Steamed Buns, Niseko

Chinese steamed buns , we love em and now we have a great local place to go for a fix.

Just 5 minutes down the road is the Niseko view plaza, the plaza is a great place where local farmers bring in their seasonally grown  produce and are given  a couple of shelves in a big communal shop to sell what they have.



It's like a permanent growers market, you don't know what's going to be there when you go. Kat and I went every few days during the last days of autumn picking up fruit and veg to preserve for winter

Just outside the market is a few food vendors; milk Kobo ice cream, eff eff charcuterie and Niseko beer, a fried potato stall and the bun lady.

She does three types of bun all with a Japanese twist rather than the traditional Chinese BBQ filling.  The first we try is a large bun filled with niku jaga, this is a usually a homely Japanese pork stew but translates nicely as a bun filling.

Having tried one and being rewarded for our curiosity with deliciousness we quickly went back and ordered one of every thing else.

The next was another large bun with a dark soy, mushroom and water chestnut filling, rich and savoury and again delicious.

The last is two smaller buns with gyoza filling of pork and garlic chive and served with a little black vinegar.  Two bites and they're quickly gone after which we know we'll be back for more.

And so we have dragging M1 along so we can talk to the vendor.

She hand makes the buns every day in Anupuri and brings them to the plaza each morning. She's very busy during summer but a little quiet during the snow season which has been good for us as we have been able to get her to make small cocktail size buns (too cute) for a few of the canape functions we've had over the season, this works out great as we can get our fix delivered.......sweet.

Steamed buns

Third stall

Niseko View Plaza