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Bundled pork, mushroom, (possibly shiitake mushroom), black eyed peas in glutinous rice. Delicious parcels of food wrapped in bamboo leaf, in this case, presented to me by friends. Thank you 🙏 😊 so much.
This is dim sum had during tea time. A tea time delicacy.
Here’s what I uncovered online about Loh Mai Kai:
“Lo mai gai[a] (Chinese: 糯米雞; Cantonese Yale: noh mái gāi), literally “glutinous rice chicken”, is a classic dim sum dish served during yum cha.[1] The portion size of lo mai gai is generally quite large, so there is a smaller variant created known as jan jyu gai(Chinese: 珍珠雞; Cantonese Yale: jān jyū gāi; lit.’pearl chicken’).”
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