Way back, many moons ago, like November 2005, I had stumbled upon BuddhaBA, a pan-asian spot that,…read morewhile never having the quality or variety of fare that I later found at Captain Cook (no longer open) or Cantina Sunae (not open at the time), always had a classy elegance about it, and I particularly liked the tea garden for after lunch sipping. Sadly, it closed last year, it had been limping along for awhile. It sat vacant for a bit, and then suddenly, about two months ago, underwent a rapid renovation and flung its doors open as Yüt, in Barrio Chino. While still pretty, it's not near as elegant as it used to be - they've gone for more booths than tables, and for soft, neutral colors. On their website, they tout that they are a truly classic Taiwanese restaurant. On their menu it says they're a Cantonese restaurant. And, about a third of the dishes are identified as Sichuan. So, a mix, like most Chinese spots here. The menu itself is interesting - it's a beautiful, photo-laden, spiral bound affair. Each dish has a letter rather than a price next to it. And on each table, there's a price card that tells you how much dishes with that letter cost. It's a little tedious to zip back and forth, though basically, the further along the letter in the alphabet, the higher the price. It's also smart on the restaurant's side for ease of changing prices - something that given the handwritten changes on the price card already noted, in the six weeks they've been open, they've already done at least once. One of the best hot and sour soups we've encountered in BA. Packed with flavor and had a kick to it, and a really good texture. Most hot and sour soups we've had tend to have those wood ear or black mushrooms in them, this didn't, which was noted, but didn't take away from how good the soup was. A steal given that six of us split this, for 490 pesos. A simple stir-fry of green beans and pork. Good flavors, it might have been better if the pork was a bit more distributed, given that it was ground pork - it was all in clumps. But other than that, we really liked this one. 390 pesos. A little disappointing on the "super spicy" Sichuan beef dish. Almost no chili in it, and only maybe a couple of scattered szechuan peppercorns. The beef was a little chewy, too. Meh. 490 pesos. Mixed reactions to this one. It was billed as crispy fried oysters, but turned out to be simply stir-fried oysters topped with a pile of "crunchy bits" of really crispy sort of tempura batter, peppers, and fermented black beans. I think some of the negative reaction was that we were all expecting individually battered and deep fried oysters, but that may simply be a bad translation of the Chinese dish. The flavors were great, the oysters were fresh. I personally loved the dish. Quite pricey at 880 pesos, though there were a good number of oysters on the plate, and they're not cheap here. Oddly, the last dish to come out, we'd expected it first... I mean, dumplings. Good, but not anything special. Filled with a nice pork and chive filling, good wrappers, but a bit oily. 390 pesos for a dozen of them isn't bad though. Add in a big bowl of rice (320 pesos, or individual ones at 80 pesos each, so we saved over getting six individual portions, and it was more than we ended up eating), and drinks, and it was still a pretty reasonable outing at 670 pesos apiece with tip, or around $11. Oh, and the tea garden is gone - replaced by Yüt Express, a quick eats and takeout counter - that I'll check out at some point to see how different the fare is there.

It's refreshing to have a Taiwanese spot in the heart of Buenos Aires, it's a nice break from all…read morethe steak, hehe. You can tell Bao Kitchen uses high quality ingredients. Gua Bao (shrimp) - the best bao buns I ever had. Great flavors and fresh ingredients. 5/5 Ban Mian - wheat noodles in peanut sauce, with toppings of red cabbage pickles and sweet and sour turnip, cucumber, cilantro and soft egg ajitama 5/5 Niuroumian Soup- spiced meat broth with soy sauce, spices and star anise, with homemade noodles, meat and green leaves, definitely had a kick 5/5 Dropping a star because the bathroom door is smack in the middle of all the tables. The door kept being opened and not closed by its patrons. I could tell that the servers were trying to close the door as frequently as possible. I also understand its an inconvenient layout of the restaurant. However, the smell permeating from the bathroom ruined the experience and forced us to eat our food quickly.

