Best known for hawking irresistible contemporary Chinese food around the streets and markets of Auckland, the team behind Judge Bao will pull the handbrake on their food stall for a three week residency at K' Road bar Lovebucket this month.
For the pop-up, owners Sauce Boss and Bun Hun have constructed a menu alongside the Lovebucket team, tangling comfort food with Asian flavours and specially-designed drink matches. The menu will offer both small and large sharing plates and will notably be completely free of the pair's infamous pillow-soft bao.
Rather, there will be a take on Hawaiian raw fish salad— poké, mac 'n' cheese, as well as Chinese comfort food such as congee (rice porridge). If past Judge Bao pop-ups are anything to go by, you can rest assured that it will be an evening of exquisite, boundary pushing food.