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The annual traditional Chinese festival Duanwujie (Dragon Boat Festival) falls on June 19 this year. Traditionally, Chinese people make zongzi (glutinous rice dumplings) and eat them at home to celebrate this festival. Yet for office workers, tight work schedules makes it almost impossible to make zongzi themselves. So here are some recommended places to buy zongzi in
Zongzi is a kind of rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves to form a pyramid. The stuffing is mostly made of glutinous rice and complemented with Chinese dates, red beans, and salty meats. Generally speaking, zongzi is divided into two categories, salty zongzi which is popular in South China, and the sweet ones in Zongzi brands in Daoxiangcun A snack chain store in Beiing, Daoxiangcun features a wide selection of zongzi, both sweet and salty ones, including those with Chinese dates, zongzi Chinese hamzongzi, or egg yolkzongzi. Daoxiangcun also has wugu zong, which is stuffed with traditional Chinese grains including broomcorn grains and corn. There's also sweet bamboo tube Babao Zong, and the wrapping is the hollow bamboo tube instead of reed leaves. Location 1: No. 117 Dongzhimen Waidajie, Chaoyang District Tel: 010-64033443 Location 2: No. 60 Jiaoda Donglu, Haidian District Tel: 010-62262128 Dasanyuan Apart from ordinary salty and sweet zongzi, Dasanyuan also has purple glutinous rice zongzi, which stickier than ordinary glutinous rice zongzis. Besides, Dasanyuan also features some zongzi stuffed with expensive seafood ingredients. And their prices are also quite high. A package containing about five such zongzi is 128 yuan. Location 1: No.50 Jingshan Xijie, Dongcheng District Tel: 010-64013920 Location 2: No. Jia 19, Xisanhuan Zhonglu, Haidian District Tel: 010-63941370 Holilai Holilai focuses on the sales of desserts and it has many chain stores in Location 1: Building No.15, Area No.2, Fangchengyuan, Fengtai District Tel: 010-67647183 Location 2: 1/F, Peony Hotel, No. 31 Huangyuan Donglu, Haidian District Tel: 010-62042047 Zongzi brands in A Po Zong (zongzi made by Grandma) Chinese people believe that festivals should be celebrated together with their families, yet not all everyone can make it. For those who feel homesick, they may smell something similar to their mother's zongzi from A Po Zong, which are completely handmade as well as soft and sticky. Two flavors are recommended: the salty yolk and meat zongzi, which is stuffed with tender pork and preserved egg yolk. The other is the sweet corn. and honey Chinese date zongzi, which is stuffed with fresh corn and a big sweet sticky Chinese date. Shipin Yidian Location: No. 720, Tel: 021-63517662 Mini Zongzi Girls often find typical zongzi are too big and one is more than enough to fill their entire stomach. For fear of putting on too much weight, most young women prefer mini zongzi, whose size is only one third of normal zongzi. Though small in size, mini zongzi boast many flavors. The best mini zongzi is the sweet bean paste zongzione. Babao Zong is also worth a try, filled with various nuts grains, like green bean, chestnut, and cashew. Shipin Yidian Location: No. 720, Tel: 021-63517662 Vegetarian Zongzi Vegetarian Zongzi is the first choice for many senior citizens. Vegetarian restaurant Gongdelin makes vegetarian zongzi each year. They are totally free of animal fat and this puts less pressure on the digestive system, which is suitable for those having a weak stomach. The fragrant vegetarian meat and chestnut zongzi, whose meat is made out of soybean fiber comes highly recommended as well as luohanzong, a combination of many healthy foods like seaweed, chestnut, fungus and lotus plumule. Also available is a new kind of zongzi made out of purple glutinous rice, which tastes stickier than ordinary glutinous rice. Gongdelin Counters Location 1: No.97, Wukanglu, Xuhui District Tel: 021-64718909 Location 2: No. 445, Tel: 021-63270218 Wufangzhai: the most classic Nicknamed as the number one zongzi brand in Jiangnan, south of the This year Wufangzhai features many zongzi packages which includes various zongzi, eggs and special Wufangzhai soup. Location: No. 136, Tel: 021-63210018/632166472 Background: Duanwujie, also called Dragon Boat Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the lunar calendar. It is celebrated to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan who lived in the Warring States Period (475-221BC). There are two major ways to celebrate -- eating zongzi and holding dragon boat races. ( |
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