Meaning of shumai | Babel Free

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A traditional steamed Chinese pork dumpling served in dim sum.

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“Hot and sour soup, shrimp toast, shumai, General Tso’s chicken, pork with garlic sauce, beef with asparagus, hot and spicy shrimp, sushi deluxe, cheesecake, fried bananas, litchi sherbet.”

“It serves good rāmen and a range of shūmai meat dumplings for ¥300 an order.”

“Shūmai are made of seasoned meats, usually pork, but even shrimp and beef are used, encased in a thin wheat wrapping and steamed rather than fried.”

“The restaurant, Rai-rai ken (a name that would later be used for countless other ramen shops in the postwar period), became known for its cheap, tasty, and fast Shina soba as well as other Chinese foods, such as shūmai and wonton, which quickly earned it popularity among local residents.”

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