It is the Duan Wu Jie or Dumpling Festival and we do not need a better reason than to indulge in glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves (or lotus leaves). The only dumplings I really love are the ones made by my grandmother. Home made dumplings are always better than those commercial dumplings.

I pestered my grandmother for the recipe of bak chang or ham yoke chung (pork dumplings) so that I could learn to make it myself (one of these days…) and also to share with this blog’s readers. It is a very tedious process and the . . . → Read More: Make your own bak chang (dumplings)