Cute pop-up Chinatown hawker stall sells Cantonese-style bak chang just for Dragon Boat Festival

in Chinese, falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese calendar every year. This year, the festival is celebrated on Jun 10, and eateries are abuzz with makingwere traditionally made to commemorate Chinese poet Qu Yuan, who was said to have thrown himself into a river to protest against bureaucratic corruption.

The menu tags displayed at the stall are in Chinese, but no worries if you can’t read ’em — there is also a handy list with English translations for the various ingredients in thefor takeaway or enjoy it on the spot. The stall will steam the dumplings for immediate consumption and serve ’em on disposable plates.

Mario, who ordered the “Cantonese salted dumpling”, commented that it was “lukewarm when I received it. The meat in it is quite savoury and the filling is good, but I find the dumpling a bit too sticky to my liking and lastly it costs $6.80”.By clicking subscribe, I agree for my personal data to be used to send me TODAY newsletters, promotional offers and for research and analysis.

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