Sunday, June 20, 2010
Food I Ate: 锅贴，水饺，酸辣汤

Today I'm not going to blog about a particular dish in general, I'm going to blog about what I ate for dinner today, which was 锅贴，水饺 and 酸辣汤. In English, they will be Pan Fried Dumplings, Boiled Meat Dumplings and Sour and Spicy Soup.

Firstly I will talk about the Pan Fried Dumplings. Their pan fried dumplings were delicious, as you bite into the crispy (and crunchy?) outer skin, you get to taste the meat that is inside it. After you finish the first 1, it makes you crave for another. Before taking a bite, I would prefer to dip the dumpling into the chilli sauce provided, as it enhances the taste of the dumplings.

I ate 8 of this Pan Fried Dumplings. It may sound like a lot, but it is doesn't make you feel very bloated.



Next, I will talk about the Boiled Meat Dumplings.

Unfortunately I didn't get to take a picture of the Boiled Meat Dumplings because I was too carried away with eating :/ Thus, I'll be taking a picture from the internet.



Anyway, the boiled meat dumplings are also very delicious. Although made with the same ingredients, the outer covering and the pork meat inside, it taste very different from the Pan Fried Dumplings, because of the "skin" of the dumpling. Although this snack does not provide you with the crispy sensation of eating Pan Fried Dumplings, it is equally tasty because there is a bit of soup that comes with the dumpling. The taste of the dumpling will also be enhanced if you dip the dumpling into the special sauce provided. In the sauce, there will be ginger. Take the ginger together with the dumpling, it will give you a completely different taste!

In my opinion, this snack may not taste as nice compared to the Pan Fried Dumplings. However, the Pan Fried Dumplings pale in comparison in terms of healthiness of the dish, because the Pan Fried Dumplings may seem to be heaty to some.



Lastly I will talk about the Sour and Spicy Soup. The sweet and sour soup is a very commendable dish. Some may relate Sour and Spicy Soup to the famous Thai dish Tom Yam Soup - the dish which gives 2 extreme tastes to your taste buds and send you crying for water. However, this dish is nothing like Tom Yam Soup. The taste of the soup is mild so that it can be accepted by everyone, but yet you still can taste and experience the sensation. In the soup, there are prawns, toufu, and slices of sotong. The soup is somewhat addictive and lets you wanting another bowl after you finish the first bowl. The sour taste of the soup also lets the soup acts as an appetiser before eating dumplings/other dishes.

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In case you are curious about where I ate, it is at a very old market at Margaret Drive. The market is opposite/beside Queenstown Library. Walk around the perimeter of the 2nd floor of the market and you'll find it, since nowadays most of the stalls are not opened. The stall is called "Shanghai Dim Sum" or something to that extend, and other than the 3 dishes above they also sell Hokkien Mee and Shanghai 年糕".

Go there fast if you want to eat it, because the market is going to undergo renovation soon and I'm afraid that the stall will never be found again :(
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Kim Yao

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