There’s a moment, in almost everyone’s life, when you stop and wonder what brought you to where you are. It doesn’t have to mean anything grand. Not everyone needs their work to be a reflection of their roots or their story. But sometimes the question arrives on its own, what have I carried with me, and where has it taken me?
Shing, Wai Ting and Erchen found their answer. And they called it BAO.
“To our parents, who we disobeyed, first by doing fine art degrees instead of business studies, and then by opening a restaurant instead of getting office jobs. But who still supported us, brought us a gazebo and an icebox to kick-start BAO, and ran around Taiwan buying us custom steamers and queueing for goose fat.”
This is the first thing you read in their book. And it already tells you everything about who they are and where they come from.
