Bakpau is found in Indonesia as a take away food sold by cart street hawkers.
Bakpau in Indonesia is usually sold in dabao size (lit: "big pau"), around 10 centimetres (3.9 in) in diameter.
To accommodate the dietary restrictions of Indonesia's Muslim majority, the original pork filling has been replaced with minced beef, diced chicken, or even sweet mung bean paste and red bean paste.
These pao with non-meat fillings are still called bakpau by Indonesians, despite the lack of meat usually served with sweet chili sauce.
It was brought to The Netherlands by Indos of Chinese heritage during the repatriation following the independence of Indonesia.
Tried the Dutch Bapao which were bought from the local supermarket.
They are individually wrapped and well labelled.
To eat, you just reheat them in the microwave or steam them.
I was a bit disappointed with both of them as the meat was weird.
For the chicken bapao, the pieces of chicken were mostly chicken fat and bone fragment was found.
The beef was ok but again the quality of beef was poor and there was a strange smell.
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