Patch Notes // latest change 2025.02
CityWalk · Universal CityWalk · Universal Orlando
Restaurant · tracked since 2021 · Universal CityWalk · 3 changes on record
For Lunar New Year 2025 (Year of the Snake), Bend the Bao added two limited-time menu boba drinks — a Winter Melon & Strawberry Tea Lemonade with aiya jelly boba and a Passion Fruit & Ginger Tea with lychee boba — available through February 15, 2025; no special bao dishes were part of that year's offering.
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Bend the Bao opened June 15, 2021 on the second level of Universal CityWalk as an original Universal Orlando quick-service concept serving Asian-fusion bao (kimchee fried chicken, pork belly, duck, beef brisket, crab cake, shrimp, veggie).
Fusion Bistro Sushi & Sake Bar, the second-level CityWalk kiosk whose space Bend the Bao took over, closed on April 27, 2021.
That's every change on the record at Bend the Bao since 2021.
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Per the documented record, Bend the Bao at Universal CityWalk opened on Jun 15, 2021.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Bend the Bao is dated Apr 27, 2021: Fusion Bistro Sushi & Sake Bar, the second-level CityWalk kiosk whose space Bend the Bao took over, closed on April 27, 2021.
The latest documented change (documented Feb 2025): For Lunar New Year 2025 (Year of the Snake), Bend the Bao added two limited-time menu boba drinks — a Winter Melon & Strawberry Tea Lemonade with aiya jelly boba and a Passion Fruit & Ginger Tea with lychee boba — available through February 15, 2025; no special bao dishes were part of that year's offering.
3 documented changes, dating back to 2021 — the fan-kept restaurant changelog nobody else keeps.
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