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Real *Taiwanese* xiao long bao (not Shanghai/DTF style)
- Mr Taster Jul 7, 2008 12:46 PM
The xiao long bao served at every night market and street corner in Taiwan are not at all like the sort of XLB we commonly eat here in LA, which are more Shanghainese in style. (Even Din Tai Fung, which is owned by Taiwanese people, do not represent the sort of XLB commonly consumed across the country).
Authentic Taiwanese XLB are much more doughy, with not a lot of soup and a distinct flavor and texture unlike anything I've had in LA. In fact after many years of eating XLB in Los Angeles, on my first visit to Taiwan I was at first excited by the prospect of XLB on every street corner... but that elation turned to dismay as I discovered these rustic, homemade things are extremely dissimilar that what I had gotten used to consuming in Los Angeles. However... the funny thing is that now that I've been out of Taiwan for over a year, I am finding myself strangely craving them again.
Can anyone help?
Mr Taster
re: wilafur
No, Mei Long Village is much more in the style that I'm used to eating here. When I say doughy skins, I mean doughy... like 1/2 cm thick (perhaps a little thinner).
Perhaps I should qualify this by saying that I've eaten the bulk of my xiao long bao at little homestyle road stands in small villages outside of Taichung. Perhaps this is a regional way of preparing them. While I've travelled all over the island, I don't precisely recall if I'd eaten XLB in other parts of the country.
On my next visit I shall have to go on a country-wide XLB tasting challenge.
Mr Taster
re: Mr Taster
it may be regional. but then again, my consumption of xlb's in taiwan has been limited to only taipei and tainan. the funny thing is that the xlb in taipei tended to be more thin skinned ala dtf and the xlb's in tainan tended to be a bit thicker skinned like mlv. go figure.
re: Mr Taster
Just returned from Taiwan last week. I know of what you speak, having spent lots of time in Hsinchu and having these XLBs sold in rectangular paper boxes with chili-based sauce in a baggie. The doughy is a bit spongy, and the filling is pork-based.
Unfortunately, I can't offer any help, other than to ask a Taiwanese owner for suggestions.
re: ristretto
Yes yes yes
Glad you mentioned the chili paste sauce, which I forgot to mention. They are always served with this condiment along with julienne ginger and a black, thick-ish sauce (soy? vinegar? Not sure...)
I imagine that anyone who has spent time in Taiwan eating street food will know exactly what we're talking about. They're everywhere, and are nothing like the XLB commonly found here in LA (or Shanghai).
One interesting point to note is that when your "everyday" XLB are these rustic, rough-and-tumble variety that cost about $1 for a tray of 8, going to Din Tai Fung in Taipei becomes a high class indulgence reserved only for foreigners or really special occasions. (The price in Taiwan is the same as it is in LA-- about $7-8 for a steam tray... an ungodly price by local standards)
Mr Taster
Try Ho Ho Kitchen in El Monte (same strip mall as the more well-known Dumpling 10053). That's the closest I've found. J&J in San Gabriel comes close as well, but Ho Ho is better.
Some will argue (not me necessarily) that the "Taiwanese" style XLB is a product of peasants who don't have the know-how, or even the wherewithal, to know how to make real XLB. Sort of like what those 'cue masters say about cooks who parboil their bbq meats.
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re: ipsedixit
I don't doubt what you're saying. My first impression on tasting them was to be repulsed by them. But now.... I dunno. I want them. I'll give Ho Ho Kitchen a shot. What else do they make that's worthwhile? Do they make a decent version of those deep fried glutenous meatballs? (forget the name in chinese) We've yet to find a really good one... tried the ones at Sinbala but they were just so-so.
Do you know if they are made this way all over the island?
Mr Taster
re: Mr Taster
The DongPo Porkbelly (東坡肉) is great. When I used to live in the area, I'd cook up a big pot of rice at home, order a DongPo porkbelly to go, and then go to town!
Don't have a lead on the meatballs, but you can try Won Won Kitchen in Temple City.
re: PandanExpress
Sheng jian bao are made with risen dough (i.e. dough with yeast), and are pan-fried.
They are nothing like XLB -- either the traditional Shanghai version or the bastardized Taiwanese variety.
Never set foot on the island of Taiwan, so I'm not sure -- are you talking about tang bao? http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1088/7...
re: Das Ubergeek
No, that's not it... you can get those in Shanghai as well. What I'm talking about is like ipse says. It's most likely a bastardized peasant-y version of "proper" XLB.
