Xiao Long Bao

I can't seem to make authentic xiao long boa. So yesterday I was in Super H Mart following what I believe was a Korean family through the frozen section. The mom was buying dumplings. I just picked up what she put in her basket until she started grabbing some pretty strange taste combinations. I wish I had noted those more closely. But all I know is that I verbally responded to one of them. Oops!

I'll post when I pick a favorite. But I doubt they will be as good as the ones I made with the kids in East Asia.

Close As I Can Get

My heart was snagged by a little boy in East Asia. I have spent a week the past two summers in his orphanage. I am not permitted to post his picture. So instead I am posting his handiwork. Here is a pot of dumplings we made for lunch one day. This little boy, I can call him Israel, is very artistic and a fan of detail. He is a master at forming dumplings. Can you spot his right in the center of the pot?