How to Eat the Soup Dumpling

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The soup dumpling is the top list of my hometown Shanghai’s favorite foods. It is a small bun filled with meat or vegetables in the hot soup. Over years I learned from my experience that there are two important steps to make this distinct dish enjoyable to eat: Bite it in the right way and eat it whole. The soup dumpling is very tricky to eat, because the soup (juice inside) tends to spout out when the dumpling is bitten. Since the soup dumplings tend to be served immediately, the soup inside the dumpling is still boiling hot. You will not burn your mouth and tongue and find this dumpling so delicious if you know how to eat it in order. The first step is to bite a hole on the top of the dumpling. Hold the dumpling by your chopsticks near your mouth. The folds of the dumpling skin come together, so keep it facing up. Take a small bite from near the top of the dumpling slowly by your tooth. You make it sure to let out the steam and heat, then slurp the soup slowly out of the dumpling. The second step is to eat it whole. When the dumpling has cooled down in a few of seconds, put it in your mouth whole and chew it. Slowly bite into it but do not bite a soup dumpling in half. Otherwise, it will cause the hot soup to squirt out to burn your mouth and tongue or make a mess. If the above process is followed properly, eating a soup dumpling should not be a confusing assignment. If you know the two steps on biting a hole and eating it whole, Shanghai’s soup dumpling will definitely bring the eater a joyful and wonderful

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