Dumpling rage, like road rage, strikes without warning. My first attack came in my mid-20s, while dining at Raku, a Washington, D.C., “pan-Asian” restaurant. I made the mistake of ordering something called Chinese dumplings. Out came a bamboo steamer containing what resembled aged marshmallows—dumplings cooked so long they were practically glued to the bottom of […]
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#75 Dumplings
Posted May 19th, 2008 by timwu · 19 Comments
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#68 Chili
Posted April 28th, 2008 by Shaun · 12 Comments
Since the dawn of time, Asians have long yearned to pleasure their fickle tongues. When they stumbled upon a small, pointy, red (often green, and occasionally even yellow) vegetable, all their wishes were immediately fulfilled. Other than rice, chili is the other staple of any true Asian’s healthy diet.
It can be argued that chili is […]
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#64 Not Taking the Last Piece of Food
Posted April 23rd, 2008 by avaliant · 10 Comments
One thing you won’t hear at a typical Asian dinner gathering is “Do you mind if I kill that?” or “Were you going to finish that?” This is because Asians like to not take the last piece of food on a plate.
This Asian cultural idiosyncrasy leads to some very peculiar phenomena at Asian social […]
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