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Pasadena Dumpling Festival & Dumpling Eating Contest!!

dumplingstation — Wed, 05 May 2010 02:26:33 +0000

SATURDAY! 5/22/2010 DUMPLING STATION AND PASADENA PACIFIC ASIA MUSEUM ARE HOSTING THE DUMPLING FESTIVAL IN PASADENA! Join us Saturday afternoon from 4pm to 6pm to recognize an integral part of Asian culture through one of its main culinary staples-the dumpling. This event is free to the public and will feature music, games, and a dumpling eating contest, co-sponsored by Pacific Asia Museum and the Dumpling Station truck. Enjoy fresh dumplings and drinks in the beautiful museum courtyard. Peruse the galleries, the museum store and check out the Special Exhibitions. Admission to the museum is free throughout the event!

The competition will feature six contestants who will try to finish 50 dumplings each within two minutes. The winner will be the first to finish all 50 dumplings in the fastest time or the participant who can eat the most inside the two minute window. To the victor will go a $50 VISA gift card, a championship tee shirt, and Pacific Asia Museum membership. Four contestants will be pre-selected by Dumpling Station via random email selection and the remaining participants will be chosen on site via a raffle drawing. For more details or to submit an entry email dumplingstation626@gmail.com.

And on the eighth day…

dumplingstation — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:26:15 +0000

we rested. Sort of. It has been exactly one week and one day since we launched, and we just wanted to thank everyone who has visited our truck, gave us their blessings, and had a chance to interact with our dumplings. We promise to get the rest of the dumpling profiles out soon, but since we were launching the truck we are a bit behind. (The veggie one is up next, and I am not sure it will forgive us for getting it some press sooner).

On another note, we made a few changes to our chicken dumplings (it’s all grown up now)-they will be roaring and ready to go tomorrow-hope to see you then!! Thanks everyone!!

The Dumpling Profiles: Kimchi Beef

dumplingstation — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:14:04 +0000

Throughout the course of Dumpling Station’s many travels, we have not only searched the world far and wide in search of the best ingredients for our dumplings, we have also come away with some fond memories along the way. None may be as vivid as our journey into the land of Kimchiania, where the heat from the scorched earth and scarlet emblazoned sky provided the backdrop for the spiciest cuisine known to man. It is here where we encountered the kimchi beef dumpling, where we were warned by the locals that eating it would be akin to entering Dante’s Inferno with nothing more than a pair of shorts and an empty bottle of sunblock. Undaunted, we set forth to tackle this beast and determine if it was worthy for our menu.

Eight of these dumplings were laid in front of us. A red tint had seeped through the dumpling wrapper, serving both as a warning and a dare to anyone bold enough to dance with this devil of a dumpling. We decided to jump right in, and the first bite was everything the locals made it out to be. Chili dressed cabbage cut through our taste buds like a samurai warrior and sent them into another dimension. We could not get over how spicy but irresistible they were. We finished all eight in record time and the stood as heroes amongst the people of Kimchiania. As a gift, they rewarded us with the recipe, which unfortunately for us was not suitable for the public given its litigious nature and the thought of lawsuits stemming from unleashing this kind of heat on them. So Helen worked tirelessly to tame its fiery personality but to maintain its spirit-and after years of garlic therapy and glass noodle counseling, we can share its glory with the rest of the world. The kimchi beef dumpling is reborn.

The Dumpling Profiles

dumplingstation — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:24:28 +0000

Our dumplings can be such temperamental little things.

Can anyone rival the fiery disposition of the kimchi beef dumpling and its brethren the kimchi pork? What of the carefree spirit of the veggie dumpling? Can only a mother’s touch compare to the gentle nature of the chicken and green onion? And has the world seen a hero so bold and so prominent in stature as the traditional pork and leek?

As different as these dumplings may seem, they do share one common bond-they love to bask in the spotlight. Since we began Dumpling Station, they have demanded that they are at the forefront of all of our press and as such, we have accommodated them by doing individual profiles on each of the dumplings that we will serve up until our launch date on March 15, 2010. We hope you enjoy reading their bios as much as you will love eating them (well, you’ll probably love eating them a lot more, but don’t mention that to the dumplings. They can be such temperamental little things).