Alas, the recipe is not one that the restaurant is ... which I really think is the closest you’re going to get to those bakery taro buns at home. They’re light, soft and just sweet enough.

This recipe for Hakka Pork Belly with Taro (芋頭扣肉 ... steamed taro cake 芋頭糕, steamed taro buns 芋頭包, taro ice cream 芋頭雪糕, or taro coconut sago dessert soup 芋頭西米露.

Different from bao, the newly popular portable eats, Asian buns are baked to golden perfection and are sweet, savory or both. Fillings include coconut cream, taro, BBQ pork and ham and onions.

At Melbourne’s Anchovy, the Vietnamese spring rolls are filled with a textural filling of shredded taro, cabbage, carrot and wood ear ... they’re also a protective layer for your hands. Start this ...

This recipe combines two types of dough to create a multitude of flaky layers and a beautiful purple swirl on the outside. Meanwhile, a sweet taro filling and salted duck egg yolk, representing ...