Comments on: Chinese Boiled Dumplings (水餃) & Taiwan’s Potstickers (鍋貼) http://www.sugarbar.org/blog/chinese-boiled-dumplings-%e6%b0%b4%e9%a4%83-taiwans-potstickers-%e9%8d%8b%e8%b2%bc/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:56:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Nilmandra http://www.sugarbar.org/blog/chinese-boiled-dumplings-%e6%b0%b4%e9%a4%83-taiwans-potstickers-%e9%8d%8b%e8%b2%bc/#comment-3128 Nilmandra Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:01:30 +0000 http://www.sugarbar.org/blog/chinese-boiled-dumplings-%e6%b0%b4%e9%a4%83-taiwans-potstickers-%e9%8d%8b%e8%b2%bc/#comment-3128 I think street food always taste better than restaurant ones, if they are of similar quality to start with. The experience of walking around a bustling street or market, the exciting mix of aroma in the air and stumbling upon food stalls that look so tantalising... it all just sets your appetite up and condition the taste buds even before you actually buy anything. Besides, the food is usually cheap and good and that score in my books any day! :) I think street food always taste better than restaurant ones, if they are of similar quality to start with. The experience of walking around a bustling street or market, the exciting mix of aroma in the air and stumbling upon food stalls that look so tantalising… it all just sets your appetite up and condition the taste buds even before you actually buy anything. Besides, the food is usually cheap and good and that score in my books any day! :)

]]> By: jMo http://www.sugarbar.org/blog/chinese-boiled-dumplings-%e6%b0%b4%e9%a4%83-taiwans-potstickers-%e9%8d%8b%e8%b2%bc/#comment-2959 jMo Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:56:19 +0000 http://www.sugarbar.org/blog/chinese-boiled-dumplings-%e6%b0%b4%e9%a4%83-taiwans-potstickers-%e9%8d%8b%e8%b2%bc/#comment-2959 These look more delicious than any I've seen in the restaurants. It's so cool you get together to make this. Kind of like what we did with spaghetti sauce. These look more delicious than any I’ve seen in the restaurants. It’s so cool you get together to make this. Kind of like what we did with spaghetti sauce.

]]> By: Lan http://www.sugarbar.org/blog/chinese-boiled-dumplings-%e6%b0%b4%e9%a4%83-taiwans-potstickers-%e9%8d%8b%e8%b2%bc/#comment-2867 Lan Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:24:23 +0000 http://www.sugarbar.org/blog/chinese-boiled-dumplings-%e6%b0%b4%e9%a4%83-taiwans-potstickers-%e9%8d%8b%e8%b2%bc/#comment-2867 these look so appetizing. i loooooove dumplings. these look so appetizing. i loooooove dumplings.

]]> By: farida http://www.sugarbar.org/blog/chinese-boiled-dumplings-%e6%b0%b4%e9%a4%83-taiwans-potstickers-%e9%8d%8b%e8%b2%bc/#comment-2820 farida Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:23:09 +0000 http://www.sugarbar.org/blog/chinese-boiled-dumplings-%e6%b0%b4%e9%a4%83-taiwans-potstickers-%e9%8d%8b%e8%b2%bc/#comment-2820 Love dumplings and potstickers! These look so mouth-watering. You are very cruel to your hungry fellow blogger:) I make Azerbaijani dumplings from time to time, but I would love to try my hands at these too one day. PS: I haven't forgotten you:) How can I? Just been crazy busy as always. Love dumplings and potstickers! These look so mouth-watering. You are very cruel to your hungry fellow blogger:) I make Azerbaijani dumplings from time to time, but I would love to try my hands at these too one day.
PS: I haven’t forgotten you:) How can I? Just been crazy busy as always.

