Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers Celebrates Duanwu Festival With Li Bai’s Exquisite Dragon Boat Dumplings
As the Duanwu festival fast approaches, the Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers proudly launches our ever-innovative dragon boat dumplings, boasting delicate flavors made from the finest ingredients.
Our pyramid-shaped dumplings compose five different filling choices wrapped in aromatic bamboo leaves with each dragon boat dumpling hand-crafted by our skilled culinarians of Li Bai Cantonese restaurant. The dragon boat dumplings can be purchased individually or in gift sets.
Duanwu Festival with Dragon Boat Dumplings
Held annually on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the Dragon Boat Festival is commonly called Double Fifth Festival and is celebrated widely in China, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia countries. The festivities vary from region to region, but share several distinctive features with ceremonies such as dragon boat races, folk entertainments, bathing in herbal concoctions and feasts lavished with rice dumplings - a notable part of celebrating Dragon Boat Festival with family members and friends.
Traditionally, dragon boat dumplings compose of bold tastes concocted with glutinous rice filled with seasoned pork belly, salted fried shrimp, sausage, salted egg yolk, shiitake mushroom, and assorted nuts. In Vietnamese culture, dragon boat dumplings are similar to “banh chung” in terms of ingredients and texture, having another twin version of sweet flavor called lye water rice dumplings, served with sugar or syrup.
Li Bai’s Dragon Boat Dumplings with Authentic Cantonese Flavor
In the lead-up to the Dragon Boat Festival, Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers launches the dragon boat dumplings under Li Bai’s secret recipe for our 3rd year, starring the savory Cantonese culinary style with authentic flavors. Our collection of deluxe dumplings highlights the classic filling including salted egg mixed with pork belly, our signature chicken with Li Bai black pepper sauce, exquisite delicacies such as abalone and conpoy to our modern take of vegan option featuring shiitake mushrooms, lotus seed and whole chestnuts bursting with tantalizing aroma.
Each dumpling is meticulously crafted by our Cantonese Chefs, led by the talented Diep Nhieu with over 20 years of serving the renowned cuisine at Li Bai restaurant. For ultimate flavor blending, our zesty artisanal condiment - Li Bai’s renowned X.O sauce is highly recommended to pair with dumplings as a dipping sauce.
Celebrate time-honored tradition
This year, the Dragon Boat Festival falls on June 22. Gastronomes can savor the freshly cooked dragon boat dumplings at Li Bai restaurant or indulge in the convenience of take-home options, perfect for gifting or long-term preservation. Every order of two dumplings is packaged in an elegant octagonal box resembling a string of dumplings, which will make them excellent gifting options.
Dragon boat dumplings are available for purchase from 24 May to 22 June 2023 with the tasting booth at the hotel lobby from 09:00 AM to 07:00 PM daily. Dumplings are priced at VND 178,000++ per piece for assorted nuts with mushroom fillings (vegan option); VND188,000++ per piece for the options of pork belly and chicken with black pepper sauce and VND 258,000++ per piece for the best-seller dried scallop, and VND 348,000++ per piece for the exceptional premium abalone fillings.
For further details, please click on the Dragon Boat Dumpling Brochure or contact us via 028 3827 2828. To order, please click here.
