Siomai Soup
Siomai soup is a hearty soup featuring a popular dumpling called siomai. Instead of just steaming the siomai, we made a soup stock flavored with chicken broth, sesame oil, fish sauce, ginger, onion and garlic.
Siomai soup is a hearty soup featuring a popular dumpling called siomai. Instead of just steaming the siomai, we made a soup stock flavored with chicken broth, sesame oil, fish sauce, ginger, onion and garlic.
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