frozen chasubao's at your local market

[kasia]

they're starting to sell frozen chasubao's at vons. i'm used to seeing frozen potstickers and egg rolls, but not chasubaos. i wonder what's next... how do you all feel about asian foods at american markets. what if it's marketed and distributed by non-asian companies?

[deez nuts]

Nuthing beats the real deal!

I've seen frozen cha siu bao's here for awhile. Hesitant to try it though.

The frozen dumpling market gone down the tubes, ever since Jiang Tai Tai stopped making them. She made the bestest frozen dumplings. Mu dan Ting in Flushing got some nice homemade buns though.

[amietron]

my mom buys frozen chasiubao at the chinese/japanese market sometimes. i've never eaten them before, but my brother has, and he likes 'em.

[jimbo]

They're not too bad though, but when you steam them it can get quite soggy which is not good.

[blkazngirl]

Originally posted by Chasiubao_Boy@Nov 3 2002, 12:39 AM
Nuthing beats the real deal!

I've seen frozen cha siu bao's here for awhile. Hesitant to try it though.

The frozen dumpling market gone down the tubes, ever since Jiang Tai Tai stopped making them. She made the bestest frozen dumplings. Mu dan Ting in Flushing got some nice homemade buns though.
Hey if you lived where I live you would be glad to find anything Asian in the American store! Sometimes I get tired of the trip to Queens or Chinatown just to get the real deal. And when I do go I buy some much stuff to freeze. Specially now that I got the handy dandy food saver. (nice little plug there).

So, where in Flushing is this store?

[deez nuts]

Originally posted by blkazngirl@Nov 3 2002, 05:10 PM

Hey if you lived where I live you would be glad to find anything Asian in the American store! Sometimes I get tired of the trip to Queens or Chinatown just to get the real deal. ?And when I do go I buy some much stuff to freeze. Specially now that I got the handy dandy food saver. ?nice little plug there). ?
So, where in Flushing is this store?
The Chinese Grocery Story I've seen in Queens with the most selection of frozen buns is Kam Sen (the anglo name changed but it's still called Kam Sen by the coolies) on Main Street next to the Post Office.

Mu Dan Ting is a small mom and pops store that makes fresh buns (mun tau, dao sa bao, zao bao, tai bao, cha sa bao), they also make fresh variety of noodles (the thick noodles, thin noodles, egg noodles, fun si, hao fun etc etc.) and xiao tzai (i.e. to go with xi fun etc etc). All their shit is made fresh everyday. They make hands down the bestest fun tuan, second to my mom's.

It's on Prince Street with the basketball courts across the street on one side and directly right across the street from the Bland Apartment Complexes. It's easy to miss because it's a small store.

Shopping for groceries in NYC Chinatown is too tedious. Especially if you doing mass food shopping because driving in and parking is a bitch, and there's no way I'm lugging 10+ bags of groceries on the subway.

[kasia]

maybe i'm just being possessive or something--but i cringe when i see frozen asian foods distributed by white companies at the mainstream markets (usually the asian markets won't even carry 'em.) it's like--not only are they trying to profit off our culture, but they're doing it all wrong! they don't even bother taking the time to learn how to make the products correctly. this is why the egg rolls, potstickers, and chasubaos at the mainstream markets turn out all wrong while the ones at the asian markets seem to turn out okay (or at least better.)

i like nai wang bao. :)


csb: which one is jiang tai tai's? is it the one with the panda on the front?

[Hanuman]

Originally posted by kasia@Nov 3 2002, 10:58 PM
maybe i'm just being possessive or something--but i cringe when i see frozen asian foods distributed by white companies at the mainstream markets (usually the asian markets won't even carry 'em.)  it's like--not only are they trying to profit off our culture, but they're doing it all wrong!  they don't even bother taking the time to learn how to make the products correctly.  this is why the egg rolls, potstickers, and chasubaos at the mainstream markets turn out all wrong while the ones at the asian markets seem to turn out okay (or at least better.)

