Sheng jian bao: Difficult to make but the best of all the dumplings in one | The Bucket List

On this episode of “The Bucket List: Dumplings,” we visit Kang Kang Food Court owner John Chin Yu Yeh and have some of the most crunchy, soft and chewy dumplings and get a lesson on how to eat them. We also invited dumpling chef Britney Wang to the L.A. Times test kitchen to show us how these dumplings are made.
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[@coolnewpants]

Ooh! These look so good!

[@truebornracer100]

I love these videos and I hope y'all keep making them!

[@latimesfood]

Thanks for watching!!

[@KhoaNguyen-km4bu]

Lol so random but we just had Kang Kang an hour ago and had these. One summer, I ordered these twice a week. Gained soooo much weight from it. They’re addicting!

[@Nomu__]

Agree! Love them so much 🙌 I just posted an east side centric food vid too, love to see these featured

[@k38surf420]

I find that they tend to be sweeter a la Shanghai style. No knocknon Kang Kang but I prefer a more savory flavor like SLB. I found a few places in Tokyo, but nothing State-side yet.

[@mandalayx]

These are tasty enough but hardly the delicate thin top - in my experience, Kang Kang has quite a thick wrapper. The most well crafted one I can remember is Cheung Hing Kee in HK. Locally I can recommend Little Pan Fried Bun in Santa Ana.

[@latimesfood]

The corn cheese dumplings at Little Pan Fried Bun are 👑

[@iamsam8446]

There is also a Little Pan Friend Bun in El Monte.

[@caruya]

This bao is difficult to master, that even in whole Tokyo I only found one place to do it.

[@myintzunaung827]

is there a reason to fold the bao in 18 folds?

[@kaufmadsce]

What’s the secret to ordering at Kang Kang? I tried to order from the woman at the register and she just kept yelling “window!” at me. I looked at all the windows and didn’t know what she meant so I pointed at the dumplings right next to her with a smile. She yelled,”window!!” I couldn’t figure it out and the place looked kind of dirty, so I left.

[@Realatmx]

Can you share vegetarian version please

[@RyanCoomer]

at a buffet, i personally sneak corndogs into the buffet so others can enjoy them. I hide 6 corndogs in my jacket pockets. it then, is a joy for me to see other patrons of the establishment eat my corndogs thinking they were part of the buffet.

[@XX3ism]

What's with the video filters again, everyone looks yellow

[@eargASMR]

What's with the gratuitous comment, you look racist.

[@owenlu3367]

Racist much?

[@vicpacheco1528]

looks wrong hehe

[@karlweber9158]

Keep making a great video, I enjoy watching. You could get more fans with "Promo SM"!