Bao were a street food set-up before recently putting down roots in Soho, ensuring a queue round the block every single evening for their steamed buns and precisely-executed Taiwanese dishes.

A particular delight on the menu is the Fried Horlicks Ice Cream bao - a sweet bun of malty deliciousness unlikely to send you to sleep. One review effused, "It makes excited children of us," and having tasted it ourselves, we cannot disagree.

£4, baolondon.com

53 Lexington St, W1F 9AS. Nearest station: Oxford Circus

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