Bánh bao (literally "covering cake") is a ball-shaped dumpling with pork or chicken meat, onions, eggs, mushrooms and vegetables inside. The steamed bun often has ground pork or chicken, Chinese sausage, and a portion of a hard-boiled egg inside. This delicacy originated with the baozi from China but was adapted by the Vietnamese and is also available in most other countries with Vietnamese populations. Bánh bao are generally smaller than baozi, and are filled with savory fillings, the most popular of which is seasoned ground pork. As in China, pork is the most popular kind of meat in Vietnam.