I'm not that concerned with who markets and distributes Asian food. It's happend with every other ethnicity, think Ragu, or Ortega Tacos. Definately not authentic cuisine. Like you mentioned before, most western companies are going to botch it up anyway, so we'll all go to the where the good stuff is! By the way, I read your post last night and today I was in Queens and just had to get me some Chasubao! Yummy!

[deez nuts]

Originally posted by kasia@Nov 3 2002, 05:58 PM



csb: which one is jiang tai tai's? is it the one with the panda on the front?
It's distributed locally. It's made by the Jiang family in Queens. Everything was homemade from the dumpling skin to the filling. You had to call them, make a pre-order and stop by their house to pick it up. I used to pick them up by the bags (literally like 500-600 dumplings) and freeze them. They did distribute a little bit to local Chinese supermarkets like kam sen though. But pre-ordering them and picking them up is the best way and alot fresher.

Their dumplings was the best. The perfect balance of dumpling skin texture and thickness (not too thick and not too thin) and their filling (standard varity of shrimp, pork, vegetarian and jiao tzai) was to die for.

I miss her :cry: Nuthing has come close. I give my money when I can to family owned businesses like a Mu Dan Ting and Jiang Tai Tai. They're food is fresher and better quality. Gotta show love to small and family owned local Asian businesses.

[blkazngirl]

Thanks for the info. You guys have made me hungry. Now I've got to wait 'til the weekend, aaaaah! Unless.......

[kimpossible]

I usually make my own. We do have a local family owned and operated frozen food store, but they still don't make the filling the way we like. Lots of jo tsai, a bit of ground pork and I add a bit of shrimp I make into a paste. I've made dumpling skins, bao and tsong yo bing so many times I can make it faster than it takes me to drive out to the frozen food mart.

I like being able to control the ingredients. We grow our own jo tsai organically and I try to buy no-hormone pork. Plus I can use unbleached flour.

[blkazngirl]

Originally posted by Hello_Hapa@Nov 5 2002, 09:24 PM
I usually make my own. We do have a local family owned and operated frozen food store, but they still don't make the filling the way we like. Lots of jo tsai, a bit of ground pork and I add a bit of shrimp I make into a paste. I've made dumpling skins, bao and tsong yo bing so many times I can make it faster than it takes me to drive out to the frozen food mart.

I like being able to control the ingredients. We grow our own jo tsai organically and I try to buy no-hormone pork. Plus I can use unbleached flour.
:cry: Can't cook chinese food the way my dad and uncles can. My dad use to say, "You must learn to cook something Chinese. How do you think you're going to marry?" I would start crying. Then he would hug me and say, "Ok, you just find someone that's just hungry. Maybe he won't mind." So far it's working, hehe.

[angel nympho]

I don't mind buying Asian shit at the American grocery store. It sure as hell is a lot easier than suffering through the parking lot full of old lady bad drivers...

[karizma]

>> i guess im a little bothered by it...its just another chinese dish for them to americanize =P...what do americans know about authentic asian foods?

>> i admit im a little addicted to the chasiubao's and vegetable pork bun's i get from the asian market...i scarf those down man =P...but nothing really compares to the stuff i get in the bakeries and delis at chinatown...oh man i am in heaven there!!!...

>> how come homemade jung/ zhung zhi? never tastes as good as the ones you get at restaurants?

[deez nuts]

Originally posted by karizma@Nov 5 2002, 06:54 PM


>> i admit im a little addicted to the chasiubao's

All women are addicted to chasiubao_bo.....I mean chasiubao's once they get a taste

[mrazntre]

Originally posted by Chasiubao_Boy@Nov 5 2002, 11:58 PM
Originally posted by karizma@Nov 5 2002, 06:54 PM


>> i admit im a little addicted to the chasiubao's

All women are addicted to chasiubao_bo.....I mean chasiubao's once they get a taste
your chasiubao is frozzzen.

[kimpossible]

Originally posted by mrazntre@Nov 5 2002, 04:40 PM
Originally posted by Chasiubao_Boy@Nov 5 2002, 11:58 PM
Originally posted by karizma@Nov 5 2002, 06:54 PM


>> i admit im a little addicted to the chasiubao's

All women are addicted to chasiubao_bo.....I mean chasiubao's once they get a taste
your chasiubao is frozzzen.
We can microwave it until it's hot and steamy.

