Pineapple buns
Since moving to Texas there are a couple of foods that we do miss from back home in NYC. You can find almost anything here, but the foods we miss are the asian foods we grew up eating. Food like, Korean tofu soup, Black bean sauce noodles, and Chinese bao. However, on a trip downtown, my husband urged us to try an upscale Chinese restaurant, Wu Chow for Dim sum. The place was sleek, swanky and packed with people! We waited an our for our table and despite the high prices the food was amazing! Har gow (Chinese shrimp dumplings) packed with large gulf shrimp, Steamed sticky rice, perfectly cooked and brimming with Chinese sausage and of course the pineapple bun. Their buns were shaped like little turtles with tiny black sesame eyes and had a shiny, crunchy cookie shell. But I was still skeptical.
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