Mr Taster
Maybe Kang Kang Food Court in Alhambra has what you're looking for. A Taiwanese hang out of sorts with different regional Chinese cuisine. They got all kinds of dumplings and maybe the ones you're looking for. Kind of place where you step up to the cashier or hot table and order what you see.
Kang Kang Food Court
27 E. Valley Blvd.
Open 7 days 7am-midnight?
re: Das Ubergeek
Never been to Shau May, but the menu at Kang Kang's has a pretty wide selection too. Their specialty dumpling seems to be that pan fried soup dumpling, but they have others including XLB, but called something else on their menu.
I'm sort of stumped by the varying terminology, but I was just at Mama Lu's in Monterey Park and their skins were much thicker than DTF. Also, Luscious Dumplings makes a thicker, different shaped soup dumpling. Pictures to illustrate:
Mama Lu:
Luscious Dumplings:
I'm definitely interested in learning what all these variations are because I LOVE XLB.
re: jjsawrey
Luscious Dumplings does not have XLB.
If you look at the Chinese name on the menu, the picture you have on flickr is really just steamed dumplings with pork (8 pc. to an order).
Also, what you have in the picture is pleated, and constructed in a crescent shape of a dumpling -- not the typical boa, which is more round and shaped like a pin-cushion.
re: ipsedixit
I understand that they are a different shape. That's exactly why I recommended them since there was so much confusion about what Mr. Taster is looking for. Also, whether or not they are XLB, they are soup dumplings. They are not simply steamed. And at most restaurants that serve soup dumplings, they are not translated as such. One often has to ask for the soup dumplings.
re: jjsawrey
On this board, as well as most discussions of Chinese food, soup dumpling=XLB, i.e., soup dumpling is not a generic description of dumplings with a brothy content. Maybe "juicy dumplings' might be a better description of non-XLB dumplings, though to my knowledge that's not a technical term.
re: jjsawrey
No, sorry, but the supposed soup dumplings at Luscious Dumplings are not XLB, nor are they "soup dumplings" (whatever that term may mean).
The dumplings in the flicker set from Luscious Dumplings are steamed pork dumplings with added gelatin, but at the end of the day they are just really dumplings ... made with dumpling skins and folded and pleaded like typical dumplings.
They're even called "steamed dumplings" (i.e. tzeng-jiao) on the Luscious Dumplings menu.
In fact, when you think about it even authentic Shanghai XLB shouldn't even be technically called "soup dumplings" ... XLB are baos. There's nothing "dumpling" about them ...
re: ipsedixit
I agree with ipsedixit. The Chinese characters on Luscious Dumplings' menu do not say xiao long bao. Instead, it's more like "steamed, soup filled, pork dumpling." Nevertheless, they are quite tasty.
re: ipsedixit
Still, it is curious that every other bao I can think of is a stuffed bready pocket whereas XLB are pasta-based. Certainly the confusion between the two is understandable to the casual observer.
Mr Taster
re: Mr Taster
This is because every other bao is generally Northern (e.g. Beijing,Tianjin) in origin; whereas XLB is a Shanghainese creation.
re: jjsawrey
Bravo, jjsawrey, gorgeous pictures! Hard to capture the joy of slurping as well as those pictures.
re: Ciao Bob
thanks ciao bob. i take pictures of almost all food-related outings.
and we are always on the lookout for soup dumplings - xlb or not!
The version sold at Nanxiang Mantou in Shanghai (allegedly the inventor of XLB) is more doughy than the thin skinned version.


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Kickline is back in Seattle to Rockette your world
How do you get to Radio City Music Hall? Practice, practice, practice, say two Rockettes with Seattle connections who are returning to the Northwest to appear in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular at The Paramount Theatre.
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'Radio City Christmas Spectacular'Saturday — Jan. 3, The Paramount, 911 Pine St., Seattle; $25-$125 (www.stgpresents.org or 800-982-ARTS).
The secret to the famous Radio City Rockettes kickline? It's a "no-touching policy."
The Rockettes, who will bring their Radio City Christmas Spectacular to the Paramount for a three-week run starting Saturday, have long had that kickline as their signature move: a row of endless legs kicking eye-high in perfect synchronicity, to audience cheers. But there are a few tricks to it, as a pair of charmingly chatty Rockettes on the phone are happy to divulge.
