Expect So Much Bao From Xian Sushi’s New Mueller Restaurant

Xian Sushi and Noodle’s family is getting bigger with the addition of two new restaurants. One of those includes the bao-focused Bao’d Up in Mueller, serving nothing but the steamed sandwich.

The menu spans sweet and savory bao (barbecue pork, taro), along with Taiwanese hamburgers, fries (including a sweet take using bao), and bubble tea. Scope out the full menu below.

Xian owner and chef Ting Li wanted to focus on bao because he thought there was a gap in Austin's culinary scene. He also wanted to present something with traditional Chinese roots.

Bao’d Up will be found right next door to the soft-open Alamo Drafthouse. It’s pegged to open sometime in early May. The hand-pulled noodle specialist’s fourth restaurant will tackle dim sum up in the Domain.

Other forthcoming restaurants in the Mueller area include returning fried chicken chain J.T. Youngblood’s, Southern-inspired Colleen’s Kitchen, along with Lick Ice Creams, Halcyon Coffee, B.D. Riley's Irish Pub, and Stella Public House

Bao’d Up Menu

Baozi
traditional Chinese steamed bun

Savory:
Juicy Pork Bao, $2.70
BBQ Pork Bao, $2.70
Vegetable Bao (V), $2.50

Sweet:
Taro Bao (V), $2.50
Egg Cream Bun, $2.50
Mantou, Plain Bao (V), $1.70

Gua Bao Taiwanese Hamburgers
available after 10:30 a.m.

Pork Belly: braised pork belly, lettuces,sesame dressing and hoisin sauce, $3.90
Fried Fish: white fish tempura, sweet chili sauce, $4.50
Szechuan Fried Chicken: fried chicken, coleslaw, and Szechuan spicy mayo, $3.90

Fries
available after 10:30 a.m.

French Fries (V): house-spiced, served with Szechuan spicy mayo, sesame, green onion, $2.90
Bao Fries: fried plain bao with condensed milk, simple classic $2.90

Bubble Drink
available after 10:30 a.m.

Milk:
Whole milk
Almond milk
Soy milk

Tea:
Green
Oolong
Red

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