Category Archives: Bao

Bao Nine, Philadelphia

Posted on January 28, 2021 by rundlea

Philadelphia’s Bao Nine is a newish venture from the team who developed the Sweet Charlie’s rolled ice cream chain.  Bao Nine sells Taipei street-food style Gua Bao, which  are flat steamed buns wrapped around a filling which is traditionally pork … Continue reading →

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Fluffy Steamed Bun Success

Posted on December 21, 2020 by rundlea

I have finally found success in my quest to create dim-sum style fluffy steamed buns.  The guys behind the counter at Tran’s World Market clued me in that their mother uses Vinh Thuan’s Bot Banh Bao Dumpling Flour to make … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Making Bao

Posted on September 21, 2020 by rundlea

I tried making a multitude of bao this weekend – vegan curry beef steamed bao, red bean steamed bao, baked red bean bao and baked vegetable bao. For all of these buns I used the dough recipe from Mary’s Test … Continue reading →

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Vegan Curry Beef Buns

Posted on September 2, 2020 by rundlea

This recipe was derived from the Curry Beef Bun recipe at Mary’s Test Kitchen, but instead of using textured vegetable protein I used Impossible Burger for the filling.  I was really impressed with how these buns came out and the … Continue reading →

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Manhattan Valley Dumpling Hunt: Pandemic Edition

Posted on August 23, 2020 by rundlea

I have been chronicling the growth of the excellent Chinese restaurant scene in the Manhattan Valley neighborhood, which is just south of Columbia University.  The University’s international students make up a large portion of the patrons at these restaurants, but … Continue reading →

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Steamed Scallion Buns (Hua Juan) Recipe

Posted on July 6, 2020 by rundlea

The ill planned re-openings in Southern and Western states and the abdication of the federal government in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic has undone the hard won gains of the State level stay at home orders of March to May, … Continue reading →

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Crispy Bottom Veggie Buns by Woon.Heng

Posted on May 6, 2020 by rundlea

COVID-19 has me home doing a lot of cooking, some of which you can see on the Dumpling Hunter Instagram, but not so many dumplings thus far.  My first home cooked dumplings was a take on Woon.Heng’s recipe for Crispy … Continue reading →

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The Tang, NY, NY

Posted on February 3, 2020 by rundlea

The options for eating excellent Chinese food around the Columbia University campus continue to expand.  The Tang, which opened on the Upper West Side about 8 months age, bills itself as a noodle bar that serves contemporary Chinese food in … Continue reading →

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Dim Sum Palace, New York, NY

Posted on December 23, 2019 by rundlea

To round out 2019 we at Dumpling Hunter had a blow out feast at Dim Sum Palace, a NYC mini-chain of family run dim sum restaurants.  Dim Sum Palace has large dim sum menu and a large menu of American-Chinese … Continue reading →

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Bryant Park Winter Garden, part 2.

Posted on December 16, 2019 by rundlea

I revisited the Bryant Park Winter Garden to check out the two dumpling kiosks that I missed on my last visit. Bao by Kaya is a pop-up version of the larger Bao by Kaya at the Urbanspace on Lexington Ave.  … Continue reading →

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