"We have our hands behind each other's back, but there is a no-touching policy," said Amber Cameron, a Seattle native now in her seventh season as a Rockette. "We like to say, feel the fabric of the girl next to you. If you were really touching, you could be pushing the girl next to you. Imagine holding your center and having two girls pushing at your back — it would never work. We're very much holding our own bodies very still and just feeling the fabric of the back of the girl next to us."
Amy Klingler, a ninth-season Rockette and Midwestern native who now lives in Seattle when she's not kicking in heels, added that meticulous rehearsal is the key — plus a bit of optical illusion.
"Rockettes are between 5 foot 6 and 5 foot 10," she said. "We strategically put our tallest girls in the center and minutely go down the line." This gives the impression that all the dancers are the same height, despite a 4-inch difference.
For Cameron and Klingler, speaking on the phone from Pittsburgh (the tour's pre-Seattle stop), this is the height of Rockette season, which begins with rehearsals in late September and ends with the last of the holiday-season performances in early January.
Both have performed in other shows during the offseason, as well as making appearances throughout the year at Rockette publicity events and Radio City tours.
As Rockettes, they're part of a long tradition: First called the Missouri Rockets, the troupe made its debut in St. Louis in 1925 and came to New York for the opening of Radio City Music Hall in 1932. Re-christened the Roxyettes (after impresario S.L. "Roxy" Rothafel, who brought them to Radio City) and finally the Rockettes, they quickly grew from a 16- to 36-member troupe, dancing in lavish productions at the theater.
Three-quarters of a century later, some of those dances survive. Cameron said that among the numbers presented in the Seattle version of the Christmas Spectacular are a few performed unchanged since the 1930s, such as the Parade of the Wooden Soldiers.
Citing the smaller size of the Paramount stage compared to Radio City, she said, "We're able to do some fun numbers that are a little more intimate." Among them: a trip to the North Pole, a tap number that goes through the Twelve Days of Christmas, a living nativity and snow on stage — "more than once."
It's a rigorous show, said Cameron: "If we're not out there kicking our legs, we're backstage frantically changing to get into the next number."
Klingler said they have eight complete costume changes, including numerous accessories like gloves, hats, ears, wristbands and sleigh bells. At the end of the day (which may include several performances), many Rockettes take ice baths to help the muscles recuperate.
Both women emphasize the extensive dance training (in ballet, jazz and tap) required of a Rockette, and the select nature of the group.
Currently there are 160 Rockettes — half in New York, half on tour — and positions in the lineup are rare and hotly contested.
Klingler told of a Pittsburgh patron who, upon being told that number, said "You mean there's only 160? You mean there's more professional football players than Rockettes? There's more of a chance that my son could be a pro football player than a Radio City Rockette?" (Klinger, demurely, answered, "Well, yes, for two reasons.")
About 1,000 women turn up for the annual auditions in New York, for just a few slots — Rockettes, once in the troupe, tend to stay a while. Just don't ask how old they are.
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"It's a legacy that's carried and passed on from line to line," said Klingler. "We're all very, very proud. Even when we can't do those eye-high kicks any longer, we're still able to say: Once a Rockette, always a Rockette."
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Hey guys, it's skinny fuck me again. Ok, so i started to lift really seriously back in September. Now, I'm doing this at home. All I have is a barbell and a bench. So my exercises consist of variations to bench press, barbell curls, bent over barbrell reps, squats and the bench machine has a leg exercise thing attached to it.
I started off benching 40lbs, now I'm at 50. Started off curling 20lbs, now I can get 2 good sets out of 25lbs and then finish up with some 20s. Bent over rows went up from 25lbs to 30lbs. Squats went from 25lbs to 30lbs.
And I know it's only 3 months but I'm lifting more right, so shouldn't my body reflect that a little? I'm expecting too like John Cena over night here but to me I haven't made a single damn gain in size since Spetmeber. So when the hell would it start to look like I actually do start working out? I've seen people make some damn good progress in 3 months (people that I actually know) so what the fuck's the problem with me?
how much do you weigh and how much are you eating? possibly just bumping calories will help. Those are decent results though; like I said, bumping calories will probably speed up results and make them better.
with a barbell you can pretty much do everything necessary: skull crushers, curls, bench, dead lift, rows; don't know how you can safely squat with only a bench, but you can just do that free weight during the break then start up once you get back to a gym.
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A sunshiny splash of citrus adds zest to this company-special spinach salad dressed up with dried cherries. To cut prep time to almost nothing (or when grapefruit is out of season), our Test Kitchen suggests using a jar of grapefruit segments found in your grocery produce section.
