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A diner-style Asian restaurant where a giant strawberry guards the door sets the tone for everything inside: Formica tabletops, red velvet couches, and a menu that bounces between hand-pulled noodles topped with brisket and a la zi spiced smash burger on a bao bun with beef fat fries. The retro fever-dream aesthetic is very much the point. The New York Times named it among Nashville's 25 best restaurants.
The awards strongest first
- The Infatuation The Best Burgers In America
- The Infatuation #23 · The Best Restaurants In Nashville
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Nashville Right Now
- Eater 38 Essential Restaurants in Nashville
- Nashville Scene 2023 · Best Comfort Food · Best of Nashville
- Nashville Scene 2023 · Best Hangover Bite: Egg and Cheese Bao · Best of Nashville
One number, weighted & current 88
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Hand-pulled noodles
“Highlights include the spectacular hand-pulled noodles, okonomiyaki (a savory shredded vegetable pancake), Cha Ca Hanoi fish and crab fried rice.”
Nashville Scene, 2023 -
Bao bun burger
“You’ll be thinking about Xiao Bao’s bao bun burger so often, it’ll start to chase you in your dreams until you go back for another one.”
The Infatuation -
Som tum chicken
“At lunch, try the savory fried mochi dumplings and my fave, the som tum chicken — fermented-soy-marinated black-bean chicken with spicy papaya salad.”
Nashville Scene, 2023 -
Okonomiyaki
“Highlights include the spectacular hand-pulled noodles, okonomiyaki (a savory shredded vegetable pancake), Cha Ca Hanoi fish and crab fried rice.”
Nashville Scene, 2023
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