I like the ambiance being elegant contemporary. Food taste wasn't too strong. Mild taste of…read moreTaiwanese beef noodle soup. No much spices added but good. Anyone miss Taiwanese food can come here.

Always a solid noodle place. Nice staff and fresh ingredients. Had the pork dumpling soup. Super…read moreflavorful, hot and makes you happy

We were excited to take a break from the usual fare when I saw good reviews for this place and it…read morewas right around the corner from our hotel. Now several reasons for the rating - 1) the hostess who seated us and all of the servers had no energy or smile. It literally felt like they were forced to be there 2) absolutely no help with the menu 3) we got vegan dim sums , bao and ramen. All of the bao, dim sums and noodles were uncooked. And there was no soy or any other sauce available for the dimsums or bao. Would not recommend this place at all.

My brother and I were looking for a noodle bowl dish after a long day of walking around in the…read morepark. We settled on this restaurant after reading the reviews on Yelp. The interior and decor of this place seemed really cute. The restaurant opens at 8pm and we got there around 8:30pm. The place was already packed and so we waited about 10-15 mins to be seated. The menu is pretty simple. They even have English menu on the backside. We decided on the #Huangbrothers Bao and #Keepitreal ramen. The Bao were pretty good although I would leave the pickles out of it next time. It was a weird mix. The real loser of the meal was the Ramen. The pork bone broth was underwhelming and my noodles were undercooked. I decided to take a chance and bit into the block of noodle but realized quickly that was a bad idea. When the server asked me if the meal was okay I pointed to the block of undercooked noodles and she just smiled and nodded. I blame the language barrier. Would probably skip this place next time. Don't be fooled by its cute interior.

Food is ok...not bad nor great…read more... The three stars is service....was horrible in terms of attentiveness and timeliness....i anticipated ok food, but service a bit better. With that said, convenient as in the middle of the touristy area.

A hole in the wall Chinese/Taiwanese restaurant that has a good combination of Taiwanese…read moreArgentinian food. This place has exceptional service now that the management has changed. Each dish was made well and there is a good amount of salt, but that is to be expected for Argentinian food. The prices are decent, and the decor is amazing. Definitely a must-try spot if you go to Chinatown in Buenos Aires.

I decided to try an Asian restaurant while visiting BA and it surprised me…read more To gain entrance one had to ring the doorbell which was unusual. Once inside I had my choice of seats. The menu was a mixture of cuisines with teriyaki, kimchi, curry, baos and more. I decided to try the beef noodle soup. My server was quite patient with my broken Spanish. She came back with my chopsticks and spoon along with a bread plate and a tasty pate. I could've eaten more. The food was brought up from the basement kitchen. My bowl was rich with chewy noodles and generous amounts of tender Argentinian beef and spinach. I paid via credit card at my table and there was no surcharge.

I realized that I've never had Taiwanese food... until tonight! We are in a different country and…read moretired from our flight. Bao Kitchen was close AND they delivered AND they had clearly labeled vegetarian food. We had kimchi, vegetable curry, pumpkin soup, choco coco cake, and jamaica. Everything was very tasty! I would definitely order again if it were close to my house. Too bad the restaurant is over 5,500 miles (over 8,800 KM) from home . If you're ordering delivery I guess you need to ask for plates and silverware, I thought that would be obvious since we're in a hotel.

Who serves a bao bun COLD??? Nuff said. Good flavors but ice cold. Was very confused as it was a…read morepork belly bao and every ingredient was cold... not good at all. Burger was fine and staff friendly but so many better places to have bao

