Jan 6, 2024 · Mee Sum Pastry has been feeding Market visitors the best of Chinese dim sum and hom bows for 40 years. Over the years, this tiny bakery has acquired a huge following. One bite of their BBQ pork hom bows, and you’ll be hooked too.

What exactly is a hom bow? At its core, a hom bow is BBQ pork mixed with some spices and onions, wrapped in a sweet bread roll. Even though it is simple, this thing is oh-so-delicious! The pork is cooked just right. The BBQ is sweet and savory. The bread roll is soft and fluffy. Hom bows are either steamed or baked.

Feb 28, 2020 · A tray of barbecued-pork hom bow at Seattle’s Mee Sum Pastry in Pike Place Market. Every day the bakers at Mee Sum Pastry in Seattle's Pike Place Market transform mounds of dough into hundreds of hom bow, the stuffed pastry that is a traditional component of Chinese dim sum.

The business serves buns and pastries, including pineapple buns and hom bow (filled with barbecue pork), [3] as well as shumai. [4] Lonely Planet says, "This little storefront window is famed for its giant hum bao – eminently portable meat- or vegetable-filled steamed buns that make a great snack or small meal. The steamed pork bao is tops." [5]

Feb 22, 2016 · Mee Sum Pastry in Seattle’s Pike Place Market sells Andre the Giant fist sized, meat stuffed buns known as Hom Bow. They claim to sell the largest buns in Washington State and have baked BBQ Pork, Curry Beef, and Chicken Hom Bow, and steamed BBQ Pork and Chicken Hom Bow.

Apr 23, 2010 · Mee Sum Pastry is a tiny shop in Pike Place Market that slings assorted Chinese goodies, including humbows, barbecue pork skewers, pot stickers, crab wontons, and almond cookies.

Apr 8, 2011 · A fresh Hom Bow from Mee Sum Pastry is prepared at Pike Place Market in Seattle. What an awesome tasty pastry!