With a menu built mainly around the traditional soft, fluffy bao, a staple of real-deal Chinese cooking, BaoHaus does the most it can with what, at first glance, seem to be modest goals: sandwiches, but with a twist, rice and noodle bowls, and in-house made drinks.

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Vegetarians, on the other hand, should make for organic-heavy Healthy Spice, whose rice noodle bowls are a perennial hit, or Wishing Well, whose macrobiotic meals can frequently be accompanied by a tarot reading.

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