You might know pan-fried buns from Shanghai, but have you heard of double pan-fried buns from Shandong? They’re double the crisp. We went to northern China to learn how they’re made, from a bao house that claims to have invented the double pan-fried treat.

This is the ninth episode in our 10-part series about different types of bao in China. In the next and last episode, we’ll go to Qingdao to meet a woman who custom-makes peach buns. Stay tuned!

0:00 - Intro
0:43 - Pan-fried bao
1:44 - How to make a shuijianbao
4:18 - Serving the bao

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Producer: Clarissa Wei
Videographer: Patrick Wong
Editor: Nicholas Ko
Narration: Tiffany Ip
Animation: Frank Lam
Mastering: Victor Peña

Music: Audio Network

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