Imigca ethoba isitalato isuka e-BAO, indawo yokutyela entsha yaseTaiwan eseSoho yaseLondon, zingqina ukunyanga okungaphakathi. Imenyu incinci — zintlanu nje utyikityo lwebaos, okanye iibuns (ezijikeleze i- $ 5 inye), kunye nezitya ezimbalwa (cinga izitya zodongwe ezilinganiswa ngesandla ezizele irayisi encangathi kunye nentaka enamava) -kwaye nendawo encinci incinci (isitulo sokuhlala kunye neetafile ezintandathu), kodwa ingqalelo kwiinkcukacha nasekuzinikeleni kwizithako iphumelele BAO Umkhosi wabalandeli okoko wavula ngo-Epreli.

I-BAO yaqala ubomi njengendawo esithengisa ukutya esitratweni kwimakethi esebenzayo eHackney ngo-2012. Yayililinge nje — yayingengomngcipheko uphezulu, kodwa yaqala nje, utshilo umsunguli uShing Chung, oweza noluvo emva kohambo eTaiwan (isidanga sasemva kobugcisa) kunye nomhlobo wakhe u-Erchen Chang. Kunye nodadewabo uWai Ting, aba bathathu basungula itafile eneentlobo ezintathu nje zeebhanti-intlama eswiti encangathi kunye nokuzaliswa kwenyama okuthuthuzelayo okugutyungelwe ngamafu othuli lwamandongomane eyaba yeyona ndlela yokufuna ukutya yeefoodies zangaphambili zaseLondon.

Ilizwi lomlomo lisasazekile de imfuno yokuhlangana yasondela ekungenakwenzeka. Abantu babehamba besuka esixekweni nangaphaya. Sasinomntu owayevela eHeathrow kwaye sasiza kuvala nje. Babenomsindo, utshilo uWi Ting wendlela yokuvula irestyu yezitena nodaka. Ngokufanelekileyo, omnye wabathengi bevenkile yentengiso yayinguKaram Sethi, ovela kwindawo yokutyela eneenkwenkwezi eMicrosoft UTrishna eMayfair. Bazimanya kunye ukwenza ithemba elisisigxina: I-BAO yokutyela, ezisa i-ethos yoyilo olululo kunye nezakhono zokupheka kubaphulaphuli ngokubanzi.

Emva kweenyanga ezimbini kuphela, indawo yokutyela ithathe intelekelelo yeefoodies zaseLondon, inyusa umdla kwizithako zaseTaiwan kunye neendlela, ngelixa kugcinwa ixabiso lentando yesininzi kakhulu (akukho zitya zingaphezulu kwe- $ 7). I-Gooey, iqanda elimnyama eligcobileyo (kuthatha iinyanga ukwenza) kwaye i-daikon (uhlobo lweeradish) ayiveli kwiimenyu ezininzi kwikomkhulu (okanye, ngokwenene ilizwe elingaphandle kweTaiwan), ke ii-BAO zingqamana nomgca olungileyo phakathi kokugqwesa kunye nokuyila okonyusa imeko yokutya kwesixeko.

Ezinye izitya ziyinyani, ezinye zitolikwa izitya zaseTaiwan, utshilo u-Erchen, ebhekisa ngqo kwi-rump cap endala (uhlobo lwenyama yenyama) esuka eCornwall. Inikwa nge-soy emhlophe esele ikhulile, isosi yokuntywila eswiti kunye nobunzima kunqabile phantse kube nzima ukubambelela ngaphandle kweTaiwan. Kufuneka siyicwangcise ngomama wam, owayehlala kufutshane nalapho yenziwa khona ePing Dong. Banika kuphela iskim sokuqala kubahlobo nakubathengi abasondeleyo.

Irayisi, nayo, iyakhetha kakhulu-ingqolowa emfutshane esuka kwi-Champagne yaseTaiwan. Ingxowa nganye inenombolo yohlelo ngoko ke akukho mntu unokuyikhohlisa, utshilo u-Erchen. Le nkxalabo inzima ekufumaneni kuthetha ukuba abalingisi banqabile (iitshayina azikwazi ukutsiba kule bandwagon ngendlela ezinokuthi ngayo nge-mac kunye netshizi), zisenza i-BAO abasunguli be-facto babe ziintloko zokutya kwaseTaiwan eLondon.

Azikho iindawo ezininzi zaseTaiwan eLondon, utshilo uShing, ebonisa ukuba akacingi kakhulu kolu khuphiswano. Sithanda indawo ye-bubble tea ebizwa ngokuba yi-Share Tea (iShaftesbury Avenue, kunye ne-Hunan e-Kennington ilungile.Kodwa okwangoku, iiyure zokuvula ezingqongqo ze-Bao kunye nokuhlala ngokukhawuleza (uya kungena kwaye uphume kwimizuzu engama-45) zezona ndlela zingcono ukutya nje kwaseTaiwan, kodwa izitya ziphambi kwendlela entsha ebonakalisa ukutya kwaseAsia.

U-Emily Mathieson use-UK ubetha i Ukuhamba + Ukuzonwabisa . Ngokusekwe eLondon, unokumlandela @kwiing .