Dragonboat Festival: 8 best bak changs of this season

Where to find the best dumplings in Singapore?

MF editorial team

09 Jun 2015

updated the 6 October 2015 à 23:02

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Jade
Do you like things hot? If you do you'll love this new Spicy Sambal Chilli Marinated Chicken with Turmeric Glutinous Rice Dumpling (SGD9.80) from The Fullerton Hotel. It contains diced chicken, black eyed peas and shitake mushrooms.

Available from June 1 to 20. Email [email protected] or call 6877 8188 to order.
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Park Palace
Taste the best of Singapore in these dumplings from Park Palace. Ranging from the fiery Chilli Crab Dumpling (SGD8.80) to the 'lollipop' style Bak Kut Teh (SGD12.80) dumpling, you'll have much to choose from.
Available from June 18 to 20. Email [email protected] to order or call 6432 5543.
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Shang Palace
To commemorate the SG50, Shang Palace has come up with the SG50 Pandan Chicken Rice Dumpling (SGD17.10) with chicken drumstick flesh, Chinese mushrooms and green beans.
Available from June 1 to 20. Call 6213 4473 to order.
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Li Bai Cantonese Restaurant
Succulent pig trotter dumplings, anyone? This Black Glutinous Rice Dumpling with Pig Trotter (SGD36) is stuffed with a braised pig's trotter, Chinese mushrooms, conpoy, peanuts and chestnuts. Super filling!

Available June 1 to 20. Call 6839 5623 to order.
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Din Tai Fung
Din Tai Fung brings in an all-new Pearl Rice Dumpling with Pork & Yam in Lotus Leaves Wrap (SGD12.80) for the Dragonboat Festival this year. The dumpling is made of soft Taiwanese glutinous rice and stuffed with tender pork belly, deep fried pork chop, mushrooms, yellow beans, chestnuts, yams and dried shrimp. Talk about decadence!

Exclusively available at Paragon, BreadTalk IHQ, Jem Junction 8, Jurong Point, Marina Bay Link Mall, Marina Bay Sands, nex, Raffles City and Tampines Mall, while servings last.
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Min Jiang
As usual, Min Jiang at Goodwood Park marries the best of both worlds with their Steamed Kee Zhang with D24 Durian Dip (SGD13.25 for 6).

Available from June 1 to 20. Call 6730 1704 to order.
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Jiangnan Chun
If you like classic dumplings, try the Steamed Glutinous Rice Dumplings with Red Bean Paste (SGD12) that can be shared between two people from Jiangnan Chun at the Four Seasons Hotel.

For reservations or takeaway orders, contact Jiangnan Chun at 6831 7220 or email [email protected].
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Summer Palace
Vegetarians can enjoy the Dragonboat Festival as well with this Eight Treasures Vegetarian Dumpling (SGD22). Filled with goodies like morel mushrooms, corn, oats and barley, this makes for a filling dumpling.

Available from June 13 to 20. For orders or reservations call 6725 3288/9 or email [email protected]

Celebrate the Dragonboat Festival with these delectable bak changs filled with goodies.

For the uninitiated, we’ll enlighten you on the history of the Dragonboat Festival that will take place on June 20.

Also known as Duanwu Festival, the Chinese commemorate this day by eating dumplings made of glutinous rice to honour the poet and minister, Qu Yuan who drowned himself when the empire fell. The villagers tried to protect his body from the fishes by throwing in sticky rice dumplings while racing in boats towards him, hence the tradition carries on till today.

Now dumplings are no longer used as fish food, and for good reason! Rice dumplings or bak changs have taken on a opulence of their own with these glutinous rice parcels stuffed with goodies like dried scallops, pork and even abalone.

Sweet dumplings filled with red bean paste are also available during this time. So to get you munching on these treats, here are 8 of the best bak changs to devour during the upcoming festival.
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