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Marina Mandarin Marina Mandarin is offering a surprising take on the sweet rice dumpling. The traditionally delicate “kee chang” is enlivened with five fruity flavours – prune, mango, red peach, jackfruit and, our local favourite, durian! Best of all, you get to try all five flavours within each set of Mini Jewel Sweet Rice Dumplings (S$24.80 per set of five). For those who prefer savoury dumplings, the hotel’s signature traditional Cantonese-style rice dumpling (S$20.80 per piece), traditional pork belly rice dumpling (S$10.80 per piece) and vegetarian rice dumpling (S$6.80 per piece) are also available until 12 June. X Marina Square, 6 Raffles Boulevard. Tel: 65/6845-1118
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Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore Indulge your palate with Shang Palace’s lip-smacking new dumpling flavours! Master chef Steven Ng has unveiled a truly unique “surf and turf” dumpling with barbequed pork and eel (S$13.80). Also new, the spicy pork belly rice dumpling (S$13.80) is chockfull of flavour and studded with generous portions of pork belly, Chinese mushrooms and dried shrimp. For some sweet goodness, try the luxurious bird’s nest with barley rice dumpling (S$22.80) and the red bean paste with sweet corn rice dumpling (S$10.80). These new dumplings and other traditional favourites are available at Shang Palace until 12 June. X 22 Orange Grove Road. Tel: 65/6213-4473
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Satiate your palate with the traditional favourites on Li Bai’s dumpling menu. The new steamed roasted goose rice dumpling (S$33) is a fragrant parcel of tender goose meat, conpoy, chestnuts, peanuts, mushrooms and beans. Other classic crowdpleasers include the steamed traditional rice dumpling (S$33) that comes filled with succulent pork belly, roast duck, mushrooms, chestnuts, salted egg, dried shrimp and conpoy; and the premium steamed abalone and pumpkin rice dumpling (S$33) that has a delightful hint of sweetness. X 39 Scotts Road. Tel: 65/6839-5623