Category Archives: Vegan Recipe

OMNI Plant-Based Potstickers, Frozen Dumpling Review

Posted on August 18, 2025 by rundlea

It has become impossible to find OMNI’s excellent plant-based ground pork and pork shreds in stores over the past few months.  I made some really good vegan dumplings with the ground pork [see here and here] and the shreds were … Continue reading →

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Tom’s Dim Sum, Philadelphia PA

Posted on December 23, 2022 by rundlea

Tom’s Dim Sum is a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Dim Sum Factory mini-chain of restaurants serving Shanghai & Cantonese style dim sum.  In 2015 Tom’s took over the location of the Dim Sum Garden in the 11th street tunnel under … Continue reading →

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Wontons made with OmniFoods Plant Based Pork

Posted on October 25, 2021 by rundlea

While it has been available in Asia for some time, OmniFoods plant based pork has finally become available in the U.S. (at WholeFoods and Sprouts markets). There is an interesting article (here) with David Yeung on the business side of … Continue reading →

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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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Summer Project: Homemade Sriracha Sauce

Posted on October 11, 2020 by rundlea

I use Sriracha sauce to provide heat to my dumpling dipping sauce. This summer I decided to make Sriracha sauce from scratch, starting with growing my own Jalapeno pepper plants. As the peppers turned bright red I picked them and … 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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Kkaennip Jeon (Pan-fried Stuffed Perilla Leaves)

Posted on September 7, 2020 by rundlea

This dish is a type of Korean Jeon or pancake.  Optimally this Jeon is made by folding a large perilla leaf around filling, making it reminiscent of a dumpling.  Traditionally the filling is made of beef, but for this recipe … 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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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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