*Food Photography #2: Our breakfast this morning.
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
April 28, 2017 2:25am CST
Yesterday evening, my son bought a box of the steamed buns from a popular food store. We did not eat the buns because we were about to have our supper. My son said we can eat the buns for breakfast.
So this morning while I was heating water for the thermos, I took the steamed buns out from the refrigerator and placed them on an elongated aluminum saucer. We do not have a steamer so I made one. My innovativeness did it. With a saucepan with water, I placed the empty tin can of a processed ham in the middle, then the saucer with the buns, and then covered it with the lid.
After 10 minutes, the steamed buns were already warm. I served them on the table. Bad thing though, the condiments given were hot sauce, not the ‘asado’ sauce. I put a little of the sauce, and it tasted good. With coffee, my breakfast was filling and done.
The steamed bun made me satiated. How about you, did you have a heavy breakfast?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
28 Apr 17
i like coffee even when i have just a piece of loaf bread. i have to have a cup of coffee when i take my breakfast.
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@LadyDuck (502729)
• Italy
28 Apr 17
@ridingbet I need my coffee in the morning, no matter what I have for breakfast.
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@lady1993 (27221)
• Philippines
28 Apr 17
@ridingbet i think chowking has chocolate now too, but it tasted weird for me.. how was the mongo? 
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
28 Apr 17
the steamed buns did not have the asado, but the bola-bola, or meat balls my friend. i remember when i was still in my elementary grades- siopao was sold in the sidewalk and the ones inside the buns were monggo or mung beans, meat, and chocolate. a small piece was worth 24 centavos, while the bigger ones were worth 50 centavos. 
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Apr 17
@lady1993 the monggo was when i was in my elementary grade. it tasted so good. those are the 3 fillings of siopao before. pork meat, mongo, and chocolate.
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@minx267 (15526)
• Hartford, Connecticut
28 Apr 17
wow, I have never seen any "steamed Buns" before this is an item that looks interesting. Although since I am a picky person I am sure I would still refuse it.
But I do like your crafty ability to reheat the buns.. very well done..
today so far I have just eaten left overs.. I will have to wait a few hours to see what the rest of the day brings me for meals.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
28 Apr 17
hahaha! yes, my friend. we have a toaster, but no steamer pot. i can place the buns on top of the rice that is being cooked in the rice cooker but i don't prepare rice for breakfast; hence, my improvised steamer.
steamed buns originated from China. the name siopao is the term for the steamed buns.
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@minx267 (15526)
• Hartford, Connecticut
28 Apr 17
@ridingbet that is interesting. I have never seen them sold hear. So I do not know about.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Apr 17
@minx267 these are usually sold in Chinatown, my friend, so if by chance to get in to one store in Chinatown, if there is one near your place, i hope you will see a piece of this steamed bun. it tastes good.
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@Nawsheen (28761)
• Mauritius
30 Apr 17
@ridingbet even i don't like it too brown. When my dad makes his it's nearly burnt and he loves it that way. Wondering how he can appreciate this
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Apr 17
we can have toast when the margarine is opened, or jam as well. i prefer a not too- toasted bread; just slight brown and slightly soft is better for me.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Apr 17
@Nawsheen really? tasting a nearly-burnt toast is not good now, because the nutrients of the bread are also burnt. my sister too prefers a slightly burnt bread toast.
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@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
30 Apr 17
@ridingbet It is possible, my friend.lol
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Apr 17
@Shavkat WH---WHAT? cat meat as filling to a siopao? hahaha! then, i should be meowing by now, kabsat.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Apr 17
yes indeed. but have you heard that 'hate campaign' that the meat filling of these siopao were cat meat/ i think that was gross publicity.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
28 Apr 17
those look so unusual, they don't get brown I see. I would have to have them brown lol.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Apr 17
hahaha! no, my dear, they don't get brown. i believe they are made of dough and the filling is placed inside before the buns are steamed.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
30 Apr 17
@ridingbet I'm afraid the look of them would turn me off. How good are they Ingrid?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 May 17
@fishtiger58 they are really good, my friend. it is like a sandwich, but the filling is inside the bun. and as long as the filling is not so small, that you should take several bites to reveal and taste the filling, it is surely good to fill an empty stomach.
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@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
2 May 17
@ridingbet I am not sure whether the steamed buns are originally from my country. As sometimes Koreans claim that they invented so many things
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
2 May 17
yes, actually because the steamed buns originated from your country, am i right? i also like the congee. it is tummy-filling.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 May 17
@youless hahaha! really? i don't believe these Koreans. i think steamed buns are created by the Chinese, also the noodles.
ahh, maybe that Nissin's Ramen? that is from Korea, right?
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
29 Apr 17
We have this system for steaming leftover food.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Apr 17
yes, that is a good way to reheat leftover foods. we do that too.
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@jobelbojel (36796)
• Philippines
30 Apr 17
Very resourceful ate! I like the bola-bola variety of this sioapo. And yeah too bad your was given the hot sauce.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Apr 17
thanks. that is a trait about us Pinoys- we always do some innovations. the hot sauce was a mistake, but my siopao tasted even better with the hot sauce.
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@jobelbojel (36796)
• Philippines
30 Apr 17
@ridingbet yes, we innovate and we are resourceful. I haven't tried hot sauce on the siopao.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Apr 17
@jobelbojel hahaha! try it, ading (kid brother in Iloco dialect). just a drop of the hot sauce in a steamed bun, and you will sweat and get red.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Apr 17
it was filling, my friend. with a piece, and my coffee, it was already enough for me to get going.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
1 May 17
@ridingbet I've That them with pork, and they were yummy!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 May 17
@DianneN yes it is yummy, and the Chinese are making their food liked by almost everybody in the world now.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Apr 17
have you tasted a steamed bun, my friend? did you have pork meat filling when you had one?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Apr 17
hmm, i have not yet tasted a steamed bun with mango paste inside. the filling in the 3 buns were ground pork meat.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Apr 17
that is actually what our meals should be. as what my late mother said before,"eat like a queen for breakfast, a middleman for lunch, and like a pauper for dinner"; precisely because we don't spend energy while asleep in bed.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 May 17
i think it is flour to make a dough. it is another kind of carbohydrates food-energy-giving.
@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
28 Apr 17
Oh, darn, if you bought from chowking then it's gotta be expensive..
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
28 Apr 17
no, it is not expensive. a box of 3 buns is worth PhP110.00 i think. my son throws the receipts 'kasi'. .
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
28 Apr 17
and coffee as well, my friend? there are some who take freshly-squeezed orange juice for breakfast.
