The verdict is in and Beth was correct: The steamed cakes do not taste as good as they look. If you have ever had a pork bao, it is the same thing except without the barbecued pork inside. Still tasty and filling but not in the same way as, say, a Krispy Kreme donut. These will keep your blood sugar high enough until you find real dessert.
On the other hand they probably won’t kill you if you eat a dozen of them. Because I would never do something like that with a box of donuts. In public. Except for the time I brought eight dozen to my job on the night shift at a law firm in New York City.
My two steamed cakes came with about half a cup of orange-colored sugar and shredded coconut, in the same kind of drawstring plastic bag as take-out coffee or soup. US$0.40 each. The cakes come in many different colors but only one flavor at this price. Sweet.
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Aw, I wish I had been wrong! But at least they gave you some toppings to liven it up a little…