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Introducing the Honest Bao Food Map: Every Place I've Reviewed, on One Map

Ever read one of my reviews, then completely forgotten the name of the place the moment you're actually in town and hungry?

Fifteen months, 95 reviews and 139 places later, scrolling back through the archive to find "that ramen place near New Street" isn't much fun for anyone. So I've put every restaurant, café, bakery and bubble tea spot I've reviewed onto one map: the Honest Bao Food Map. 🗺️

Same honest verdicts (still unpaid, still independent), just with a pin on them.

Honest Bao Food Map
It is a screen hot only, don't try to zoom on this static picture

🗺️ What's on the Map

Everything I've reviewed since July 2025, from Birmingham's Chinese Quarter to a ski resort in Niigata.

  • Birmingham: 48 places, from dim sum and beef noodles to two-star tasting menus
  • Rest of the UK: London, the Lake District, the Cotswolds, Lichfield and one very good motorway services
  • Europe: Porto, Barcelona, Madrid, Nice, Monaco, Strasbourg and Colmar
  • Asia: Japan (Tokyo and beyond), Hong Kong and Taipei
  • USA: New York and Boston

Round-ups count too. Every bakery from my Nice boulangerie guide and every food hall from my Birmingham round-ups gets its own pin.

And it'll keep growing. New reviews pop onto the map as soon as I post them, so every meal (and every disappointing bowl of ramen) earns a pin.

🚦 How the Icons Work

Each pin shows my verdict, taken straight from the score in the review:

  • 👍 Recommended: 4/5 and above. Go.
  • 👌 OK to try: 3 to 3.9. Fine if you're nearby, not worth a special trip.
  • 👎 Not recommended: under 3. Save your money (and maybe your train).

Round-ups without scores use my verdict from the post instead. If I've written about somewhere more than once, a full review beats a passing mention in a round-up, and after that, the newest one wins.

So far that's 101 👍, 33 👌 and 5 👎. Honest, not grumpy.

📱 How to Use It

It works just as well on your phone as on a laptop, which is handy when you're stood outside deciding where to eat.

  1. Pick your verdicts. Tap 👍, 👌 or 👎 at the top to show or hide them. Only want the good stuff? Switch off the other two.
  2. Pick an area. Choose Birmingham, Tokyo, Porto and so on, or Everywhere. Zoomed out, each area shows a bubble with its number of places and a mini bar of its 👍👌👎 split.
  3. Search. Type a name, cuisine or town. Try "ramen", "dim sum" or "pastel de nata".
  4. Tap a pin. You'll get my verdict, the score, price per person, the address and usually a photo, plus buttons for the full review and Google Maps.
  5. Or just browse the list under the map, sorted by best first, most recent or A–Z.

Verdict 🏁

Every honest bite in one place. Bookmark it before your next food trip.

👉 Explore the Honest Bao Food Map

Spot a pin in the wrong place? Let me know in the comments.

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Location: Birmingham, UK

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