Ai Bao Noodles and Tea — Restaurant in Auburn

I found this place on Google and stopped by for lunch and quick work. It’d be Auburn Folsom’s best kept secret. Hidden gem for workspace with guest WiFi and the drinks are top notch especially for my sweet tooth craves. My boyfriend and I ordered the Matcha Strawberry with white tapioca and Mango Cloud. The matcha strawberry was surprisingly very light on the stomach with the perfect mix of sweetness and milk. If you like Teaspoon’s silky mango, you’d like the Mango Cloud better.

We ordered the Xiao long bao, chili wontons, beef udon, and custard buns. The chili wontons are the same level as really good shumais. Custard buns are 10/10.

Ambience was cozy and the family who owns it got a sweet-friendly charm, hand serving our food to our table with smiles and all.

Fun insider, you can also join their Polaroid board if you send a photo or take a photo...

The inside was adorable and staff seemed nice. Drink wise I tried out the matcha latte with the creamy puff, it was very good and enjoyable! I then decided to order some pork soup dumplings which I love. I’ve had soup dumplings many times before and was shocked when these soup dumplings were sweet instead of being very savory and have so much dough but little to no soup inside them. These soup dumplings were not good in my opinion as the sweetness of the dough just made the taste feel off. Overall drinks are good but food wise...

Super cute little set up. The food was plentiful and delicious. I had the pork belly rice noodle soup. The pork belly was tender, the noodles abundant, and the broth flavorful. It was honestly more than I could eat alone! My sister got the pork and shrimp soup dumplings. They were amazing! Very flavorful in their beef broth. The bbq pork bao were very yummy and hot, served in a trio. It could have had a tad more bbq flavor, but still a solid 8.5 of 10 for me☺️. The Matcha Iced latte and mango cloud smoothie were...