Bao coming to Battersea Power Station

On Monday 17 July, Bao will open its doors at the recently restored Battersea Power Station. Overlooking the high-ceilinged Turbine Hall A, Bao Battersea will dish up bowls of Taiwanese noodle soup seven days a week, along with a line-up of brand-new dishes exclusive to the restaurant.

A standalone restaurant in the new Arcade food hall, guests will be greeted by a U-shaped counter wrapping around the open kitchen and bar. The restaurant can seat 78 diners, with 10 further diners in a private KTV room which can be booked for karaoke parties.
 
Drawing on the success of BAO Noodle Shop in Shoreditch, the menu will feature shimmering beef noodle soup, with two different versions made with noodles sourced and imported directly from Taiwan. The first is a classic Taipei-style broth, with slow-braised beef cheek, spiced beef butter and fermented greens. Secondly, Bao’s take on a lighter Tainan-style broth is based on recipes from the southwest of the island, with imported 400-day-aged white soy and thin slices of rare poached beef rump.
 
The menu will also offer new dishes exclusive to Battersea such as a Sanbei Tofu Bao, made with breadcrumbed tofu fried then glazed with sanbei sauce, a mixture of sesame oil, soy sauce, and cooking wine, then finished with vegan mayonnaise and fresh basil; crispy cheese croquettes served with pickled plum ketchup and hot sauce; and Danzai noodles, a snack from Tainan featuring noodles in a pork and shrimp broth topped with juicy prawns and pork mince. The restaurant will also serve a kids’ set menu for the very first time, featuring dishes such as baby bao, boiled cull yaw dumplings, and Taiwanese fried chicken with garlic mayonnaise.

To drink, the team will be pouring cocktails such as the shaved ice strawberry daiquiri and the Bun Inch Punch, with yuzu sake, passion fruit, Aperol and jasmine pearl tea.
 
Bao will deliver their noodle dishes for the very first time, dropping them off at doorsteps around Battersea. A hatch alongside the restaurant entrance will dish up cult favourite snacks to collect and take away or eat in.
 
Co-founder Erchen Chang says: "As we all have backgrounds in art and design, it feels very special to be opening Bao Battersea in such an iconic building. Our KTV room in particular feels like a glimpse into an imagined future from the 1960s, with references to the Power Station’s industrial past as well as one of our favourite films, Playtime. The menu reflects the comforting soup bowls that we grew up with in Taiwan, along with some exciting new dishes that we’ve been working on behind the scenes."

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