Food of The Dragon Boat festival

Check out some of the unique foods for Dragon Boat Festival in Perak.

Fun fact: Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated by boat races in the shape of dragons.

Here are some picture taken from ipoh.com

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dumplings

 

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Rice dumplings

This is taken from :Malaysiabest.net

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The dumpling is steamed with syrup using gula melaka and santan

Fun fact: Dragon boat festival is pronounced “Duan-Wu” in Mandarin

Zong-zi is a seasonal item and only certain Chinese restaurants will have them on the menu
Zong-zi is a seasonal item and only certain Chinese restaurants will have them on the menu

Fun Fact: Every year the date of the festivals varie because it follow the 5th lunar new year. This year the dragon boat festival falls on the 9th of June.

The links below are where the pictures were taken from. You can find out more about them by clicking it.

ipoh.com – https://www.facebook.com/ipohcom/#_=_
malaysiabest – http://www.malaysiabest.net/2006/05/28/chinese-dragon-boat-festival/
Cin cin let’s eat – https://cincinletseat.com/2012/06/24/just-pictures-making-zong-zi-for-dragon-boat-festival/

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