It’s spring break here in our Chicago suburb and suddenly I have three kids home all day. Yesterday we walked into town for brunch.
Today we bought, ate, and read about dumplings.
At the library this morning, I was thrilled to find Grace Lin’s new MG novel, Dumpling Days (Little, Brown, 2012). So I grabbed it and added it to my pile of picture books, novels, and a non-fiction narrative or two.
Jake is 13 going on 14, but I still thought he’d enjoy it. Heck, I would enjoy it.
And he got into it so much, he said he had a taste for dumplings.
So after 2 year old Martin woke from his nap, the three kids and I piled into the car and drove to the next town over to buy dumplings. I don’t eat pork (for more on that, check out my interview on Speaking of China’s latest post here). So we bought a bag of frozen chicken and napa cabbage jiaozi.
And shrimp wonton.
And mantou, which is plain steamed bread.
We’ve already gone through two of these huge mantou.
Hao chi. Yum.
This blog made me smile! 🙂
Thank you! We went to Katy’s Dumplings, just like that time you, Mika, Rachel and I went!
I assume you purchased these at Katy’s Dumpling house?
Yes! Of course you would know it! That strip mall seems to have a great selection of groceries and restaurants, but so far I’ve only gone to Katy’s.