• Bao Now

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Serves meat, vegan options available. Specializes in Vietnamese baos, can make them vegan on request. Previously named Habit Foods. Open Mon-Sat 11:00am-7:30pm.


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11 Reviews

First Review by davidmvz

VincentTarantini

Points +44

Vegan
22 Feb 2022

Really delicious

Great food. We had the tofu bao and tofu sushi bowl. I think the bowl was vegan but didn't ask about the bao, i don't think the bun is vegan.

Both were very very good. And awesome vibes coming from the cooks.

Pros: Delicious vegan option (tofu bowl), Super delicious vegetarian option (tofu bao)

Darylcrosse

Points +16

Vegan
29 Oct 2021

Very tasty

Would give 5 star review if the app would let me! Super yummy food and great portion size !

Plantbasedescape

Points +363

Vegan
06 Dec 2020

Good food but bao not vegan

Had the tofu sushi bowl quite nice plenty of veg but bao bun has milk powder in it.

TroyCoyle

Points +146

Vegan
18 Jul 2020

Fried tofu sushi salad was delicious.

Several vegan options, including vegan bao, loaded chips, sushi salad and dumplings.

Pros: Some healthy vegan options

Cons: Cold outdoor seating

veganhannah

Points +60

Vegan
05 Jun 2019

Favorite meal in NZ

Awesome friendly staff, easily made vegan. As others mentioned, the bao bun is not vegan. But the lettuce wrap was SO GOOD. It was crunchy, fresh & delish & I think I would have preferred it if I had a side by side with a bao bun. The tofu was crispy to perfection, everything was so fresh and so good. We got the Vietnamese loaded fries, just veganized. Very yummy, doooo it! I’d be a regular if I lived here.

AnnaMoeller

Points +115

Vegan
11 Mar 2019

Staff said the Baos are not vegan

I went there, talked to the staff and they say the bao bun is not vegan. So something is wrong here. Either the staff or the entry. Their chips were good.

davidmvz

Points +56

Vegan
24 Feb 2019

Vegan Option Heaven in Te Anau

Looking for something to eat in Te Anau, we found this Truck.
It serves amazing Baos. The extremely friendly staff will prepare their Vegan options for you

It is not the maybe only option on this remote place but it is a great one. I wish i had found it on my first day
You will not be dissapointed

Revised: To clarify:
They told us that the Baos are not vegan but they prepare one with lettuce instead and it was amazing

Pros: excellent food, good value, friendly staff, nice v

Cons: Serves Non Vegan food as well

Davesw

Points +3512

Vegan
14 Feb 2019

Beware, Vega bao is not vegan!

As mentioned in other reviews, the bao bread is not vegan, and they have few vegan sauces. The Vega bao in a lettuce wrap had excellent fried tofu, but we found the name misleading. Plain fries were begging for ketchup or sauce.

Cons: Bao bread not vegan! Only one vegan option.

Zazi

Points +28

Vegan
05 Oct 2018

Delicious!

Firstly - the team there were super friendly. They explained that a previous review on happycow indicated that their baos were vegan - sadly the bread used is not. They offered the vegan alternative which swaps bread for lettuce cups. We thought the flavours were gorgeous - I've genuinely never experienced tofu cooked better. Recommended.

Pros: Nice people, A vege option can be made vegan.

Yolanda

Points +1862

Vegan
30 Sep 2018

Quite disappointing

Friendly staff who know what vegan is but unfortunately there is very little there that is truly vegan. The Vegan bao can be made vegan but that means no bread roll (all their bread is non vegan) and having it in a lettuce cup with no sauces. All the sauces are non vegan due to the honey though the guy told us that 90% of vegans who go there eat honey and have their bao with sauce. We ended up only having the chilli sauce as it had no honey. The tofu in the bao had great flavour but really, you're paying a lot ($14 with chips) for some pieces of tofu and some chips once everything non vegan is stripped from it. And it really is not at all filling. Sigh.

Pros: nice tofu

Cons: the vegan option has not much to it

KirstinSmith

Points +24

Vegan
14 Sep 2018

Delicious Bao

Amazing flavors and awesome little place in an even smaller town.




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