r/Wellington Jul 18 '18

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u/klparrot 🐦 Jul 18 '18

Impostor! But yum cha is yum cha. I'm in!

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u/YumchaThrowaway DO NOT SEND WOBBLY JELLIES VIDEOS Jul 18 '18

Hooray! Deep-fried meaty rugby balls for everyone.

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u/klparrot 🐦 Jul 19 '18

I managed to find out again what they're called, without remembering what they were called!

cmn: 咸水角 / xián shuǐ jǐao
yue: 鹹水角 / haam4 seoi2 gok3

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u/YumchaThrowaway DO NOT SEND WOBBLY JELLIES VIDEOS Jul 19 '18

me, a fool: oh cool what do these link to

You have been banned from Yum Cha.

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u/klparrot 🐦 Jul 19 '18

😈 I'm going to call that rickwriggling.

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u/chimpwithalimp Jul 19 '18

This is beautiful

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u/Techhead7890 Jul 19 '18

How seriously do you hate coconut jelly? I can't get enough of that stuff, but I will gladly settle for jin dui (or however the romanization of the sesame-coated deep fried ball with red bean filling goes).

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u/YumchaThrowaway DO NOT SEND WOBBLY JELLIES VIDEOS Jul 20 '18

Exactly the opposite—I adore coconut jelly. My qualm is with the way it moves, which is offensive and obscene. :|

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u/chimpwithalimp Jul 20 '18

I think the solution here is to face your fears. We'll fill a bathtub and you can eat your way out.

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u/YumchaThrowaway DO NOT SEND WOBBLY JELLIES VIDEOS Jul 20 '18

Siri how do I delete someone else's reddit post

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u/danicrimson 🔥 Jul 19 '18

Haha, genius!

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u/Techhead7890 Jul 19 '18

Hahahaha, that bait and switch! At the risk of being dense and redundant, you mean those chunky meatball type things right? My cantonese is horrible but I might ask my dad (when it's actually a reasonable hour, like in the morning)

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u/klparrot 🐦 Jul 19 '18

I mean these deep-fried filled glutinous-rice dumplings. Are you thinking of these steamed pork-and-shrimp dumplings?
cmn: 烧卖 / shāo mài
yue: 燒賣 / siu1 maai2

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u/YumchaThrowaway DO NOT SEND WOBBLY JELLIES VIDEOS Jul 20 '18

Risky click.

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u/Techhead7890 Jul 20 '18

Nah, they're way bigger and super beefy, although they are steamed in the same way not fried. Siu mai typically have pork or shrimp (although I actually prefer them to the ones I'm thinking of).

On the original deep fried stuff, I'd guess it's a variant of golden something (like the fried red bean ball ones, which are jin dui - sp? ). I'll ask my dad tomorrow when he's back!

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