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小笼包 小籠包
Originally from Shanghai or one of it's neighbouring cities, this dumpling is one of my all time favourite street foods. I remember during my first week in Suzhou I discovered a food alley near my dorm and saw cart full of steaming xiaolongbao. I was already full by then but I couldn't resist buying some. It's a surprise I didn't die from overeating that time.
I almost forgot to mention what was special about this dumpling. It's filled with soup! Therefore those who are inexperienced may get lose the soup while grabbing it with their chopsticks, or even worse, burn their toungue!
小籠包はもともと上海かその付近の都市の食べ物で、僕の一番好きな「屋台食べ物」の一つです。蘇州での一週間目はある屋台の並を見つけた日が思い出した。その中に小籠包が売っている屋台が見つけた。その時にもうお腹がいっぱいだったが、小籠包を買わずにはいられなかった。食べすぎで死ななかったのは謎！
小籠包の特徴は中に汁が入ってる。小籠包を食べたことのない人はお箸で掴もうとする時に汁をなくすこともある。舌を焦げる恐れもある！
Vocabulary:
小 - small
籠 - a basket used for steaming dumplings
包 - a Chinese dumpling, a stuffed Chinese bun
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