6 Servings
Prep/Total Time: 15 min.
2 large pink grapefruit
1 package (10 ounces) fresh spinach, torn
1 cup sliced celery
1/2 cup dried cherries
1/4 cup olive oil
5 teaspoons red wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
Dash pepper
Cut each grapefruit in half horizontally. With a sharp knife, cut
around each section to loosen fruit; remove fruit segments and set
aside. Squeeze grapefruit halves, reserving 1 tablespoon juice. In a
large salad bowl, combine the spinach, celery, cherries and
grapefruit segments.
In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the remaining ingredients
and reserved juice; shake well. Drizzle over salad and toss to coat.
Yield: 6 servings.
Nutritional Facts:
1/2 cup equals 166 calories, 9 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 94 mg sodium, 21 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 3 g protein.
Diabetic Exchanges:
1-1/2 fat, 1 vegetable,
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The SCC RTC expects trail development along the branch line to exceed $127 million. Sound like a lot of money? We think it's a bargain for the 50 miles of trail that connects 88 local parks, 42 schools, and over half of the county's population. For perspective, here's a cost comparison of other Transportation projects:
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Transportation infrastructure projects are expensive but with the cost of the Coastal Rail Trail comes many benefits including increased safe biking and walking routes to local children to get to 42 schools that are one mile from the rail corridor; increased eco-tourism from visitors using the trail as their are coastal and access to 88 parks within a mile of the corridor; more healthy exercise opportunities for families and seniors, increase in real estate values of homes near the Rail Trail.


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1 Fort Hood victim was Illinois sergeant, newlywed: relative
BY TINA SFONDELES Staff Reporter April 3, 2014 4:28PM
Sgt. Timothy Owens wore his U.S. Army uniform to his wedding in August 2013. | Family photo
Updated: May 5, 2014 8:58AM
A U.S. Army sergeant from Illinois was among the soldiers killed in a shooting at the Army base in Fort Hood, Texas, a relative told the Sun-Times on Thursday.
U.S. Army Sgt. Timothy Owens, a native of downstate Effingham was one of four people — including the gunman — killed during the attack Wednesday at the base in central Texas. Sixteen people were wounded.
Darlene Humphrey, Owens' mother-in-law, said the sergeant, 37, married her daughter Billy last August. Her daughter was on base, at the couple's home, during the shooting, and was told by military police to stay there, Humphrey said, recalling the conversation she had with her daughter in the aftermath of the shootings.
After learning he was shot, her daughter was rushed to the hospital, where several chaplains were waiting to speak with her. She was told she couldn't see his body: "Apparently it was close-range and to the chest," Humphrey, of Missouri, said in a phone interview, describing her son-in-law's injuries.
Humphrey called Owens "very kind" and always willing to help: "Anything you wanted done, he would do for you. He was thoughtful. He believed everyone should work their problems out instead of bickering. Just a wonderful man."
Humphrey said Owens was extremely close to his mother in Effingham, who had been suffering health setbacks and was already mourning the death of another son, who had a disability.
She said Owens and Billy had gone to high school together. They reunited last year and married in August.
Humphrey said her daughter is in shock. Several soldiers who witnessed the shooting, some who even tried to intervene, went to her daughter's home on Thursday to offer their condolences.
"It's just one of those things that you just hear about, but you don't think will ever touch you. All I can say is we really loved him. In the short time we even knew him, he called me 'Mom' and he called my husband 'Dad,' " Humphrey said.
Owens' mother, Mary Muntean, saw the news of the Fort Hood attack on her television. When she couldn't reach her son, she called his wife.
"She said, 'Mom, I want to tell you how sorry I am. Tim is gone,' " Muntean said. "I broke down. I'm 77 years old, and I can't hardly take this."
Less than two weeks ago, Muntean was reunited with a daughter she gave up for adoption at birth.
Muntean told the Associated Press that her 54-year-old daughter sought her out, and the two met on March 23, she said.
"She finds one child and loses another," said Betty Goodwin, Muntean's niece and Owens' cousin.
Owens' cousin, Glen Welton of Effingham, said Owens grew up with military dreams.
"He was one of those kids who wanted to wear camouflage and wanted to wear bomber jackets and sunglasses," said Welton, himself a National Guard veteran of Iraq. "It took him a few years before he got himself in."
Owens dropped out of high school in 1995, according to his mother and school records. She said he earned his GED diploma after joining the Army in 2004.
