Rice Dumpling Festival 2009
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Its the time of the year again to eat your hearts out on all those sticky rice!
On the 5th day of the 5th month in the Lunar calendar, it has been a tradition for the Chinese to celebrate and enjoy the “Rice Dumpling Festival”. Also known as “Dragon Boat Festival”. This year, the Festival falls on 28 May 2009.
The pyramid-shape dumplings are made from glutinous rice with savoury fillings and wrapped in bamboo leaves. Lest one thinks that rice dumplings are boring and ordinary, somehow through the years, due to the ingenuity of chefs, the traditional rice dumplings have evolved to become gourmet dumplings comprising unique ingredients that diners will certainly enjoy.
Every year, new creations are added on and of course, all these variations of rice dumplings promise to tantalise different taste buds.
Yummy!
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intro some great place to have rice dumpling pls!
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I still like the old skool nonya type you can get at almost every food stall serving breakfast in singapore.
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Originally posted by ahtansh:
Its the time of the year again to eat your hearts out on all those sticky rice!
On the 5th day of the 5th month in the Lunar calendar, it has been a tradition for the Chinese to celebrate and enjoy the “Rice Dumpling Festival”. Also known as “Dragon Boat Festival”. This year, the Festival falls on 28 May 2009.
The pyramid-shape dumplings are made from glutinous rice with savoury fillings and wrapped in bamboo leaves. Lest one thinks that rice dumplings are boring and ordinary, somehow through the years, due to the ingenuity of chefs, the traditional rice dumplings have evolved to become gourmet dumplings comprising unique ingredients that diners will certainly enjoy.
Every year, new creations are added on and of course, all these variations of rice dumplings promise to tantalise different taste buds.Yummy!
Times are so bad, u think majority of the locals will go to this sort of high class place to buy -
Originally posted by Fantagf:
Times are so bad, u think majority of the locals will go to this sort of high class place to buy
its only once a year so it doesn't matter -
Originally posted by Aang:
its only once a year so it doesn't matterThat's the excuses we give ourselves.
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Still like the old style with a big fat inside. Yum.
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Originally posted by Aang:
its only once a year so it doesn't matterCrap! Dumpling is available in sg everyday. YOu think for someone who has been out of job and in need of $$ to survive will buy that from the hotel?
Think again.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Still like the old style with a big fat inside. Yum.
Yes, I still like the old style from my mum, but I don't eat the fat. She would prepare lean meat specially for me. -
Originally posted by Fantagf:
Crap! Dumpling is available in sg everyday. YOu think for someone who has been out of job and in need of $$ to survive will buy that from the hotel?
Think again.
Aiyah, hotels got to make some money. Always fanciful but taste some times yucks.
Still like the old style with fatty pork belly, mushrooms, chestnut, salted eggs and dried shrimps sometimes with Korean dried oysters. Yum.
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
Crap! Dumpling is available in sg everyday. YOu think for someone who has been out of job and in need of $$ to survive will buy that from the hotel?
Think again.
those r different from those at the market... do u get to eat tht kind everyday? -
Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Aiyah, hotels got to make some money. Always fanciful but taste some times yucks.
Still like the old style with fatty pork belly, mushrooms, chestnut, salted eggs and dried shrimps sometimes with Korean dried oysters. Yum.
so rich in ingredients. my mum's dumpling only contained meat, chestnut, mushroom, dried shriump. Taste great. -
Ahhh u make me hungry :p
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
so rich in ingredients. my mum's dumpling only contained meat, chestnut, mushroom, dried shriump. Taste great.I like the dried oysters, not available generally outside. Soak the dried oysters in hot water for half an hour and rinse. Pack one piece each with the rest of the ingredients. Yummy.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
I like the dried oysters, not available generally outside. Soak the dried oysters in hot water for half an hour and rinse. Pack one piece each with the rest of the ingredients. Yummy.
my mum also likes the dried oyster. I don't like it, can't stand the smell. I prefer live oysters. -
Originally posted by Fantagf:
my mum also likes the dried oyster. I don't like it, can't stand the smell. I prefer live oysters.Haven't tried live oyster in bakchang?
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cant wait for rice dumpling festival to come
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Haven't tried live oyster in bakchang?
sorry, i don't mean live oyster in bakchang. bakchang will not taste good with live oysters.I also like the nonya dumpling. Especially those authentic ones.
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
sorry, i don't mean live oyster in bakchang. bakchang will not taste good with live oysters.I also like the nonya dumpling. Especially those authentic ones.
Ya the nyonya old style esp with fresh big pandan leaves that must wrap the same day as cut from plant. Those blue marble streaks is a must.
Too many fanciful ones nowadays. I'm too old to stomach those funny ones.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Ya the nyonya old style esp with fresh big pandan leaves that must wrap the same day as cut from plant. Those blue marble streaks is a must.
Too many fanciful ones nowadays. I'm too old to stomach those funny ones.
what's blue marble streaks? Don't remember seeing this in nonya bakchang
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
what's blue marble streaks? Don't remember seeing this in nonya bakchang
It is from the blue flower juice to mixed with the glutinous rice. Ya, don't see them often nowadays.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
It is from the blue flower juice to mixed with the glutinous rice. Ya, don't see them often nowadays.
Nowadays, this may not be included at all. I don't know because i don't see any blue streak -
i like the sweet one!
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
Nowadays, this may not be included at all. I don't know because i don't see any blue streakPossible, haven't seen them for a long time, other than those make by my sister.
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Sweet ones like nonya, red bean???
This year, i will just go buy the plain one -- kee chang