Little one requested “dim sum” for today’s Pizza & Movie night. Specifically xiao long bao and spring rolls. I am very certain that while the kid had probably more xiao long bao in his life than most westerners, I am also pretty sure he never had a spring roll. At least not in the faux-chinese egg roll takeaway sense that I was envisioning. But hey …
Made some egg rolls from scratch and pimped the “menu” up with steaming some commercial (& frozen) xiao long bao, siu mai and har goe and threw in some panfried gyoza for good measure.
Served on IKEA plates, because … you know.
The leftover spring roll wrappers were shredded, fried and dusted with Mission Chinese’s magic dust, as employed on the linked chicken wings.
Finally, some chocolate ice cream, wrapped in mochi dough.
All enjoyed while watching Studio Ghibli’s masterpiece Totoro. I can’t decribe how happy I am that the little one enjoys this movie as much as we do. If you haven’t seen it and feel any connection to Japanese culture, please do something for your inner child and watch it. You won’t regret it - I promise 🤗
