15 Dumplings To Try This Dragon Boat Festival
by Cristabel Chia
@ 06 Jun 2016
Dragon boat festival is back again and it's time to enjoy those little parcels of joy stuffed with a medley of ingredients, wrapped in bamboo leaves and steamed to perfection. Here, four places presents 15 exciting and mouth-watering flavours that await your appetite.
Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) is giving the traditional glutinous rice dumpling the haute cuisine treatment with five delicious variations handcrafted from star and celebrity chef restaurants in RWS. The following five dumplings is sold in a package and is priced at S$78 nett.
1) Tangerine's Organic Barley & Quinoa (Vegetarian)
This savoury delight exemplifies the spa cuisine served at Tangerine, crammed full of nutritious goodness, in a scrumptious play of tastes and textures.
2) Forest's Sea Whelk, Dried Oysters & Unagi
A fragrant rice dumpling given a seafood twist with ingredients usually reserved for nourishing Chinese soup, enhanced with the richness of Japanese eel.
3) Osia Steak and Seafood Grill's Five Spiced Berkshire Pork
Generously packed with a fine grade of Berkshire Pork from Byron Bay, famed for its supreme flavours and juiciness, this rice dumpling is a treat for meat lovers.
4) Feng Shui Inn's 5 Grains With Australian Wild Abalone
Soybeans, wheat, broomcorn, foxtail millet and rice are wrapped around a succulent 10-head whole abalone, steeped in delicate flavours.
5) Syun's Ohagi
Traditionally eaten during autumn and spring, this confection of glutinous rice and luscious azuki arrives early to add a sweet note to this dumpling feast.
Mitzo Restaurant & Bar celebrates the festival by offering three exquisite rice dumplings, packed with luxurious ingredients and unique flavours.
6) Truffle Kurobuta Pork Rice
Price: S$18++ per piece
A modern take on the traditional pork dumpling, this delightful creation comprises of premium Kurobuta pork and savoury goodness nestled within truffle-flavoured glutinous rice.
7) Red Yeast Foie Gras & Duck Rice Dumpling
Price: S$20++ per piece, serves three to four persons
Perfect for sharing amongst the young and old, indulge in nuances of traditional red yeast flavours that are in perfect harmony with innovative ingredients; packed with a generous slab of pan-fried foie gras and duck meat.
8) Osmanthus Rice Dumpling Served With Brown Sugar And Osmanthus Honey
Price: S$15++ per pair
Giving the ubiquitous alkaline water dumpling (Kee zhang) a floral twist, this aromatic osmanthus infused rice dumpling is tailored for those with a sweet tooth – a perfect dessert to round up a meal during this festival.
Pan Pacific Singapore presents a decadent treat made of glutinous rice packed with an assortment of generous ingredients and hand-wrapped in bamboo leaves. From now to 9 June 2016, Executive Chef Lai Tong Ping at Hai Tien Lo prepares classic favourites and gives some of these traditional bundles of joy a contemporary twist.
9) Traditional Cantonese Jumbo Rice Dumpling
Price: S$29.90
Indulge in this savoury upsized rice dumpling that intricately blends the flavours and textures of premium ingredients including Dried Oysters, Dried Scallops, Japanese Mushroom, succulent Pork Belly and Salted Egg Yolk, enveloped in a bundle of Premium Glutinous Rice.
10) Classic Five-Spice Rice Dumpling with Pork Belly and Yam
Price: S$19.90
The fragrant Classic Five-Spice Rice Dumpling with Pork Belly and Yam seamlessly marries the sweet and savoury flavours of the generously packed ingredients. Expect a delightful burst of flavours with each bite of this luscious rice dumpling, as the infusion of Five-Spice powder perfectly complements this tantalising creation.
11) Red Bean Dumpling With Multi-Grain Rice
Price: S$9.90
This guilt-free Fragrant Red Bean Dumpling with Multi-Grain Rice makes a perfectly flavourful indulgence for the health-conscious and vegetarians. Featuring smooth and aromatic red bean paste encased within a mix of nutritious multi-grain rice and corn that provides a mildly sweet and rich texture, this healthy option is meticulously handwrapped and steamed to perfection.
Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza features a scintillating ensemble of new, unique rice dumplings as well as old school favourites, exquisitely handcrafted with culinary finesse by their maestros at award-winning Wan Hao Chinese Restaurant.
12) Morel Mushroom With Pork Belly & Dried Scallop Rice Dumpling
Price: S$18 per piece
The morel mushroom used is specially imported from France and the pork belly is marinated overnight with spices and condiments. The dumpling is poached for more than six hours to ensure that the delectable flavours of all the ingredients are deeply infused in the quality glutinous rice.
13) Black Truffle With Cordyceps Flower & Pork Belly Rice Dumpling
Price: S$18 per piece
Lavish, tasty and fragrant, this gem is jam-packed with luxurious ingredients comprising of premium black truffle, cordyceps flower and succulent pork belly that is marinated in chef’s special homemade sauce.
14) Five Grain Rice Dumpling
Boasting great texture, dietary fibre, vitamins and flavourful goodness with every bite, this wholesome rice dumpling is brimming with a medley of fibre-rich ingredients such as black glutinous rice, glutinous rice, grain rice, as well as vegetarian Bak Kwah, turnip, carrot, king oyster mushroom, black fungus and braised peanuts.
15) Signature Pork and Salted Egg Rice Dumpling
An all-time favourite combination of luscious premium pork belly steeped in secret marinade, perfectly salted egg yolk, mushrooms, black beans and chestnuts intricately wrapped in flavoursome glutinous rice.
