In a year when many of us are separated from family for the holidays, it’s more than tempting to lean on familiar ingredients to make old favorites from home. But trying to replicate recipes in Beijing can quickly get expensive, not to mention the amount of food miles products rack up on their way from the US or Europe to China.
Between the WAB Winter Bazaar, Junior Master chef classes, cookie baking workshops, and a special Krav Maga self defence camp; you’ll be kept very busy this weekend!
Better known as Chinese steamed buns, mantou is a staple food in the Chinese diet and very easy to make.
We may live 500 km apart. My sister and I may struggle to understand our grandparents’ local dialect and old-fashioned ways. But when it comes to dumplings, no translation is necessary.