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Hong Kong’s Din Tai Fung Restaurant Wins a Michelin Star (Part 2)

Yang Bing-Yi’s business philosophy entailed two notable factors that ensured Din Tai Fung’s success. One could call them company secrets. The first was to ensure that every customer felt at home while dining in the restaurant. Secondly, every employee is valued and provided with benefits and a work environment that creates a sense of familial ...

Emma Lu

Din Tai Fung dumplings.

Hong Kong’s Din Tai Fung Michelin Star Restaurant (Part 1)

Yang Bing-Yi, the founder of the restaurant chain Din Tai Fung, passed away at 96. This caught the attention of world media, which spoke highly of him. Din Tai Fung is one of the few Chinese restaurant chains to have entered the global market and become a well-known overseas brand of the Chinese food industry. ...

Emma Lu

A basket of Din Tai Fung dumplings.

Try Making Gyoza: It’s Really Simple and Addictive

Gyoza, or potstickers, are Japanese dumplings filled with meat and some vegetables — and wrapped in a thin dough. Originally from China, where they are known as jiaozi, gyoza are now a very popular dish in Japan. When I worked as an apprentice chef at a Japanese restaurant, I found folding the gyoza took a bit ...

Wilma Oakes

Pair of chopsticks holding a fried dumpling with a serving tray holding more dumplings and dipping sauce in the background.

Delectable ‘Tri-colored Umami’ Seafood Dumplings.

These Tri-colored Seafood Dumplings are a perfect comfort and umami food for those cold, somewhat dreary winter days. Not only will your five senses be enticed, but your eyes will also feast on an array of colors, shapes, and artful presentation. Here the selected ingredients are always fresh and nutritious. The clever way of using ...

Jenny Low

A plate is filled with seafood dumplings with dough of three colors: plain, orange, and green.

Crab and Pork Dumplings (Story + Recipe)

Dumplings are an ancient food and many regions around the world have them in some form or another as part of their national cuisine. There are also numerous legends surrounding the origin of the delicious dough balls. The beauty Xishi According to a Chinese tale, eating dumplings started in remembrance of Fairy Jiao. In the ...

Emma Lu

A basket of dumplings.

A History of Dumplings (Plus Bonus Peking Pork Dumpling Recipe)

Dumplings are universally loved, with different takes for different countries and regions. There’s the Italian ravioli, the pierogis of the Polish, Japan’s gyoza, and you’ll find more if you check out various cuisines around the world. Surely, you’ll find a dumpling recipe, whether it calls for boiling, steaming, or frying. You see, the dumpling is ...

Raven Montmorency

A bamboo basket of dumplings.

The Legend of Taiwan’s Banping Mountain

A peculiar mountain, the Banping Mountain sits at the junction of Zuoying District and Nanzi District of Kaohsiung City in Taiwan. One side of the mountain ridge is so flat that it looks like it has been cut off with a knife. The residents say it resembles a painted screen, so everyone calls it the ...

Max Lu