]]> By: diva http://www.sugarbar.org/blog/chinese-boiled-dumplings-%e6%b0%b4%e9%a4%83-taiwans-potstickers-%e9%8d%8b%e8%b2%bc/#comment-2807 diva Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:21:52 +0000 http://www.sugarbar.org/blog/chinese-boiled-dumplings-%e6%b0%b4%e9%a4%83-taiwans-potstickers-%e9%8d%8b%e8%b2%bc/#comment-2807 christy: thank you! they weren't beautiful but i felt so happy the way these dumplings turned out. ahh, i'm imagining some sort of Japanese/Chinese pride & prejudice and the opening scene would be a soundtrack a la Memoirs of a Geisha, an ancient sewing machine, moving through the rooms pass the koi pond and into the kitchen..... dee: ahh, my weekend was manageable :) thanks for asking! geee. zhang ziyi is way too skinny to be me although i love her hair and her skin! gosh. if i could meet zhang yimou in real life i think i'd hyperventilate and die from lack of oxygen.he's a genius deborah: yea it was really good exchanging tips - even the slightest detail like the prettiest way to slice garlic. and it was kinda fun to see my gramma giving orders to my mum. authority reversal! marc: you flatter me. although i hafta say there's nothing like homecooked food! xx christy: thank you! they weren’t beautiful but i felt so happy the way these dumplings turned out. ahh, i’m imagining some sort of Japanese/Chinese pride & prejudice and the opening scene would be a soundtrack a la Memoirs of a Geisha, an ancient sewing machine, moving through the rooms pass the koi pond and into the kitchen…..

dee: ahh, my weekend was manageable :) thanks for asking! geee. zhang ziyi is way too skinny to be me although i love her hair and her skin! gosh. if i could meet zhang yimou in real life i think i’d hyperventilate and die from lack of oxygen.he’s a genius

deborah: yea it was really good exchanging tips - even the slightest detail like the prettiest way to slice garlic. and it was kinda fun to see my gramma giving orders to my mum. authority reversal!

marc: you flatter me. although i hafta say there’s nothing like homecooked food!

xx

]]> By: diva http://www.sugarbar.org/blog/chinese-boiled-dumplings-%e6%b0%b4%e9%a4%83-taiwans-potstickers-%e9%8d%8b%e8%b2%bc/#comment-2806 diva Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:18:08 +0000 http://www.sugarbar.org/blog/chinese-boiled-dumplings-%e6%b0%b4%e9%a4%83-taiwans-potstickers-%e9%8d%8b%e8%b2%bc/#comment-2806 james: cheers. thanks for visiting. manggy: yea i know. i was pretty moved myself when i got my hands on those potstickers. they were really delicious! amanda: tht's how i feel about making pie but i think you kinda get over it and realize it ain't as tricky as you think it is! :) gd luck. i hope some day you'll give it a go. it was quite relaxing and very rewarding to sit down thereafter with some dumplings. tigerfish: gosh you're so right! when it was pretty warm i thought i was going to die and had to keep going for iced teas, and sweet ice. anyhow, most of the time it was pretty wet and grey (just like my lovely England) with the odd breeze now and again so the nightmarkets were do-able. and i did love the whole holiday! enjoyed myself thoroughly, thanks for asking :) celine: yea! the water chestnuts are definitely essential. you need some crunch for dumplings and it makes the pork have a cleaner taste. laura: oh don't get me started on Wagamama. it's pretty normal fare that's dished out but i just love the fact tt it's a great get-away from uni and destresser for me :) and the perfect spot for me to enjoy hot sake or iced Asahi in the afternoon. james: cheers. thanks for visiting.

manggy: yea i know. i was pretty moved myself when i got my hands on those potstickers. they were really delicious!

amanda: tht’s how i feel about making pie but i think you kinda get over it and realize it ain’t as tricky as you think it is! :) gd luck. i hope some day you’ll give it a go. it was quite relaxing and very rewarding to sit down thereafter with some dumplings.

