Hearty northern Chinese prefer noodles, breads, buns and steamed dumplings, called jiaozi and baozi.

BBC: The melting pot of Chinese cuisine

These steamed dumplings made of buffalo, chicken or mixed vegetables are popular and universal throughout Kathmandu.

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Then I steamed the dumplings vigorously before serving them with the traditional dipping sauce.

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Food stalls sell beef-noodle soup, stinky tofu or the ubiquitous steamed pork dumplings.

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Din Tai Fung, at 194 Hsinyi Road, Section 2, does Shanghainese cuisine, including crab-meat dumplings and other steamed delicacies.

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Order the lobster soup: dumplings served in a pungent, beet-red vegetable broth, steamed before your eyes in a glass contraption resembling a coffeepot.

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