Saturday, March 24, 2012

Saturday Snapshot


 

Saturday Snapshots is hosted by Alyce at At Home With Books.


May 2009 - Xian China

These photos were taken in Xian, China. We went to the opera and there was a dumpling dinner served prior to the show.


Click on the photos to get a really clear shot to make your mouth water!!
Each steamer came with 3 types of dumpling and 3 pieces of each as we were 3 meat-loving people. M had her own vegeterian dumplings and vegeterian soup was also provided. 


Pork – shaped like a pig
Shark’s fin
Ham

Albacore
Mushroom
Shrimp
Cabbage
Chcken – piece of corn at top to resemble an egg
Pork and leek
Hazelnut - loved these if anyone knows of a recipe....

Fried dumplings
Large plate of regular pork
Chicken Soup with baby dumplings

Duck – shaped like a duck

















Lotus root with lemon



































12 comments:

  1. Amazing. Kind of like food art.

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  2. What a creative way to make dumplings! Almost a shame to eat them.

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  3. Gorgeous dumplings! they are such work, but taste so incredible! The duck dumpling is amazing! Opera huh? Italian, German, French, or Chinese libretto?

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  4. We really enjoyed the food in Xian. I am adding your blog to my News From Italy blogroll as although I follow you it is an easier way to make sure I do not miss any of your interesting posts.

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  5. Those dumplings look amazing, and just a tiny bit creepy :-)

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  6. My first reaction to the animal-shaped food was that they were adorable...and then I realized I'm not sure I could EAT them! Both because I'd hate to destroy the art and because, well...I'm a city girl and I don't want to think too hard about the original form of the meat I'm eating!

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  7. Those are works of art! I definitely would prefer the veggie ones myself though. :)

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  8. Well, I came for Saturday Snapshot, but I am leaving as a Follower(!) Your site and pictures are incredible!! I can't wait to follow along :)

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  9. Oh my gosh... what a fantastic meal experience!

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  10. Definitely food art. I wish I had the patience to do something like this.

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  11. Wow. That must have been amazing. I've never seen anything like those ducks.

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