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Chinese Steam Stuffed Bun


Chinese Steam Stuffed Bun - a traditional Chinese snack with over 2000 years history. It's made in surface skin, stuffing packets into a food mixed with vegetables, meat or sugar. It's still 100 % hand made and then steam for 5 - 10 mins to serve. Based on the size of the Bun, the minimum can be called dumplings, followed in the Bun, big Bun.The above image is showing the process of making Bun and the bottom images are dumpling (left) and Big Bun (right).

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