Who doesn't know that good beer goes with Chinese food? This spot's capitalizing on the idea,…read moreoffering up a quint of beers from La Mula, a craft brewery located in San Andrés, just north of the city. To accompany the beer, a selection of stir-fries ("woks") and baos, the ever more popular Taiwanese street food of folded over steamed buns with creative fillings. Now, for 100 pesos (80 for the vegetarian ones), you're supposed to get just two baos, but it appeared that the buns weren't ready yet (they seem to be baked in a steam oven, rather than just simply steamed, as they have a slightly tanned crust on them - just enough to be noticeable, but it gives them a different texture and flavor. Anyway, the chef apparently felt that I'd waited too long (it was really only about 15 minutes, but I guess for what's supposed to be a quick street food snack, that is a bit much), and brought three out - pork and sweet potato with sweet chili sauce, cucumbers, a mayonnaise made with toasted corn, and chopped Japanese peanuts. It verged on a little sweet for me, with the double whammy of sweet potato and sweet chili, but a moderately spicy hot sauce available on request fixed that right up. Delicious! Apparently still feeling bad about the wait, as I edged towards the end of my trio of pork bao, he showed up with a chicken one to try - crispy fried chicken, chinese cabbage sauerkraut, beet and ginger mayo, and radishes. Not listed, but there's also a little quickly fried fresh corn in their. Also quite good - this one worked better with the teriyaki sauce which was also on offer. A second visit and a try of the beef bao, with cilantro cream cheese, salsa criolla, and popped quinua. Of the three (and I haven't tried the fried eggplant ones), my least favorite. Like the place, friendly and attentive service. Good food, good beer, and something a little different in Chinatown!

I got takeout from Bar Koko and the staff was quite helpful, and the food was unique and good. I'd…read moredefinitely go back here.

This one's a tough one. I got violently ill half an hour or so after eating, and spent the…read moreafternoon in the bathroom at home. It was the only thing I ate for the day, so provenance isn't in doubt as to place, though as to what caused it? Who knows. Most likely either raw veggies or hands that weren't properly washed. At the same time, it's not the sort of place that felt like that would be a regular occurrence, and they were mortified when I contacted them about it, and promised to sort it out. Which made me think I ought to give them a second visit. As did the fact that the place comes recommended by at least a couple of foodie folk I know. On, however, this visit, and looking at just the food, they have a lunch special for 200 pesos ($8.50) that includes a choice of appetizer and a choice of bao. For the former I went with a classic Vietnamese nem, or fried springroll. It was tasty, but a bit oily inside because, as you can see from when I flipped it over, one entire side is open. That's the kind of thing that you'd think someone plating the dish would have noticed and started over again. For my choice of bao, I went slightly unusual with the fried chicken one, because, well, fried chicken. Actually pretty good, and the "broken potatoes" rock. I could just go in and eat a plate of those. A small bottle of ginger ale washed it all down. Negative, I'd have liked to try a second bao, but the only way they offer it is in combo, and the minimum combo was a 170 peso bao with another appetizer, more potatoes, and another beverage, none of which I wanted. They weren't willing to sell just a bao, even though I'd already eaten a full combo. That strikes me a little inhospitable and inflexible. Which made me think I ought not to give them a second visit... but... ...eventually, about three weeks on, giving them another shot won out. On my second visit, they've dropped the lunch combo, and now simply charge more for each individual bao, each of which comes with those great broken potatoes. They've expanded the appetizer offerings, or maybe they're just non-bao offerings, as they're all roughly the same prices., somewhere between 120-150 pesos apiece. They did, however, change that great vinegary dipping sauce for the potatoes too, and now offer up a sort of milky, near flavorless liquid that made no sense to me. Like watered down ranch dressing. Tried two of the bao (they won't serve one without the potatoes, so if you want more than one, it's a lot of potato - I didn't even eat half of them). The clasico is a sweet, hoisin sauce glazed pork belly, the sweetness offset nicely by pickled beets; the bondiola is a slow braised pork shoulder with a sort of cabbage slaw. Both delicious. No ill effects. They do pick out one of the half dozen bao offerings daily at lunch and offer it as the day's special, dropping the price for whichever one it is from 150 down to 90 pesos, which is a bargain! Bring back the spicy dipping sauce for the potatoes, and maybe let folk who want to order a second bao get one without a pile of potatoes, and I'm sold.