Pyramid Game: More Meat-Free Options At Eastern Rice Dumpling This Dragon Boat Festival
"At Eastern Rice Dumpling, a 20-year-old rice dumpling chain, vegetarian dumplings are mainstays on the menu. This year, it has launched a new vegetarian flavour of dumplings — five spice vegetarian dumpling ($3). The moreish parcel has a five spice-infused mixture of mock duck, chestnuts and mushrooms nestled in an equally fragrant glutinous rice parcel. Eastern Rice Dumpling offers about 14 varieties of rice dumplings. Other vegetarian rice dumplings include Nonya vegetarian (mock meat fried with coriander powder and candied winter melon), kee zhang (plain rice dumpling made with lye water) and kee zhang with red bean paste. These are part of the Singapore chain’s offering of 14 types of rice dumplings. Best-selling dumplings include Hokkien-style bak zhang, Nonya zhang and Nonya zhang with salted egg. Prices range from $1.40 for a kee zhang to $3.60 for a Nonya rice dumpling with chili shrimp." - Kenneth Goh
