- It's really sticky.
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Hi, I'm Danielle.
- Hi, I'm Micah.
- Hi, I'm Joelle.
- Hi, I'm June.
- Hello, I'm Howard.
- Growing up in San Francisco
as a Chinese and Korean family,
we definitely a lot of dumplings growing up.
Now I'm challenging my family members
to each make their own individual dumplings
and then we're gonna have a taste test
to see who's is the best.
- My dumplings are unique,
because they look like little clams,
like little ocean bivalve situation.
I don't know what I really put in them.
I really aim more for the aesthetic
and hopefully they taste good.
- So this one is Danielle's,
which is sort of obviously by the ruffle.
I think it's very cute, but not Chinese or Korean.
- These look like Uncrustables. (laughs)
So I can't say that's particularly appetizing.
However, I shouldn't judge just on aesthetics.
- Give it a good grade for the way it looks.
- But Danielle always does this
and I always make fun of her for it, so whatever.
- It definitely looks like she threw some kimchi in there,
'cause it's kind of pink.
It's interesting, because to fold it this way,
you have to add less filling.
- There's like lots of like loose skin.
- I would say this is a pretty good dumpling as well.
I taste the pork first and then I could also taste
a little bit of the chives.
- This tastes like only pork.
- I like this one.
She add some kimchi for the spice, which I like.
I do wish she were heavier on the shrimp though
and not the pork, 'cause it is just kind of like
a little meatball.
- I feel like it didn't have like
the normal soy sauce, sesame oil.
Yeah, it just doesn't taste Asian, but it tastes fine.
- I give it a solid eight.
- I think maybe a six,
only because I don't like the skin flaps.
- An eight or a nine, I really liked it.
- Five to six.
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- Mine has a little bit of everything.
It's just like a solid pork dumpling.
I also think that mine are folded really nicely.
I actually made it for myself for lunch today
and I thought they were pretty good.
Tastes good with soy sauce.
I think they're cute.
- It looks good.
It's got a little bit of design to it.
- It's like a four fold situation.
Isn't it like the more folds,
the longer you live or something, no? (laughs)
- It looks like she includes some veggie,
which is good, 'cause Micah doesn't
normally like vegetables that much.
- Taste good.
- I like it a bit, flavored a little bit better.
Seasoned better.
- Tastes like a meatball texture.
- The seasoning is very light.
I kind of wish she included a little bit more spice.
Maybe some more like soy sauce or ginger.
I can definitely taste a lot garlic.
- I taste mostly pork, so it's pretty one dimensional.
- I wouldn't change anything about it.
I think it's pretty good.
- I think it's like a seven.
- I like it with the sauce, maybe a nine.
- It's kind of bland.
I'd give it maybe like five. - A seven.
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- My dumpling is just a classic rendition.
I added a lot of different types of seasonings.
Obviously, salt and pepper, but also ginger, garlic,
and my secret ingredient is truffle.
- I can automatically tell who's everybody is
by the way they fold their dumplings.
- So this is dad's.
- And I like these the most,
'cause they have the most filling, so.
- I'm excited to try my dad's,
'cause I know it'll be very heavily stuffed,
but I also saw him put a lot of like very strange seasonings
that I don't know if they belong in dumplings.
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(Danielle laughs)
- It's really sticky.
It like stuck to the roof of my mouth.
- My dad uses a food processor to blend everything together.
- I like seeing the chunks of stuff in it
to know that it was like sort of made by hand
rather than put in a food processor.
- So I don't really love how it tastes.
The texture's a little too mush.
- I actually think it's pretty good. (laughs)
I don't know why I'm so surprised.
There's just like a lot in there.
- I just think there's a little too much going on.
I can't really tell what the distinct flavor is.
- I don't know how to feel about this one.
Maybe I'll give it like a seven.
- Five out of 10.
- I would say it's an eight out of 10.
- I would give it a five out of 10,
but since I know Howard made it
and he never makes dumplings, I would say for effort
a nine out of 10.
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- In my dumplings, I like to include a lot of vegetable
and honestly, the less meat, the better.
I like seafood in mine, so I added shrimp, but no pork.
I also like a lot of different seasonings,
so I used five spice, I used XO sauce,
and of course, soy sauce and sesame oil.
And hopefully, it tastes all right.
- Nothing extraordinary about it, but looks fine.
- Nice folds.
- The traditional way to wrap things.
It's supposed to look like gold nuggets,
I think they call it ingots
that the Chinese people use to trade.
- Mm, there's a lot of kimchi.
- This one's a lot chunkier.
- It doesn't have the traditional flavor profile
that I'm looking for.
I can't put my finger on it.
- It's a little spicy.
More spicy than I like, because it has kimchi in it,
which sadly I don't like that much.
- There are lots of vegetables, lots of kimchi,
which I like.
I think it's pretty flavorful.
- It feels very healthy.
- I would want more meat and more garlic.
- Out of 10, I would give it a good seven and a half.
- Six.
I keep noticing how spicy it is.
- I would rate it an eight out of 10.
- Seven point five.
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- I think I made them the traditional Chinese way,
the way my mother made them
and she's from Shandong province,
which is known for all their dumplings and noodles.
I added also a little bit of tofu, which is more an element
that my Korean mother-in-law introduced to me.
And I made homemade wrappers
instead of the store bought wrappers.
- I'm the most excited to try my mom's,
because she made these skins by hand.
- Such a luxury to be able to make homemade skin,
so I'm really excited.
Obviously that means they don't look as perfect,
but I don't mind.
- I hate to say it, but it looks the worst.
It looks kind of wimpy and there's no real
form to the dumpling.
- Tastes like ravioli. (laughs)
- Hmm, this has a very different flavor.
She didn't use any kimchi, at least not that I can see.
I can definitely taste like the five spice
seasoning that she used.
- I feel like it has the right level of juiciness.
I don't know, someone like Danielle's
were like a little dry.
- It feels like a harmony of textures.
- It's not really that flavorful,
which is why I think it tastes like ravioli.
- I don't like the flavor profile of mom's either.
It has to be a nice balance of both meat
and some of the vegetables.
I like a little bit of heat.
- I think the skin is really doing a lot for it.
- I probably give this like a nine.
- I give this kind of a low score, six.
- I think it's probably a nine out of 10.
- I think a six for dumpling, but a nine for ravioli.
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- Yay, I won.
The traditional Chinese flavors taste the best!
With the handmade, homemade skins.
Thank you!
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