Golden Steamer, Chinatown, New York

The Food Scavenger loves Yelp. However, there are never enough pictures for FS. FS wants to see the food, see the restaurant outside, and also see the inside of the food itself. FS has been tempted by many pictures of buns and then been struck by the mystery of it all, since the outside looks perfectly scrumptious, but what about the all important stuffing, the inside, the what makes a bun more than a piece of hollow bread?!

Today's post is devoted to the Golden Steamer in Chinatown, NY.

What wonders are hidden in Golden Steamer's bag?

Golden Steamer (links to Yelp's page)

143-A Mott St

(between Hester St & Grand St)

New York, NY 10013

Neighborhood: Little Italy

Oh, steamed buns. The indulgence of any poor college student, who just wants some pillow-y, edible fluff in their life, perhaps savory with ground pork and vegetables (with the tantalizing link of Chinese sausage and the refreshing hard-boiled egg nestled within) or sweet with red bean paste.

To note: FS neither speaks nor reads Chinese. The receipt was in Chinese. Thus, FS knows she was charged $4.00 each for two containers of buns and $3.75 each for one container. 

The Savory Bun with Ground Pork and Vegetables (came in a pack of four):

Look at the size of this thing in comparison to FS's hand!

Alone and beautiful...

 

The juicy, beautiful, scrumptious insides...

Close-up.

The Sweet Bun with Red Bean (came in a pack of six):

Alone and beautiful.

Inside.

Close-up.

 The Sweet bun with Pumpkin (came in a pack of six):

Beautiful.

Although there seems to be not that much filling, the filling was just enough to accentuate the pillow-y softness of the bun.

Ah. Yet again, looks little, but when eating it, the proportions seem perfect.

Ah...

FS also froze some of the buns. (Not that they lasted the week, but FS thought she'd be perfectly judicious in preserving her buns integrity.) The buns freeze very well. Simply place in a bowl and cover with a wet paper towel and heat for a minute to a minute and a half depending on your microwave's strength. To test whether the bun is ready, simply press on the bun to check that it is pillow-y soft and hot. This is the same procedure even when the buns are fresh. The heating time, though, is below a minute in the microwave.