Dear MEL
Topic Readers,
'Exploding
dumplings': When Asian food is done wrong
When in Rome,
do as Romans do. If you agree with this saying, when you eat a local dish, eat
as the locals do. Eating genuinely prepared food wrongly could hurt the pride
of the locals, even just a soup dumpling.
In fact, an
online video featuring an eater burst a soup dumpling, called Xiao Long Bao,
with chopsticks and threw away the soup, was seriously criticized by many food
enthusiasts for not showing the proper way to enjoy the proud dish.
(Xiao Long
Bao is supposed to be eaten in one go to enjoy the harmony of the soup,
ingredients and bun all together, even though it could burn your mouth and
tongue)
The same is
true for Pho, a rice noodle soup, for Vietnamese, which is regarded as their
national dish by many.
Enjoy reading
and learning how serious for some to eat genuinely prepared food in a genuine
way.
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