steamed pork bun
Kansai dialect term for a steamed bun filled with minced pork, equivalent to 肉まん in standard Japanese.
See also: 肉まん
I bought a steamed pork bun at a convenience store in Osaka.
Steamed pork buns are a standard snack in the Kansai region.
Rare kanji spelling using 饅; 豚まん is overwhelmingly more common.
Compound of 豚 (buta, 'pig/pork') and 饅 (man, abbreviation of 饅頭 manjū, 'steamed bun'). The spelling 豚まん is a common simplification of 豚饅.