Be Our Guest
Apr 02, 2021
3 minutes
By Charmaine Mok
It’s the 15th and final day of Chinese New Year and, as tradition dictates, we are having bowls of warm glutinous rice dumplings—their plump roundness a symbol of togetherness—to signal the close of the holiday. But these are not your typical tong yuen—instead of being filled with black sesame or floating in an elixir of ginger and sugar syrup, these are gently set in a velveteen hazelnut soup. The dumplings hide a heart of praline gently softened with butter, and each comes topped with half a roasted hazelnut.
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