tigerfish: gosh you’re so right! when it was pretty warm i thought i was going to die and had to keep going for iced teas, and sweet ice. anyhow, most of the time it was pretty wet and grey (just like my lovely England) with the odd breeze now and again so the nightmarkets were do-able. and i did love the whole holiday! enjoyed myself thoroughly, thanks for asking :)

celine: yea! the water chestnuts are definitely essential. you need some crunch for dumplings and it makes the pork have a cleaner taste.

laura: oh don’t get me started on Wagamama. it’s pretty normal fare that’s dished out but i just love the fact tt it’s a great get-away from uni and destresser for me :) and the perfect spot for me to enjoy hot sake or iced Asahi in the afternoon.

]]> By: Marc @ NoRecipes http://www.sugarbar.org/blog/chinese-boiled-dumplings-%e6%b0%b4%e9%a4%83-taiwans-potstickers-%e9%8d%8b%e8%b2%bc/#comment-2799 Marc @ NoRecipes Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:52:37 +0000 http://www.sugarbar.org/blog/chinese-boiled-dumplings-%e6%b0%b4%e9%a4%83-taiwans-potstickers-%e9%8d%8b%e8%b2%bc/#comment-2799 Wow those look absolutely incredible. I work in Chinatown here in NYC and none of the restaurants here produce dumplings that look that good. Wow those look absolutely incredible. I work in Chinatown here in NYC and none of the restaurants here produce dumplings that look that good.

]]> By: Deborah http://www.sugarbar.org/blog/chinese-boiled-dumplings-%e6%b0%b4%e9%a4%83-taiwans-potstickers-%e9%8d%8b%e8%b2%bc/#comment-2777 Deborah Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:13:55 +0000 http://www.sugarbar.org/blog/chinese-boiled-dumplings-%e6%b0%b4%e9%a4%83-taiwans-potstickers-%e9%8d%8b%e8%b2%bc/#comment-2777 Those look amazing! And I always thought it would be fun to have 3 generations in the kitchen together. Maybe one day when my kids are older! Those look amazing! And I always thought it would be fun to have 3 generations in the kitchen together. Maybe one day when my kids are older!

]]> By: Dee http://www.sugarbar.org/blog/chinese-boiled-dumplings-%e6%b0%b4%e9%a4%83-taiwans-potstickers-%e9%8d%8b%e8%b2%bc/#comment-2776 Dee Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:50:55 +0000 http://www.sugarbar.org/blog/chinese-boiled-dumplings-%e6%b0%b4%e9%a4%83-taiwans-potstickers-%e9%8d%8b%e8%b2%bc/#comment-2776 This has the makings of a poignant novel of discovery. Zhang Yimao would direct, Zhang Ziyi would play you... you'll be rich. Oh wait, I just read Christy's comment - so much for originality :( Dumplings look great, Diva. And I got the silicon rose cake pan from Pantry Magic. How was your weekend? This has the makings of a poignant novel of discovery. Zhang Yimao would direct, Zhang Ziyi would play you… you’ll be rich. Oh wait, I just read Christy’s comment - so much for originality :(

Dumplings look great, Diva.
And I got the silicon rose cake pan from Pantry Magic.

How was your weekend?

]]> By: Christy http://www.sugarbar.org/blog/chinese-boiled-dumplings-%e6%b0%b4%e9%a4%83-taiwans-potstickers-%e9%8d%8b%e8%b2%bc/#comment-2763 Christy Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:40:12 +0000 http://www.sugarbar.org/blog/chinese-boiled-dumplings-%e6%b0%b4%e9%a4%83-taiwans-potstickers-%e9%8d%8b%e8%b2%bc/#comment-2763 Interesting!! 3 generations - making of dumplings...:) Sounds like a tale out of the movies yeah, and a note, your dumpling pictures look so beautiful! Interesting!! 3 generations - making of dumplings…:)
Sounds like a tale out of the movies yeah, and a note, your dumpling pictures look so beautiful!

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