Dumpling Day, one of Asia’s most popular snacks, is celebrated around the world on September 26 and is also very popular in Buenos Aires. To celebrate Dumpling Day, many Asian restaurants will be offering discounts and even giving away free dumplings to pay tribute to the Asian street food boom. In addition, a street food cart will take to the streets again.
Buenos Aires celebrates Dumpling Day with a Japanese cart, free dumplings and discounts.
The history of dumpling goes back more than 1800 years, when the Chinese doctor Zhang Zhongjing invented dumplings to combat the cold in his patients. Over time this very Asian dish spread throughout Asia: in Japan they became popular as gyozas, in Korea as mandu, and today they are one of the most popular foods around the world. If you saw the movie Kung Fu Panda, you know what a Dumplings is.
And to celebrate this delicacy on its day, we leave you a dumpling circuit with three proposals for you to try Dumplings in Buenos Aires of each style :
1. KOI Dumplings: DJ set, gifts and discounts 2.
To celebrate Dumpling Day, on September 26 from 8 pm, at the El Salvador 5602 location you will find a live DJ set and a yatai cart at the door that will give away 50 plates of dumplings to the first 50 people. In addition, all the chain’s stores are offering a 25% discount on that day.
2. 10 Japanese recipes: gyozas as a free gift
The traditional Japanese gyozas have their tribute in 10 Japanese Recipes. This September 26, at its Mercat Villa Crespo location (Thames 747), all dishes will be served with two complimentary gyozas, pork or vegetarian.
3. A Korean Song: free mandu to celebrate.
In Korea, dumplings are known as mandu, something similar to Argentine empanadas, which can be served steamed, fried or in soup. At Una Canción Coreana restaurant (Av. Carabobo 1549), they offer all three varieties with kimchi and meat filling, and to celebrate this dumpling day, everyone gets a free mandu.