Nickname for President Xi Jinping. In late December 2013, President Xi dined at a Beijing chain restaurant that serves up steamed buns (bāozi 包子) in a room full of surprised patrons.

Longevity buns (shou bao) (壽包) are Chinese steamed buns (mantou ... fluffy and traditionally filled with either sweetened lotus seed paste or red bean paste (紅豆沙).

We love this popular dim sum dish of parcels of steamed lotus leaves filled with sticky rice, Chinese sausages, chicken, pork and vegetables. Line a bamboo steamer with parchment paper perforated ...