奶黄包 (nǎihuángbāo) · custard bun

Measure Word

一个奶黄包 gè

Meanings

1 custard bun

Made with

鸡蛋 jīdàn 牛奶 niúnǎi 面粉 miànfěn 黄油 huángyóu 白糖 báitáng

About the dish

粤菜 Cantonese · 小吃 Snack

Small steamed buns of soft, slightly sweet wheat dough filled with a thick, sweet yellow custard of egg, milk and butter. A dim sum and breakfast item. The version with runny salted egg yolk is 流沙包.

Usually contains wheat, egg and milk

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

这家茶楼的流沙奶黄包最有名。

Zhè jiā chálóu de liúshā nǎihuángbāo zuì yǒumíng.

This teahouse is most famous for its molten-custard buns.

HSK 7-9

他咬了一口奶黄包，里面的奶黄马上流了出来。

Tā yǎo le yì kǒu nǎihuángbāo, lǐmian de nǎihuáng mǎshàng liú le chūlai.

He took a bite of the custard bun and the custard ran right out.

Tips

culture

A dim sum staple in Cantonese 茶楼. The viral 流沙 ('flowing-sand') variant - with a runny salted-egg-yolk custard that pours out at the first bite - turned 奶黄包 into a social-media food trend in the 2010s.