Boom Boom Bao

Jeffrey Menzer 7 months ago

Had one order of sugar cane shrimp and found them freshly cooked, hot and crispy, and very tasty. The dipping sauce was a great addition. (Some pieces of shrimp in the shrimp paste would have elevated them.)

Astrosgem 10 months ago

Posting for awareness. Today at Boom Boom Bao in Ponce City Market, I found what appears to be a cockroach head in my food. I spent almost $40 on just two items, and this food was for my 19-month-old child. We were only there because of the reindeer and Santa, and while waiting for the reindeer to start, we decided to grab a quick bite. I didn’t even discover this until we got home, when I was cutting up the food for my toddler and saw it mixed in with the pork. I immediately called and notified the manager and told them they needed to shut everything down. An hour later, after they stopped answering my calls, I called the restaurant next door just to confirm whether they were closed — and they were still serving people. This is disturbing, unacceptable, and extremely serious. Please always check your food, especially when feeding children.

Angela K. 11 months ago

Ordered the stir fry noodles with chicken & they were so good! First time trying this restaurant & I’d definitely go again. I think most reviews are about their bao so that’s why the reviews are bad. I ordered my noodles spicy & they were exactly what I needed. Spicy & lots of veggies. Photos are too aesthetic because I had already started eating. 😅 Give the noodles a try!

Bradly Zavakos a year ago

I’m not sure where to begin. My boyfriend (who is half Chinese) and I were looking for something to grab as part of our dinner (the rest being leftovers). We ordered chicken bao (2x), some shrimp siu mai (1x), and some soup dumplings. To make a long story short we had to have the shrimp siu mai voided because of an issue with the vender and the manager was very polite (the cashier employee clearly irritated my partner wouldn’t accept pork instead, which I found funny, but I chalked it up to it being hot in the restaurant space). When we arrived home after quite a lengthy wait (we weren’t the only ones wondering what took so long) I eagerly bit into my chicken bao….. and found it was not only not fully cooked (hello raw dough) but there was hardly any chicken and what was there had no flavor. Not to be too bummed I moved onto the soup dumplings and…. Yet again no flavor. This is what we waited for? The original order, with the default 20% tip was $46 (before the voided shrimp item). While I know rent in PCM can’t be cheap what kills me is the fact that the bao was half uncooked dough and the whole thing couldn’t even do the stereotypical American bastardization of ethnic food and m

Michelle Cho a year ago

I was surprised by the low reviews! I had been drawn to this restaurant purely because of the sign and presentation. I’m glad to have discover this place for my first time visiting Ponce City marker with two other friends. I ordered a steamed pork bao and a steamed Shanghai Shan Mai dim sum. These two were recommended by the cashier and they were a delight to eat. Steamed just right with the right balance of grain and filling. Finding seating in Ponce City Market was not bad! God bless you all.