Roast Pork Bao Buns

...eating at michael & ping's modern chinese takeout. earlier this week thanks to groupon (groupon is amazing these days with all the great food deals!!) i paid $10 for $20 worth of food (i mean  seriously who doesn't love a great deal!!!). michael & ping's opened about a few months ago on 3rd ave in gowanus, brooklyn. like with all restaurants these days you should definitely do your research of the reviews and the menu, so you have an idea of what to expect. this restaurant was really niiiice and new! it is a garage that had a total makeover, with the huge window-doors and exposed brick walls. everything was so fresh and so clean clean! the restaurant is take-out, however you could also eat in. i ordered roast pork bao buns (two steamed bao buns with slow cooked, marinated roasted pork and pickled cucumber) + kung-pao shrimp (i was interested in finding out how hot & spicy the 'pao' was)= 17.50 + a lemon ice tea= $20 exactly!! i was soo excited, i was right on the money with my order! we waited about 15 minutes for our food (dw and i eating again!)...the roast pork bao buns are sooooo gooodddd!!! the buns were sooo light, they were like marshmallows without all the sugar. it was soo full of flavor--the spices of the marinade, the pickle of the cucumber, with airiness of the buns, ohhh wow...man...i can't even talk it was so delicious! i thought i was full after eating my bao buns until dw decided to order an exotic bomba which was mango, passionfruit and raspberry sorbert covered in white chocolate, drizzled with chocolate and powdered sugar..o-m-goodness!! with the frigid weather we've been having, who would've thought that sorbert would be such a delightfully delicious treat with all the fruity, chocolatety goodness!! since everything was so amazing, i really wanted to taste my kung pao shrimp. i wasn't sure what it was going to taste like but i was really expecting its hot and spiciness to kick me in the mouth and to feel the kick all the way down to my tummy...boooo! it tasted good but i was expecting a fist of fury but i got a pinch on the cheek...the 'pao' was not there at all! overall though i enjoyed myself and all the food , soo i'll definitely be going back to michael & ping's....and you should too!! support brooklyn!!! #winning

roast pork bao buns

kung pao shrimp

exotic bomba-before

exotic bomba- halfway though

xo