一中街 / Yi Chong Street
I also met these guys. College students giving out hugs. Their goal was 10,000. Get a hug and sign your name. I got one from each of the seven pictured but don't know if that counts for seven or just one, me. Anyhoo, they were very nice and spoke English very well and confidently. That was a nice experience.
My continuing quest for good dumplings was not as nice though. I tried the first soup dumpling stand that I came upon. 5 dumplings for $20 NT. Dumplings, yes, soup...no. Well, you get what you pay for, so I tried a different stand nearby selling the same amount for $25 NT.
Me: Do your soup dumplings have any soup in them?
Unhappy Girl Helper: ( Nothing is said. Just looks at me like a tree full of owls.)
Me: Excuse me. Do your dumplings have soup in them?
UGH: ( Still nothing said but her expression changes to one of disgust and amazement at my stupidity - dismazement. She then slowly points to each character on the sign indicating that this is a soup dumpling stand, nodding her head slowly at each character, hoping round-eye can understand and order or go away. I'm gonna send the Hug Squad over here and order her a double.)
Me: I know this is a soup dumpling stand, that's why I'm here. But I just came from that one there and there was no soup in his dumplings. What about yours?
UGH: ..........Boss!
Boss: What's the problem!
Me: No problem. I just want to know if your dumplings have soup in them. That's all.
Boss: What do you mean? Of course! You want them or not? ( Hug Squad, where are you?)
Me: Yeah. And give me a spoon, please.
Boss: What do you need a spoon for?
Me: Uh...nothing, I guess.
I guessed right. Nothing. After carefully making a little hole in each of the dumplings to let the soup drain into the clear plastic bag, that is what I ended up with. Not even one drop. Well, I'm going to pay a little more and go back to the soup-friendly dumpling places I know of
PIMP, I saw that you requested a recipe for the broth. Follow this link and have your wife translate. It's a copycat recipe for Ding Tai Feng's 小籠包 (xiao3 long2 bao1).
3 comments:
Nice nice nice:)
Happy December!
Again still waiting for that e-mail
Thanks IJ.
Has anyone heard from Greg yet?
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