dumplings

[kasia]

chinese 'siu gao' and korean 'mandoo' have tasted pretty much the same to me. maybe i'm wrong, but i suspect that every Asian country makes the same dumpling and just calls it by a different name. how do you say 'dumpling' in japanese, thai, vietnamese, etc.? and do they all taste pretty much like the chinese dumplings?

edit: doesn't the word 'dumpling' sound funny? try saying it over and over.

[deez nuts]

The mandoo I ate generally have thinner skin than the siu jiao. The siu jiao pi ( dumpling skin) on the Chinese version seems thicker. I really notice it when I eat guo tia (pot stickers) vs fried mandoo.

Duk Mandoo gook is off the hook, I love dumping the rice and drowning some kim chee in the soup. Well that's how my friend taught me to eat it.

Isn't Japanese dumplings called gyoza?

[nudel]

ahhh dumplings
for those who didn't notice my login name.
nudel= german for dumplings
nudel or knudel german dumplings

[lethal]

I think in Viet, at least from my phonetic spelling, dumplings are called Han Tan (I think)...which sounds suspiciously like "Wonton." I imagine 2 possibilities for this: 1) this only referes to wonton style dumplings or 2) my parents made up that name for them converting the English to the Viet. I suspect the former is a more plausible answer.

I'm not sure what the general term is...maybe someone else knows.

[bigwong235]

Originally posted by kasia@Feb 5 2003, 09:32 AM
edit: doesn't the word 'dumpling' sound funny? try saying it over and over.

dumpling
dumpling
dumpling
dumpling

now i want some dumplings!

:dance:

[amietron]

Originally posted by Chasiubao_Boy@Feb 5 2003, 09:49 AM
Isn't Japanese dumplings called gyoza?

Yeah. Gyoza or shumai.

[blue hoodie]

mmmmmm.....dumplings.

One of my fave dumpling places in LA is Dumpling Master. I mean, you can't go wrong with a place called Dumpling Master.

[kasia]

Originally posted by blue hoodie@Feb 5 2003, 11:56 AM
mmmmmm.....dumplings.

One of my fave dumpling places in LA is Dumpling Master. I mean, you can't go wrong with a place called Dumpling Master.

i know what you're talking about! loa fu zhi, right? with the same name as the character in the comic book.

[applehead]

Originally posted by Chasiubao_Boy@Feb 5 2003, 09:49 AM
The mandoo I ate generally have thinner skin than the siu jiao. The siu jiao pi ( dumpling skin) on the Chinese version seems thicker. I really notice it when I eat guo tia (pot stickers) vs fried mandoo.

Duk Mandoo gook is off the hook, I love dumping the rice and drowning some kim chee in the soup. Well that's how my friend taught me to eat it.

Isn't Japanese dumplings called gyoza?

the key to making madoo is trying to make the
skin as thin as possible and
the mandoo itself, as plump as possible.
the chinese dumplings are too empty
and the skin is too thick.

[kasia]

Originally posted by applehead@Feb 5 2003, 02:09 PM

the key to making madoo is trying to make the
skin as thin as possible and
the mandoo itself, as plump as possible.
the chinese dumplings are too empty
and the skin is too thick.

no, they're not supposed to be. sometimes the restaurants are just cheap. :D

[Napoleon Chynamite]

Ya it's just an unfortunate fact of life that the crappiest Chinese restaurants rake in the most dough b/c they're located in neighborhoods where like no Chinese people live, haha and therefore nobody can taste the difference between half-assed Chinese food and all-the-way stuff not to mention less or virtually no competition from other eateries

[nudel]

speaking of chinese food. my neighbor owned one of the best chinese restaurants in town. i use to eat at his house a lot. the food was so much better than what he made for his customers. where can find a place that hasn't anglonized their food. chicago area. damn what i remember of the food, americans are missing out.

[moschikat]

mnfngh. i don't know if there is a "Thai dumpling" all i know is that wonton is called "kiew" (high tone)

kiew kiew kiew kiew kiew. does that sound any funnier than saying dumpling over and over?? :lol:

will get back on the Thai dumpling report. :huh:

[blue hoodie]

Originally posted by kasia@Feb 5 2003, 02:07 PM

i know what you're talking about! loa fu zhi, right? with the same name as the character in the comic book.

yeah thats it! I used to love that comic too! :lol:

[ellsworth81]

there's actually a discernable taste difference between wontons from other restaurants ... please elaborate