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Dan Logcher
 
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Tippi wrote:

> Dan Logcher > wrote
>
>>Dong is the sticky rice wrapped in lotus or banana leaves, if I'm
>>remembering correctly. It usually contains small chunks of lap chiang,
>>chicken, mushrooms, and dried shrimp.
>>

>
> You are mixing up "nor mai gai" at dim sum and "joong". "Nor mai gai"
> is made with all of what you said (but the lazy restaurents just make
> it with pork).



My wife's family call this doong, they speak Toisanese.

> "Joong" is made with sticky rice (and lentils), and usually has pork,
> and perhaps mushrooms (dong goo) and dried shrimp, but rarely lap
> cheong or chicken.


Sounds like what we just had this morning at Dim Sum, but instead of
lentils they use peanuts. It definately had chicken and lap cheong in
it.

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Dan