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"mantou" is the Chinese name for a sweet food similar
to bread. In Japan, a steamed bread is called "manzu."
In Korea, pasta filled with meat is called "mandu." In
Tibet, people eat stuffed dumplings and call them "momo."
And countries of central Asia prepare a steamed filled pasta called
"manti."
ManTou is a general term for Buns without any fillings. The Special
Twisted Buns are a type of ManTou. It's probably YinSeJuan. The
"huge" one that I mentioned in the original post is
also a type of ManTou.
BaoZi on the other hand is more like a giant dumpling - in the
sense that it has a skin and has filling. But the similarity ends
there. In Shandong and Northern China, BaoZi is meant to be a
meal by itself, as well as ManTou.
I guess the only thing similar to it I can think of is the BBQ
Buns that some of you may have tasted at the Dim Sum places. Basically
that has the skin, and the filling (of BBQ pork) You can think
of BBQ Buns as the Cantonese equivalent of BaoZi. However, the
filling to skin ratio of BaoZi is more similar to XLTB than BBQ
Buns. BBQ Buns, at least the ones I've tried, has very thick skin
and little filling.
BaoZi will have a skin that is proportionally thicker than a dumpling
due to its large size. But is more "airy" and lighter.
The filling is similar to a XLTB filling, usually made with pork/vegi
or beef/vegi, but without so much sauce. But it is juicy. From
the outside, if you can imagine a XLTB that's several times bigger,
you have the basic shape of a BaoZi.
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