Nostalgia made me go HAM

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Today's Target find is Pork Bao Buns.

These are really nostalgic for me. I went to China like 7 ish years ago on a school trip, and Bao Buns were included in a lot of our meals. I love how fluffy they are, and I love the fillings usually, as well. My favorite was the Buns filled with red bean paste. OMG that shit is bomb!

When I was at Target, I found this frozen meal, and I haven't had one of these types of buns since I was in China, so I had to try it. I was hesitant about the flavor because I'm not a huge fan of the barbecued pork sandwiches, but it was the only flavor and I had to try it!

 

I knew going into it that a frozen bun probably wouldn't be great. I knew that the texture wouldn't be what I wanted it to be because I literally microwaved it. It asks for a wet paper towel to be over top of it, so it's kind of like steaming but let's be real... it's not.

The texture of the bun itself was slightly fluffy, but not in the way I was hoping. It wasn't terrible, but as expected, it was not as I remembered. 

But the bun itself wasn't the problem. It was the filling...

It was basically mush. I tasted no garlic, no onion, no pork. All I tasted was sweet mush. The barbecue flavor was fine, but way more American-style barbecue sauce. And the mush was just not great. It was slightly dry with no distinctive ingredients.

Overall, I'm just not impressed. If Target had the buns with other flavors inside, I would definitely give it another try because the texture of the bun wasn't horrendous. I can't say I liked it, but I think that's because the filling was so not great.

So overall, I'd give this a 3/10, only redeemed by the okay bun. If you like barbecue flavor and mushy pork, then you might enjoy this. My boyfriend sure didn't but you might...

That's it for this one! See you on the next one :)

Bye!