[angel nympho]

Am I the only one who doesn't know what a chasubao is?

[kimpossible]

Originally posted by angel nympho@Nov 5 2002, 05:05 PM
Am I the only one who doesn't know what a chasubao is?
Bar-B-Q pork bun. There are different types of bao (buns), however.

[angel nympho]

Originally posted by Hello_Hapa@Nov 6 2002, 01:07 AM
Originally posted by angel nympho@Nov 5 2002, 05:05 PM
Am I the only one who doesn't know what a chasubao is?
Bar-B-Q pork bun. There are different types of bao (buns), however.
*Scratches head*

I know what dumplings are...

[kimpossible]

Originally posted by angel nympho@Nov 5 2002, 05:12 PM
Originally posted by Hello_Hapa@Nov 6 2002, 01:07 AM
Originally posted by angel nympho@Nov 5 2002, 05:05 PM
Am I the only one who doesn't know what a chasubao is?
Bar-B-Q pork bun. There are different types of bao (buns), however.
*Scratches head*

I know what dumplings are...
It's a bread that has to rise - it has yeast. It's about fi...

ah, hell. here. Char Siu Bao Boy (http://www.polychromebooks.com/books/charsiubao.html)

[deez nuts]

Originally posted by Hello_Hapa@Nov 5 2002, 08:14 PM


ah, hell. here. Char Siu Bao Boy (http://www.polychromebooks.com/books/charsiubao.html)
wow. gotta get me that book. and that pic on the cover of the book is so not me.

[angel nympho]

OOOO I think I know what they are.... *Licks Lips*

[deez nuts]

Originally posted by angel nympho@Nov 5 2002, 08:40 PM
OOOO I think I know what they are.... *Licks Lips*
You will be addicted to me I mean the buns soon! :D

[Green_Jade]

great....i'm sitting here and craving food....all you can talk about is just that...

i never had chasubao buns... damned rochester,ny.

[Fireblade]

Damnit all to hell people! Why are y'all talking about food in the middle of the night! ::sigh:: Thank god my mom has some good ol' fashion chinese food at home. (goes through fridge) What the hell? Pizza?!!!

Oh well, my family is darn americanized when we eat our food. Though we do have our fobby ways. I mean, steamed veggies and fried chicken with bowls of rice is kinda fobby. Oh hells, I call it Asian-American Dining. Where everything and anything will be accompanied with a bowl of rice! Damn I'm hungry.

It's all good though, I'll just go ahead and eat in Richmond or something in San Francisco. You always find some good chinese food anywhere in S.F. Some cheap, some not. Ironic that I live on a block with a chinese restaraunt. That's S.F. for you... always a pizza parlor, a liquior store, and a chinese place nearby.

[Hanuman]

Steamed buns, yummmm. I live with 2 non-asian dudes, but I'm keeping it real with the perpetual rice pot (they think it's funny that there's always rice ready to eat in it). It also doubles as a great steamer for those frozen, or packaged Chasubaos!

[deez nuts]

Originally posted by artzygrrl@Nov 7 2002, 02:37 AM

i never had chasubao buns... .
You will be addicted to me too!

[kimpossible]

Originally posted by Chasiubao_Boy@Nov 7 2002, 05:19 AM
Originally posted by artzygrrl@Nov 7 2002, 02:37 AM

i never had chasubao buns... .
You will be addicted to me too!
I'm not too fond of cha su bao. Too sweet for me. I like them more savory.

[deez nuts]

Originally posted by Hello_Hapa@Nov 7 2002, 01:45 PM
Originally posted by Chasiubao_Boy@Nov 7 2002, 05:19 AM
Originally posted by artzygrrl@Nov 7 2002, 02:37 AM

i never had chasubao buns... .
You will be addicted to me too!
I'm not too fond of cha su bao. Too sweet for me. I like them more savory.
Bah, I'm hurt.

[thaite]

I bought a pack of the frozen ones -- they taste terrible. Had to feed 'em to the dogs.

:gross: