an explanation of why and how we do the things we do and cook the dishes you love.
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