Welton said he ran into Owens last year at a funeral and the two figured out they had served in Iraq at the same time. Welton was there from 2005-06.
A photo from that day shows Welton with his arm around Owens, who wore his Army dress uniform, including a beret, and a pair of dark sunglasses.
"He had grown into a man. The military had made him a complete man," Goodwin said. "I sure know he cleaned up pretty with his uniform."
Family said Owens had been previously married and had children from that marriage.
Owens will be buried at Lake Spring Cemetery in Missouri, where his brother also is buried, according to Humphrey.
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Cameron Donald at the TT last year
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04 June 2009 20:13
Cameron Donald set a new bench mark at the TT when he clocked the first-ever 131mph lap on the 37.73mile Mountain course.
After a relatively quiet few days of practice the Aussie stamped his authority on the event with a 131.45mph lap late in tonight's session on the Relentless Suzuki GSX-R1000 – and he could have gone even quicker with a clear road.
Donald said: "I was held up in places by a couple of riders. They weren't slow guys it was just that they had good lines so it was hard to pass. I knew I must be on a quick lap because I noticed the helicopter was following me but once I'd passed the second guy I thought the best I could hope for was 129mph."
Donald was sensational in last year's TT but it was only tonight he really hit top form. He said: "We've just been steadily working on getting the set-up and it all came together tonight. There was so much grip out there and I'll not be surprised to see other riders clocking 131mph laps."
It was great evening for the Relentless Suzuki team with Bruce Anstey clocking 130.129mph on his second lap aboard the superbike. Typically the laid-back Kiwi took it all in his stride and said: "That's okay…I was just cruisin'. I'm a lot happier with the bike tonight but we still need a little work on the shock to get it even better."
Having set the pace in the previous evenings, John McGuinness was hindered by a misfire with his superbike. He clocked 130.171mph on Wednesday night.
It wasn't just a night for sensational lap times in the superbike class. Michael Dunlop – in only his third TT - was well inside the Supersport lap record when he clocked an amazing 126.299mph lap, well inside Bruce Anstey's 125.359mph existing record establish last year.
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it does have a lot to do with track , brandish changed in 2007 is so fast , it's a race track corner now as opposed to a countrylane corner that it used to be , alright it's a lot safer but it does take away some of the essence of the TT
and when they changed quarry bends , check out the one bike stuff from the 80's then now ??
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There's gonna be some fierce racing over the next week
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Is this track or bike upgrades that is bringing up the speeds?
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I just turned the big 4-0 and thanks to Obamacare, had my first physical since my college athletic days. Along with that I had my first prostate exam. Wow. I never knew that a (gloved and lubed) finger up my butt could feel so good. Does that mean I'm gay? Better yet, how can I meld prostate massage into my heterosexual experiences? Can I ask my partner to do that (if I provide the glove)? —Monkey Glandular
Dear Monkey Glandular,
Wow, indeed. I didn't realize physicals could be pleasurable, since my experiences with them have mainly involved a lube-y prodding and many forced conversations about Oprah and/or my upcoming travel plans.
But! We were talking about your butt.
Contrary to popular evangelical belief, there is no sexual activity that can "turn" you gay. Of course, anal stimulation does not make a person gay, unless you are doing so while already gay, in which case you aren't any more gay than you already were.
Prostates have a built-in pleasure zone, a walnut-sized gland that produces semen and good times—the male equivalent of the "g-spot." But many men are afraid of a little anal pleasure because they think it'll lead straight to Brown Town, US-GAY. It's sad, really. After all, we only have so many erogenous zones. You'd think we'd want to leave no orifice unexplored, as was the entire message of Bruce Springsteen's "Tunnel of Love" album, I'm pretty sure.
So yes, have at it, you smart heterosexual! Just remember to ask your partner to use plenty of lube, and stop if you ever feel pain or see blood. As to how you can "meld prostate massage" into your sex life, that's really up to your imagination and dexterity, though you probably can't go wrong with a little two-for-one oral and finger combo. There also are many prostate toys to choose from, should you require additional help. If you are too cheap and/or lazy, you can even make your own butt plug; just make sure it's a non-porous material, smooth and has a base. The last is especially important if you don't want to end up in the emergency room explaining how your Little League trophy ended up where the sun don't shine.
For further ass-istance, toy suggestions and tips, check out The Ultimate Guide to Prostate Pleasure, which is a book, a blog and a Bravo show waiting to happen all wrapped up in one.
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