BB Tee House is a new Vietnamese café in South Philly specializing in bubble tea and Banh Mi sandwiches. They also sell Vietnamese coffee, prepared foods, frozen foods and Vietnamese pantry staples.  They have excellent Banh Mi sandwiches and Bao and really good summer rolls.  On any given day they have 4-5 varieties of summer roll, my current top pick contains Chinese sausage and omelet.    

The Dumplings:  BB Tee sells baked BBQ pork buns (Char Siu Bao) and steamed pork buns (Banh Bao).  The Char Siu Bao are flat slightly sweet, fluffy buns, about 4 inches across, and are packed with juicy sweet BBQ pork.  The buns are good, but between the sweetness of the BBQ sauce and of the bun, they are a little one note.  On the other hand the steamed pork buns are sensational, probably the best I have eaten (sorry Tran’s World Food Market). These fist size buns are filled with seasoned ground pork, a whole Quail egg and Chinese sausage, all contained in slightly sweet fluffy bun.  The sausage is hard and slightly chewy and is salty and sweet with some soy notes, while the ground pork has a mild, savory taste and then there is a whole boiled egg.  These buns are large and one bun is sufficient for a solid lunch.         

The Location:  BB Tee is located in Wing Phat Plaza on Washington Avenue between 11^th and 12^th street in South Philly.  Wing Phat Plaza is a shopping plaza anchored by a large Vietnamese supermarket, that has several Vietnamese restaurants (one of the highest rated Pho restaurants in Philly), a Dim Sum restaurant and an excellent Indonesian restaurant.